Russia’s coastline is 16 times as long as South Korea’s

Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Russia’s highest peak towers 3,692 m above South Korea’s

Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 16% of South Korea, versus 13% of Russia

Russia: 13.2% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

Russia has 2.8 times as many people as South Korea

Russia: 144 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 60 times as densely populated as Russia

Russia: 9 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 5 years older than in Russia

Russia: 39.5 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Russia have 0.7 more children on average than in South Korea

Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in South Korea are 65 or older, versus 18% in Russia

Russia: 17.8% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

South Korea hosts 4% more refugees per resident than Russia

Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Korea 0.6

Russia: 2 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Russia and South Korea are practically level

Russia: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

Russia’s economy is 37% larger than South Korea’s

Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 27% more per person than Russia

Russia: Int$49,568 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Russia and South Korea are practically level

Russia: 33 (2023) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

Russia and South Korea are practically level

Russia: 0.1% (2023) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

Unemployment is 2.7% in South Korea, versus 2.1% in Russia

Russia: 2.1% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, South Korea 2.6%

Russia: 7.5% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

South Korea’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Russia’s 11%

Russia: 10.9% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

South Korea’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Russia’s

Russia: 35% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 3.1 times as much on health per person as Russia

Russia: $1,003 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Russia is 78% more likely to die before turning one than in South Korea

Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 2 times as many doctors per person as South Korea

Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 88% more hospital beds per person than Russia

Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 18% higher than in Russia

Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

21% of adults in Russia are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Russia: 21.2% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 19% in South Korea

Russia: 27% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in South Korea rate their lives 0.21 points higher than in Russia

Russia: 5.83 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in Russia drink 26% more alcohol than in South Korea

Russia: 10.4 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

Russia and South Korea are nearly identical here

Russia: 84.8 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

Russia has 98 kcal more food per person per day than South Korea

Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in Russia put in 176 more hours a year than in South Korea

Russia: 2,087 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 0.31 years longer than in Russia

Russia: 12.4 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

Russia: no data · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

Russia has 16 more World Heritage sites than South Korea (33 against 17)

Russia: 33 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, South Korea 409

Russia: 539 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 94% in Russia

Russia: 94% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Russia: no data · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

Russia and South Korea are practically level

Russia: 100% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 75% in Russia

Russia: 75% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, South Korea 173

Russia: 186 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 20 times as long as South Korea’s

Russia: 85,544 km (2021) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 2.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Russia

Russia: 0.69 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 51% of Russia

Russia: 50.8% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 9% more CO₂ than someone in South Korea

Russia: 12.3 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

17% of Russia’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Russia: 17.4% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 63% more fine dust than in Russia

Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 16 times as likely to be murdered in Russia as in South Korea

Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Russia are 54% deadlier than in South Korea

Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

South Korea is on average 15.7 °C warmer than Russia

Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 2.2 times as much rain as Russia

Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)