Country comparison
Germany vs India
India is 9.2× the size of Germany. India has 18× the population of Germany. Germany has 22× the GDP per capita of India.
Side by side
| Germany | Category | India |
|---|---|---|
| 357,680 km² | Area (2024) India: 9.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 3,287,263 km² more |
| 83.5 million | Population (2025) India: 18× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.46 billion more |
| 239 people/km² | Population density (2024) India: 2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 488 people/km² |
| US$ 60,496 more | GDP per capita (2025) Germany: 22× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | US$ 2,703 |
| 80.8 years more | Life expectancy (2024) Germany: 1.1× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 72.2 years |
| 94% more | Internet users (2024) Germany: 1.4× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 65% |
| 45.1 years | Median age (2023) Germany: 1.6× more Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 28.1 years |
| 1.36 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) India: 1.4× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.96 births per woman |
| 6.9 t | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) Germany: 3.2× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 2.2 t less |
| 246 more | Castles, fortresses and palaces Germany: 2.1× more Wikidata (CC0 1.0) | 117 |
| 9 | Ghost stories Germany: 2.3× more | 4 |
| 3 | UFO cases India: 1.3× more | 4 |
| 43 | VPN providers with servers in the country Germany: 1.5× more VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | 28 |
| German | Official languages Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | Hindi, English |
| euro (EUR) | Currency ISO 4217 | Indian rupee (INR) |
| Type C, F · 230 V | Plugs and voltage Shared plug types: C | Type C, D, M · 230 V |
| UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | Time zone of the capital Time difference: 4 h 30 min IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC+5:30 |
Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.
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Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-01); details and licences on the map pages.