---
title: "Pakistan vs Russia — area, population, currency"
description: "Pakistan is 796,095 km² with 255,219,554 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/pakistan-vs-russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Pakistan vs Russia

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

796,095 km² vs 17,098,242 km² · 255,219,554 vs 143,513,328

Russia is 21 times larger than Pakistan — 17,098,242 against 796,095 km². Pakistan is 1.8 times more populous than Russia — 255,219,554 against 143,513,328 people.

## Side by side

|  | Pakistan | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Islamabad | Moscow |
| Area | 796,095 km² | 17,098,242 km² |
| Population | 255,219,554 (2025) | 143,513,328 (2025) |
| Density | 320.6 /km² | 8.4 /km² |
| Currency | Pakistani rupee (PKR) | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Official languages | English, Urdu | 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 | +92 | +7 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | PK / PAK | RU / RUS |

## Population density

Pakistan is 38 times more densely populated than Russia — 321 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 — Pakistan on the left, Russia on the right.
- Different currencies: the Pakistani rupee and the Russian ruble.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Asia and Europe.

## Pakistan

Five of the world's fourteen 8,000 m peaks stand in northern Pakistan, including K2 at 8,611 m. Outside the polar regions, this is the most heavily glaciated place on Earth: the Karakoram holds several glaciers over 50 km long, among them Siachen and Baltoro. The Indus runs about 3,200 km from Tibet to the Arabian Sea.

## 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 Pakistan bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 796,095 km².

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

Pakistan, with 255,219,554 against 143,513,328.

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

Pakistan 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

- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [India vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-russia/)
- [India vs Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-pakistan/)
- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-pakistan/)
- [Japan vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-russia/)
- [Japan vs Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-pakistan/)
- [Canada vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-russia/)
- [Canada vs Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-pakistan/)
- [Australia vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-russia/)
- [Australia vs Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-pakistan/)
- [New Zealand vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-russia/)
- [New Zealand vs Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-pakistan/)

## 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]