Russia dwarfs Indonesia: about 17,098,246 km² against 1,904,569 km². At true size Russia is about 9× the size of Indonesia. The whole of Indonesia fits into Russia roughly 8 times.
Indonesia sits in Asia, Russia in Europe. On the old Mercator map the latitude gap distorted how large each felt beside the other; at true size the answer is simply 9×.
The old map muddied it further: Mercator inflates Indonesia about 1.00× and Russia about 6.1×, so on a Mercator-style map this pair appears 54.3× apart instead of the true 9×.
Indonesia fits 8× into Russia.
Indonesia vs Russia: key figures
| Measure | Indonesia | Russia |
|---|
| True area | 1,904,569 km² · #15 | 17,098,246 km² · #1 |
| Mercator inflation | 1.00× | 6.1× |
| Apparent on Mercator | 1,907,616 km² | 103,611,951 km² |