Country
Russia
- RU
- Europe
- RUB
- .ru
Russia (RU/RUS) is a country in Europe with its capital at Moscow. It covers about 17,098,246 km² with a population of roughly 144,000,000, uses the RUB, dials on +7, owns the .ru internet domain and keeps its capital on Europe/Moscow. It borders 14 countries.
Identity
Official short nameRussia
CapitalMoscow
ContinentEurope
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2RU
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3RUS
Internet TLD.ru
Calling code+7
Currency codeRUB
Geography
Latitude61.524° N
Longitude105.3188° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area17,098,246 km²6,601,670 square miles
Land neighbours145 have pages here; EE, LV, LT, BY, GE, AZ, KZ, MN, KP are not yet in the dataset
Distance from London5,836 kmto the approximate centre of Russia, not to Moscow. NE, bearing 35.4°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalEurope/Moscowthe IANA zone for Moscow; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+03:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC+03:00
Offset in JulyUTC+03:00
Current offsetUTC+03:00
Local time now10 Sept 2026, 06:42
Hours ahead of UTC3
Population & scale
Population144,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density8.4 per km²≈
Share of world population1.778%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset1 of 59
Population rank in this dataset9 of 59
Neighbouring countries
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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