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title: "Palestine vs Russia — area, population, currency"
description: "Palestine is 6,220 km² with 5,413,596 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/palestine-vs-russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Palestine vs Russia

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

6,220 km² vs 17,098,242 km² · 5,413,596 vs 143,513,328

Russia is 2749 times larger than Palestine — 17,098,242 against 6,220 km². Russia is 27 times more populous than Palestine — 143,513,328 against 5,413,596 people.

## Side by side

|  | Palestine | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ramallah | Moscow |
| Area | 6,220 km² | 17,098,242 km² |
| Population | 5,413,596 (2025) | 143,513,328 (2025) |
| Density | 870.4 /km² | 8.4 /km² |
| Currency | Israeli new shekel (ILS) | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Official languages | Arabic | Russian |
| Time zones | UTC+02:00 | 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 | +970 | +7 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | PS / PSE | RU / RUS |

## Population density

Palestine is 104 times more densely populated than Russia — 870 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 Israeli new shekel and the Russian ruble.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Asia and Europe.

## Palestine

The territory is in two separate parts: the West Bank, about 5,860 km², and the Gaza Strip, about 360 km². The West Bank includes the northern shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest exposed land on Earth at roughly 430 m below sea level. Jericho, in the Jordan Valley, is among the oldest continuously inhabited settlements known, with remains going back around 11,000 years.

## 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 Palestine bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 6,220 km².

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

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 5,413,596.

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

Palestine is UTC+02:00 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

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

## 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]