True size · Russia
How big is Russia?
Russia measures 16,879,951 km² on this map. About 70 United Kingdoms fit inside it, with 106,621 km² left over, and it is 1.7 times the size of Canada.
Canada, the runner-up, is 9,872,248 km². The gap between them is 7,007,703 km², a bit under Australia (7,706,123 km²).
Mercator stretches the Arctic half, so the classroom map makes Russia even larger than this. On Equal Earth the country is still absurd. The padding was never the whole trick.
Russia on Equal Earth, where area is not inflated toward the pole. Drag it, or add another country from the list. Open this scene on the full map.
Areas are the shapes drawn on Map Real Size, measured on the sphere. Official land-area tables differ where they include inland water, a different coastline, or a disputed border. How many United Kingdoms fit inside Russia?.