Country size comparison

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Russia is about 28 times bigger than Ukraine.

Ukraine is approximately 603,550 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 2,733% larger than Ukraine. Meanwhile, the population of Ukraine is ~43.5 million people (98.5 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ukraine vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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