Total & land area: Luxembourg vs Russia size comparison

Russia is 6,602 times bigger by total area compared to Luxembourg: 6,592,849 sq mi vs 999 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Russia is 6,323,145 sq mi vs 994 sq mi for Luxembourg — a 6,361 times difference in territory size.

Luxembourg ranks 169/197 by total surface area vs 1/197 for Russia.
Luxembourg occupies 0.002% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 11% for Russia.
51.7% of Luxembourg's area is agricultural land vs 13.2% in Russia.
Luxembourg has 0.003% of the world's agricultural land area — Russia has 4.52%.
34.5% of Luxembourg is covered by forests, compared to 49.8% in Russia.
0.002% of the world's forests are in Luxembourg, and 20.2% are in Russia.

True size map comparison: Luxembourg vs Russia

See how Luxembourg and Russia compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Luxembourg	Russia
Total area	999 sq mi	6,592,849 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	6,602
Total area rank	169/197	1/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.0005%	3.35%
Land area	994 sq mi	6,323,145 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	6,361
Land area rank	169/197	1/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.002%	11%
Population	677,012	143,533,851
Population density	696 ppl/mi²	22.4 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Luxembourg	Russia
Forest area	342 sq mi	3,147,937 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	34.5%	49.8%
Forest area rank	160/196	1/196
World's forests share	0.002%	20.2%
Agricultural land area	514 sq mi	832,826 sq mi
Agricultural land share	51.7%	13.2%
Agricultural land area rank	160/194	5/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.003%	4.52%
Arable land	236.8 sq mi	469,689 sq mi
Arable land share	23.8%	7.43%
Arable land area rank	155/191	3/191
Permanent cropland	5.99 sq mi	7,722 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.6%	0.12%
Permanent cropland area rank	179/192	23/192
Water area	4.59 sq mi	269,704 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.46%	4.09%
Water area rank	146/197	2/197
Roads length	1,786 mi	981,326 mi
Land borders length	203.2 mi	13,923 mi
Coastline length	0 mi	23,396 mi
Share of marine protected waters	n/a	2.2%

Luxembourg vs Russia size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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The map above outlines the borders of Luxembourg and Russia but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.