---
title: "Hong Kong vs Russia — area, population, currency"
description: "Hong Kong is 1,108 km² with 7,498,900 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/hong-kong-vs-russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Hong Kong vs Russia

**Hong Kong vs Russia: Russia is larger; Russia has more people**

1,108 km² vs 17,098,242 km² · 7,498,900 vs 143,513,328

Russia is 15432 times larger than Hong Kong — 17,098,242 against 1,108 km². Russia is 19 times more populous than Hong Kong — 143,513,328 against 7,498,900 people.

## Side by side

|  | Hong Kong | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Hong Kong | Moscow |
| Area | 1,108 km² | 17,098,242 km² |
| Population | 7,498,900 (2025) | 143,513,328 (2025) |
| Density | 6768.0 /km² | 8.4 /km² |
| Currency | Hong Kong dollar (HKD) | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Official languages | English, Chinese | Russian |
| Time zones | UTC+08:00 | 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 | +852 | +7 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | HK / HKG | RU / RUS |

## Population density

Hong Kong is 806 times more densely populated than Russia — 6,768 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

- They drive on opposite sides — Hong Kong on the left, Russia on the right.
- Different currencies: the Hong Kong dollar and the Russian ruble.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Asia and Europe.

## Hong Kong

One of the most densely populated places on Earth, yet roughly three-quarters of its land is undeveloped countryside and about forty percent is protected country park. It has 263 islands and around 730 km of coastline. There are more skyscrapers over 150 m here than in any other city.

## 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 Hong Kong bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 1,108 km².

### Which has more people, Hong Kong or Russia?

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 7,498,900.

### What is the time difference between Hong Kong and Russia?

Hong Kong is UTC+08:00 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

- [Hong Kong](https://atoneplace.net/country/hong-kong/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [India vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Hong Kong](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-hong-kong/)
- [Japan vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-russia/)
- [Canada vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-russia/)
- [Canada vs Hong Kong](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-hong-kong/)
- [Australia vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-russia/)
- [Australia vs Hong Kong](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-hong-kong/)
- [New Zealand vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-russia/)
- [France vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-russia/)
- [France vs Hong Kong](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-hong-kong/)
- [Germany vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/germany-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]