Russia: Europe or Asia

This issue is sometimes debated here (usually caused by some remark
about Turkey), so I sat down and counted how many Russians lived on
either side of the Urals. I used the numbers from this site:
http://www.world-gazetteer.com/

The distributions of districts in Europe and Asia can be seen on this
map: http://home1.stofanet.dk/rorschak/russia.gif
The red states are Asian and the blue states European.

The result was that of a total population of 144,003,901, 109,976,452
lives in Europe (76.4%). Of a total area of 16,894,740.5 km², 4,126,245.9 km²
is in Europe (24.4%).

Of a total area of 16,894,740.5 km², 4,126,245.9 km²
is in Europe (24.4%).

And if Asian Russia were both part of Russia and a separate
country, Asian Russia would be the seventh largest country in
the world, beating out India by one million square kilometers.

Ten largest countries:
Russia
Canada
China
USA
Brazil
Australia
India
Argentina
Kazakhstan
Sudan

And if Asian Russia were both part of Russia and a separate
country, Asian Russia would be the seventh largest country in
the world, beating out India by one million square kilometers.

Scratch that. I did the reverse math, duh! Try:

And if Asian Russia were both part of Russia and a separate country,
Asian Russia would be the SECOND largest country in the world,
bigger than Canada by more than two million square kilometers.

Time for more tea.


Pete