South Asia · INHow large is India?
EqualAtlas calculates a consistent spherical area from the same Natural Earth boundary geometry used for the map. For India, that mapped area is approximately 3,155,814 square kilometres, ranking #8 among 238 mapped country and territory profiles. It may differ slightly from figures published by national statistical offices because coastlines, inland water and territorial definitions vary by dataset.
People and place
India had a World Bank population value of 1,463,865,525 in 2025. Using the displayed mapped area, that is about 463.9 people per square kilometre. Area and population answer different questions, so EqualAtlas keeps their reference methods visible rather than combining them into an unexplained ranking.
For wider context, the latest imported World Bank GDP value is $4T for 2025. This current-dollar measure should not be read as a cost-of-living comparison.
Population and economic data: World Bank Open Data. Boundary geometry: Natural Earth via world-atlas. Data and methods are explained on the data sources page.
Countries and territories closest in mapped area
These are the three profiles whose mapped areas are nearest to India under the same geometry and spherical calculation.