---
title: "Russia vs Taiwan — area, population, currency"
description: "Russia is 17,098,242 km² with 143,513,328 people; Taiwan is 35,980 km² with 23,600,776. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/russia-vs-taiwan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Russia vs Taiwan

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

17,098,242 km² vs 35,980 km² · 143,513,328 vs 23,600,776

Russia is 475 times larger than Taiwan — 17,098,242 against 35,980 km². Russia is 6.1 times more populous than Taiwan — 143,513,328 against 23,600,776 people.

## Side by side

|  | Russia | Taiwan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Moscow | Taipei |
| Area | 17,098,242 km² | 35,980 km² |
| Population | 143,513,328 (2025) | 23,600,776 (2025) |
| Density | 8.4 /km² | 655.9 /km² |
| Currency | Russian ruble (RUB) | New Taiwan dollar (TWD) |
| Official languages | Russian | Mandarin Chinese |
| 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+08:00 |
| Calling code | +7 | +886 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Asia |
| ISO codes | RU / RUS | TW / TWN |

## Population density

Taiwan is 78 times more densely populated than Russia — 656 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 New Taiwan dollar.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Europe and Asia.

## 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.

## Taiwan

A mountainous island: 268 peaks rise above 3,000 m in an area smaller than Switzerland, and Yushan reaches 3,952 m. Taroko Gorge is cut about 19 km through marble. The island sits on the Ring of Fire and the Tropic of Cancer crosses it, so the south is tropical and the high interior gets snow.

> 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 Taiwan?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 35,980 km².

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

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 23,600,776.

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

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 Taiwan is UTC+08:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

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

## 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]