- Area: 17,075,000 km2 (the largest country in the world)
- Population: 141.8 million
- Capital: Moscow with 10.2 million inhabitants (2008)
- Other big cities: St Petersburg (4.6), Novosibirisk (1.4), Jekaterinburg (1.3), Nizjnij Novogorod (1.3)
- GDP per capita: USD 10,522 (2010)