---
title: "Poland vs Russia — area, population, currency"
description: "Poland is 312,685 km² with 36,435,861 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/poland-vs-russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Poland vs Russia

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

312,685 km² vs 17,098,242 km² · 36,435,861 vs 143,513,328

Russia is 55 times larger than Poland — 17,098,242 against 312,685 km². Russia is 3.9 times more populous than Poland — 143,513,328 against 36,435,861 people.

## Side by side

|  | Poland | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Warsaw | Moscow |
| Area | 312,685 km² | 17,098,242 km² |
| Population | 36,435,861 (2025) | 143,513,328 (2025) |
| Density | 116.5 /km² | 8.4 /km² |
| Currency | Polish złoty (PLN) | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Official languages | Polish | 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 | +48 | +7 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | PL / POL | RU / RUS |

## Population density

Poland is 14 times more densely populated than Russia — 117 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 Polish złoty and the Russian ruble.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.

## Poland

The Wieliczka salt mine near Kraków has been worked since the 13th century and holds chapels, chandeliers and statues carved entirely from rock salt, about 300 m down. Białowieża on the Belarusian border is the last large fragment of the primeval forest that once covered the European plain.

## 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 Poland bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 312,685 km².

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

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 36,435,861.

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

Poland 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

- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
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## 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]