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title: "Finland vs Russia — area, population, currency"
description: "Finland is 338,145 km² with 5,646,436 people; Russia is 17,098,242 km² with 143,513,328. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/finland-vs-russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Finland vs Russia

**Finland vs Russia: Russia is larger; Russia has more people**

338,145 km² vs 17,098,242 km² · 5,646,436 vs 143,513,328

Russia is 51 times larger than Finland — 17,098,242 against 338,145 km². Russia is 25 times more populous than Finland — 143,513,328 against 5,646,436 people.

## Side by side

|  | Finland | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Helsinki | Moscow |
| Area | 338,145 km² | 17,098,242 km² |
| Population | 5,646,436 (2025) | 143,513,328 (2025) |
| Density | 16.7 /km² | 8.4 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Official languages | Finnish, Swedish | Russian |
| Time zones | UTC+02:00 | UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+05:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00 |
| Calling code | +358 | +7 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | FI / FIN | RU / RUS |

## Population density

Finland is 2.0 times more densely populated than Russia — 17 against 8 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Euro and the Russian ruble.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.

## Finland

Finland has roughly 188,000 lakes and 179,000 islands, more of each per unit area than any other country. About three-quarters of the land is forest, the highest proportion in Europe. A quarter of the country lies north of the Arctic Circle, where the sun stays up for weeks in summer and down for weeks in winter.

## Russia

The largest country in the world by land area, close to twice the size of the next one, and it spans eleven time zones. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the deepest lake on Earth at 1,642 m and holds roughly a fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh water — more than all five North American Great Lakes combined. Russia and China each border fourteen countries, more than any other state.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Finland bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 338,145 km².

### Which has more people, Finland or Russia?

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 5,646,436.

### What is the time difference between Finland and Russia?

Finland is UTC+02:00 and Russia is UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+05:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Finland](https://atoneplace.net/country/finland/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
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- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Finland](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-finland/)
- [Japan vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-russia/)
- [Canada vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-russia/)
- [Canada vs Finland](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-finland/)
- [Australia vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-russia/)
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- [New Zealand vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-russia/)
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- [Germany vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/germany-vs-russia/)
- [Italy vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/italy-vs-russia/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]