Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 45.27% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~141.7 million people (116.3 million fewer people live in Australia).
This to-scale map shows a size comparison of Russia compared to Australia. For more details, see an in-depth quality of life comparison of Australia vs. Russia using our country comparison tool.
