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Russia

Russia ranks #1 in the world for forest and land area.

#1 in the world
2 rankings
Top 10 placings
8 / 17
Population
143.5 million
Land area
16.4 million km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Russia is.

Forest
#1 of 194

8,153,120 km² of forest

1st in Europe · World Bank · 2023

Land area
#1 of 194

16,376,870 km² of land

1st in Europe · World Bank · 2023

Coastline
#3 of 151

37,653 km of coastline

1st in Europe · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Railways
#3 of 135

85,494 km of railway

1st in Europe · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2019

Forest per person
#6 of 194

0.0568 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports
#8 of 193

905 airports

3rd in Europe · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP
#8 of 182

2,561,310,169,359 US$ (current prices)

4th in Europe · World Bank · 2025

Population
#9 of 195

143,513,328 people

1st in Europe · World Bank · 2025

Land area per person
#12 of 194

0.114 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways per person
#24 of 134

595.72 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2019

Forest by area
#47 of 194

49.8 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

GDP per person
#59 of 182

17,847 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Airports per person
#94 of 192

6.31 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways by area
#86 of 133

5.22 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2019

Rainfall
#145 of 179

460 mm of precipitation per year

37th in Europe · World Bank · 2022

Airports by area
#177 of 191

0.55 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population by area
#183 of 194

8.76 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

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