Russia
Leads 15 of 15 metrics
vs
South Africa
Leads 0 of 15 metrics
52×
Russia has 52× the
defense budget of South Africa
19×
Russia has 19× the
gold reserves of South Africa
14×
Russia has 14× the
land area of South Africa
Russia
Tale of the tape
South Africa
146M
Population
RUS
2.5×
59.3M
17.1M km²
Land Area
RUS
14×
1.22M km²
$2.24T
GDP (nominal)
RUS
5.3×
$420B
$15,357
GDP per Capita
RUS
2.2×
$7,080
72.7 yrs
Life Expectancy
RUS
1.1×
64.9 yrs
0.822
HDI
RUS
1.2×
0.709
99.7%
Literacy Rate
RUS
1.1×
87.0%
85.0%
Internet Users
RUS
1.2×
68.2%
900K
Active Military
RUS
12×
74K
$149B
Defense Budget
RUS
52×
$3B
$476B
Exports
RUS
3.7×
$128B
$382B
Imports
RUS
3.2×
$120B
540
Olympic Medals
RUS
5.6×
97
2,333 t
Gold Reserves
RUS
19×
125 t
35.8
Cost of Living Index
RUS
1.1×
lower
40.2
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country
(for cost of living, the lower index leads).
Russia
South Africa
Moscow
Capital
Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
Russian Ruble (RUB)
Currency
South African Rand (ZAR)
Russian
Language
11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Zulu
Federal semi-presidential republic
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic