CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Indonesia fits inside Russia 8.9 times

Indonesia: 1,916,910 km² (2024) · Russia: 17,125,200 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Indonesia’s coastline is 45% longer than Russia’s

Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Russia’s highest peak towers 758 m above Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 29% of Indonesia, versus 13% of Russia

Indonesia: 28.9% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Indonesia has 2 times as many people as Russia

Indonesia: 286 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Indonesia is 17 times as densely populated as Russia

Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Russia are 10.4 cm taller than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 166.3 cm (2019) · Russia: 176.7 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Russia are 10.2 cm taller than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 154.4 cm (2019) · Russia: 164.5 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Russia is 9.6 years older than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Indonesia have 0.7 more children on average than in Russia

Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

18% of people in Russia are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 7.5% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Russia hosts 3.2 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025) · Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Indonesia 0.0

Indonesia: 0.035 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Indonesia and Russia are practically level

Indonesia: 1 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Russia’s economy is 77% larger than Indonesia’s

Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Russia produces 2.8 times as much per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Indonesia than in Russia (Gini 1.4 points higher)

Indonesia: 34.4 (2025) · Russia: 33 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

3.7% of people in Indonesia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Russia

Indonesia: 3.7% (2025) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 3.2% in Indonesia, versus 2.1% in Russia

Indonesia: 3.2% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Indonesia 1.0%

Indonesia: 1% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Indonesia: no data · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Russia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 29% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Russia spends 7.6 times as much on health per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: $132 (2023) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Russia live 2.2 years longer than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 71.3 years (2024) · Russia: 73.4 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Indonesia is 3.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Russia

Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Russia has 9.8 times as many doctors per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Russia has 5 times as many hospital beds per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Russia is 9 times that in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

21% of adults in Russia are obese, versus 12% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 12% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 27% in Russia

Indonesia: 31% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Russia rate their lives 0.22 points higher than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 5.62 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Russia drink 103 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Russia has 4.2 times as much meat per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 20 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Russia has 628 kcal more food per person per day than Indonesia

Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Russia put in 128 more hours a year than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Russia went to school 3.7 years longer than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Indonesia: 0.05 (2024) · Russia: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Russia has 23 more World Heritage sites than Indonesia (33 against 10)

Indonesia: 10 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Indonesia 40

Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

94% of people in Russia are online, versus 73% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 73% (2024) · Russia: 94% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Russia and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 99.9% (2024) · Russia: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

75% of people in Russia live in cities, versus 59% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 59% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Indonesia 123

Indonesia: 123 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Russia’s railway network is 16 times as long as Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Russia fly 2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.34 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Russia and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 50.7% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Russia emits 4.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

18% of Indonesia’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Russia

Indonesia: 18.1% (2024) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Indonesia carries 43% more fine dust than in Russia

Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 26 times as likely to be murdered in Russia as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Indonesia are 30% deadlier than in Russia

Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Indonesia is on average 28.2 °C warmer than Russia

Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Indonesia gets 5.9 times as much rain as Russia

Indonesia: 3,437 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Indonesia bigger than Russia?

Russia is larger. Indonesia fits inside Russia 8.9 times.

Which has more people, Indonesia or Russia?

Indonesia has 2 times as many people as Russia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Indonesia or Russia?

People in Russia live 2.2 years longer than in Indonesia. Life expectancy at birth is 71.3 years in Indonesia and 73.4 in Russia.

Are people taller in Indonesia or Russia?

Men in Russia are 10.4 cm taller than in Indonesia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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