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title: "Russia — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Russia: capital Moscow, area 17,098,242 km², population 143,513,328 (2025), currency Russian ruble. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Russia

**Russia: Capital Moscow**

17,098,242 km² · 143,513,328 people (2025) · Russian ruble

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.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Moscow
- **Area:** 17,098,242 km² — 6,601,665 sq mi
- **Population:** 143,513,328 (2025)
- **Density:** 8.4 people per km²
- **Currency:** Russian ruble (RUB, ₽)
- **Official language:** Russian
- **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
- **Calling code:** +7
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** RU · RUS
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 1 of 200
- **By population:** 9 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Russia ← | 17,098,242 | 143,513,328 |
| Canada | 9,984,670 | 41,651,653 |
| United States | 9,833,517 | 341,784,857 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Russia?

Moscow

### What currency does Russia use?

The Russian ruble (RUB).

### How big is Russia?

17,098,242 km², or 6,601,665 square miles — 1 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Russia drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [United States](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-states/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)
- [Romania](https://atoneplace.net/country/romania/)

## 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]