---
title: "Russia vs Ukraine — area, population, currency"
description: "Russia is 17,098,242 km² with 143,513,328 people; Ukraine is 603,550 km² with 38,980,376. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/russia-vs-ukraine/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Russia vs Ukraine

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

17,098,242 km² vs 603,550 km² · 143,513,328 vs 38,980,376

Russia is 28 times larger than Ukraine — 17,098,242 against 603,550 km². Russia is 3.7 times more populous than Ukraine — 143,513,328 against 38,980,376 people.

## Side by side

|  | Russia | Ukraine |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Moscow | Kyiv |
| Area | 17,098,242 km² | 603,550 km² |
| Population | 143,513,328 (2025) | 38,980,376 (2025) |
| Density | 8.4 /km² | 64.6 /km² |
| Currency | Russian ruble (RUB) | Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH) |
| Official languages | Russian | Ukrainian |
| 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+02:00 |
| Calling code | +7 | +380 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Europe |
| ISO codes | RU / RUS | UA / UKR |

## Population density

Ukraine is 7.7 times more densely populated than Russia — 65 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 Ukrainian hryvnia.
- 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.

## Ukraine

The largest country entirely within Europe. About a quarter of the world's chernozem — the deep black soil that makes grain farming so productive — lies here. The Carpathians in the west reach 2,061 m, and the rest of the country is largely steppe drained by the Dnieper.

> 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 Ukraine?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 603,550 km².

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

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 38,980,376.

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

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 Ukraine is UTC+02:00. 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]