---
title: "Iceland vs Russia — area, population, currency"
description: "Iceland is 103,000 km² with 392,404 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/iceland-vs-russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Iceland vs Russia

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

103,000 km² vs 17,098,242 km² · 392,404 vs 143,513,328

Russia is 166 times larger than Iceland — 17,098,242 against 103,000 km². Russia is 366 times more populous than Iceland — 143,513,328 against 392,404 people.

## Side by side

|  | Iceland | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Reykjavík | Moscow |
| Area | 103,000 km² | 17,098,242 km² |
| Population | 392,404 (2025) | 143,513,328 (2025) |
| Density | 3.8 /km² | 8.4 /km² |
| Currency | Icelandic króna (ISK) | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Official languages | Icelandic | Russian |
| Time zones | UTC+00:00 | 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 | +354 | +7 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | IS / ISL | RU / RUS |

## Population density

Russia is 2.2 times more densely populated than Iceland — 8 against 4 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 Icelandic króna and the Russian ruble.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.

## Iceland

Iceland sits astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, so the North American and Eurasian plates pull apart across the country at about 2 cm a year. Roughly eleven percent of it is under glacier, Vatnajökull alone covering some 7,900 km². Almost all its electricity and heating come from hydro and geothermal sources.

## 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 Iceland bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 103,000 km².

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

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 392,404.

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

Iceland is UTC+00:00 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

- [Iceland](https://atoneplace.net/country/iceland/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
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- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Iceland](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-iceland/)
- [Japan vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-russia/)
- [Canada vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-russia/)
- [Canada vs Iceland](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-iceland/)
- [Australia vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-russia/)
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- [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]