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).

This to-scale map shows a size comparison of Ukraine compared to Russia. For more details, see an in-depth quality of life comparison of Russia vs. Ukraine using our country comparison tool.


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