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title: "Russia vs Switzerland — area, population, currency"
description: "Russia is 17,098,242 km² with 143,513,328 people; Switzerland is 41,277 km² with 9,092,436. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/russia-vs-switzerland/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Russia vs Switzerland

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

17,098,242 km² vs 41,277 km² · 143,513,328 vs 9,092,436

Russia is 414 times larger than Switzerland — 17,098,242 against 41,277 km². Russia is 16 times more populous than Switzerland — 143,513,328 against 9,092,436 people.

## Side by side

|  | Russia | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Moscow | Bern |
| Area | 17,098,242 km² | 41,277 km² |
| Population | 143,513,328 (2025) | 9,092,436 (2025) |
| Density | 8.4 /km² | 220.3 /km² |
| Currency | Russian ruble (RUB) | Swiss franc (CHF) |
| Official languages | Russian | German, French, Italian, Romansh |
| Time zones | 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 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +7 | +41 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | RU / RUS | CH / CHE |

## Population density

Switzerland is 26 times more densely populated than Russia — 220 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 Russian ruble and the Swiss franc.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.

## 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.

## Switzerland

The most mountainous country in Europe: the Alps cover about sixty percent of it and it has 48 peaks over 4,000 m. The Gotthard Base Tunnel, 57 km long, is the longest and deepest rail tunnel in the world. Switzerland has four official languages and about 1,500 lakes.

> 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 Russia bigger than Switzerland?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 41,277 km².

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

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 9,092,436.

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

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 and Switzerland is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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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]