---
title: "Russia vs Thailand — area, population, currency"
description: "Russia is 17,098,242 km² with 143,513,328 people; Thailand is 513,120 km² with 71,619,863. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/russia-vs-thailand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Russia vs Thailand

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

17,098,242 km² vs 513,120 km² · 143,513,328 vs 71,619,863

Russia is 33 times larger than Thailand — 17,098,242 against 513,120 km². Russia is 2.0 times more populous than Thailand — 143,513,328 against 71,619,863 people.

## Side by side

|  | Russia | Thailand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Moscow | Bangkok |
| Area | 17,098,242 km² | 513,120 km² |
| Population | 143,513,328 (2025) | 71,619,863 (2025) |
| Density | 8.4 /km² | 139.6 /km² |
| Currency | Russian ruble (RUB) | Thai baht (THB) |
| Official languages | Russian | Thai |
| 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+07:00 |
| Calling code | +7 | +66 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | Europe | Asia |
| ISO codes | RU / RUS | TH / THA |

## Population density

Thailand is 17 times more densely populated than Russia — 140 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 — Russia on the right, Thailand on the left.
- Different currencies: the Russian ruble and the Thai baht.
- 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.

## Thailand

Roughly 3,200 km of coastline on two separate seas, the Andaman and the Gulf of Thailand, joined only by the narrow Kra Isthmus. The country's full ceremonial name for Bangkok, Krung Thep Mahanakhon and the rest, is the longest place name in the world at 168 letters in transliteration.

> 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 Thailand?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 513,120 km².

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

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 71,619,863.

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

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 Thailand is UTC+07:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

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

## 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]