---
title: "Jamaica vs Russia — area, population, currency"
description: "Jamaica is 10,991 km² with 2,837,077 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/jamaica-vs-russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Jamaica vs Russia

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

10,991 km² vs 17,098,242 km² · 2,837,077 vs 143,513,328

Russia is 1556 times larger than Jamaica — 17,098,242 against 10,991 km². Russia is 51 times more populous than Jamaica — 143,513,328 against 2,837,077 people.

## Side by side

|  | Jamaica | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Kingston | Moscow |
| Area | 10,991 km² | 17,098,242 km² |
| Population | 2,837,077 (2025) | 143,513,328 (2025) |
| Density | 258.1 /km² | 8.4 /km² |
| Currency | Jamaican dollar (JMD) | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Official languages | English | Russian |
| Time zones | UTC-05:00 | 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 | +1876 | +7 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | North America | Europe |
| ISO codes | JM / JAM | RU / RUS |

## Population density

Jamaica is 31 times more densely populated than Russia — 258 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 — Jamaica on the left, Russia on the right.
- Different currencies: the Jamaican dollar and the Russian ruble.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Europe.

## Jamaica

The Blue Mountains rise to 2,256 m within about 15 km of the coast, so the island is far steeper than its size suggests. Cockpit Country in the west is a karst landscape of conical hills and sinkholes, largely trackless, and holds most of Jamaica's endemic plants. The island is about 235 km long and 82 km at its widest.

## 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 Jamaica bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 10,991 km².

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

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 2,837,077.

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

Jamaica is UTC-05:00 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

- [Jamaica](https://atoneplace.net/country/jamaica/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [India vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-russia/)
- [India vs Jamaica](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-jamaica/)
- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Jamaica](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-jamaica/)
- [Japan vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-russia/)
- [Canada vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-russia/)
- [Canada vs Jamaica](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-jamaica/)
- [Australia vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-russia/)
- [Australia vs Jamaica](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-jamaica/)
- [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 Jamaica](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-jamaica/)

## 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]