Russia
Europe & Central Asia · Data from the World Bank Open Data API · World Geography Learning Path
Russia is by far the largest country in the world by land area, spanning from Eastern Europe all the way across northern Asia to the Pacific Ocean.
Quick Facts
- Capital
- Moscow
- Region
- Europe & Central Asia
- Income level
- High income
- Population
- 143,513,328
- Land area
- 16,376,870 km²
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Russia is so wide that it crosses 11 time zones — when it's morning in Moscow, it's already the middle of the night on the country's Pacific coast.