Europe · Eastern Europe
Capital: Moscow
Russia
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Russia in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #6
Russia's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
143.5M
#9 of 196
96th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$2.6T
#8 of 196
96th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$148.97B
#3 of 196
99th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
View data source ↗R&D Spending
$20.49B
#18 of 196
91st percentile
2024 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$349.77B
#9 of 196
96th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Moscow
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Eastern Europe
- Country code
- RUS
Three interesting facts
Russia shares land borders with 14 countries: Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, and Ukraine.
Russia is the 1st-largest country in this factbook by land area.
Its 14 land neighbors give Russia one of the most connected positions on its regional map.
Geography
Russia on the map
Russia is located in North Asia bordering the Arctic Ocean, extending from Eastern Europe (the portion west of the Urals) to the North Pacific Ocean. Its terrain is broad plain with low hills west of Urals, vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia, uplands and mountains along southern border regions. The climate is ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia, subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north, winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia, summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast. In area, the country is approximately 1.8 times the size of the US.
Economy
Economic profile
Russia's economy is characterized by natural resource-rich Eurasian economy, leading energy exporter to Europe and Asia, decreased oil export reliance, endemic corruption, Ukrainian invasion, and lack of green infrastructure limit investment and have led to sanctions. Major industries include complete range of mining and extractive industries producing coal, oil, gas, chemicals, and metals, all forms of machine building from rolling mills to high-performance aircraft and space vehicles, defense industries (including radar, missile production, advanced electronic components), shipbuilding, road and rail transportation equipment, communications equipment, agricultural machinery, tractors, and construction equipment, electric power generating and transmitting equipment, medical and scientific instruments, consumer durables, textiles, foodstuffs, handicrafts. Important agricultural products include wheat, sugar beets, milk, barley, potatoes, sunflower seeds, maize, soybeans, chicken, pork (2023). Notable exports include crude petroleum, refined petroleum, natural gas, coal, fertilizers (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Russia has an estimated population of 146,028,325. Language and cultural traditions vary across Russia. The population includes Russian 77.7%, Tatar 3.7%, Ukrainian 1.4%, Bashkir 1.1%, Chuvash 1%, Chechen 1%, other 10.2%, unspecified 3.9% (2010 est.). The urban population represents 75.3% of total population (2023).
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