Russia 101

Russia by Numbers vis-à-vis the United States

CategoryRussiaU.S.

Deployed strategic nuclear warheads (2023) 

Source: U.S. State Department

No. 1

1,549 (2022 data)

No. 2

1,419

Oil production (2023) 

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration

No. 3

10,907 thousand barrels/day

No. 1

21,973 thousand barrels/day

Natural gas production (2023) 

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration

No. 3 

21,664 bln ftyear total

No. 1

37,869 bln ftyear total

GDP (2023) 

(current U.S. dollars)

Source: World Bank

No. 11

$2.02 trillion

No. 1

$27.72 trillion 

GDP (PPP) (2023) 

(constant 2017 international $)

Source: World Bank

No. 4

$6.45 trillion 

No. 2

$27.72 trillion 

Defense spending (2023) 

(constant 2023 U.S. dollars)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database

No. 3

$126.46 billion

No. 1

$880.07  billion

Global exports (2022) 

Source: World Trade Organization

No. 14

$588,328 billion

No. 2

$2,064 trillion

Global imports (2022) 

Source: World Trade Organization

No. 27

$240 billion

No. 1

$3.376 trillion

Bilateral trade (2022 - latest update) 

Source: International Monetary Fund

America's No. 42 top trade partner

$16.17 billion 

Russia's No. 8 top trade partner

$28.94 billion

Population (2023) 

Source: World Bank

No. 9

143,826,130

No. 3

334,914,895

Total area

Source: World Atlas

No. 1

17,098,242 km2  or 10,624,355 mi2

(Crimea excluded)

No. 3

9,826,675 km2 or 6,106,013 mi2

 

Life expectancy (2022) 

Source: World Bank

No. 136

72.5 years

No. 69

77.4 years

Harvard graduate student Aleksandra Srdanovic contributed to research for this table.