True size · India
How big is India?
India measures 3,155,854 km² on this map. It is the seventh-largest country here. China is 3 times larger.
India3,155,854 km²
On this map7th largest country
China is3 times larger
Share of the United States33 per cent
India sits near the equator, so Mercator does not inflate it. The country is exactly as big as it looks on a classroom map, which is why it feels smaller than places the projection has been flattering.
India on Equal Earth. Add China from the list if you want the neighbour it is often mentally paired with. Open this scene on the full map.
Areas are the shapes drawn on Map Real Size, measured on the sphere. Official land-area tables differ where they include inland water, a different coastline, or a disputed border. India’s three great empires, measured.