---
title: "Netherlands vs Russia — area, population, currency"
description: "Netherlands is 41,543 km² with 18,087,633 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/netherlands-vs-russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Netherlands vs Russia

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

41,543 km² vs 17,098,242 km² · 18,087,633 vs 143,513,328

Russia is 412 times larger than Netherlands — 17,098,242 against 41,543 km². Russia is 7.9 times more populous than Netherlands — 143,513,328 against 18,087,633 people.

## Side by side

|  | Netherlands | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Amsterdam | Moscow |
| Area | 41,543 km² | 17,098,242 km² |
| Population | 18,087,633 (2025) | 143,513,328 (2025) |
| Density | 435.4 /km² | 8.4 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Official languages | Dutch | Russian |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | 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 | +31 | +7 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | NL / NLD | RU / RUS |

## Population density

Netherlands is 52 times more densely populated than Russia — 435 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.

## Netherlands

About a quarter of the Netherlands lies below sea level and roughly a fifth of its present land area has been reclaimed from sea, lake and marsh. Flevoland, a province of some 1,400 km², was drained from the Zuiderzee in the 20th century and is the largest artificial island in the world. The lowest point, in Zuidplaspolder, is about 6.8 m below sea level.

## 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 Netherlands bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 41,543 km².

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

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 18,087,633.

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

Netherlands is UTC+01:00 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

- [Netherlands](https://atoneplace.net/country/netherlands/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
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- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Netherlands](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-netherlands/)
- [Japan vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-russia/)
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- [Canada vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-russia/)
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- [New Zealand vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-russia/)
- [France vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-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]