Country comparison
India vs China
China is 2.9× the size of India. China has 5.1× the GDP per capita of India. India has 15× as many castles and palaces as China.
Side by side
| India | Category | China |
|---|---|---|
| 3,287,263 km² | Area (2024) China: 2.9× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 9,562,910 km² more |
| 1.46 billion more | Population (2025) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.41 billion |
| 488 people/km² | Population density (2024) India: 3.3× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 150 people/km² |
| US$ 2,703 | GDP per capita (2025) China: 5.1× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | US$ 13,862 more |
| 72.2 years | Life expectancy (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 78 years more |
| 65% | Internet users (2024) China: 1.4× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 92% more |
| 28.1 years | Median age (2023) China: 1.4× more Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 39.1 years |
| 1.96 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) India: 1.9× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 1.01 births per woman |
| 2.2 t less | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) China: 4.3× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | 9.3 t |
| 117 more | Castles, fortresses and palaces India: 15× more Wikidata (CC0 1.0) | 8 |
| 4 | Ghost stories India: 4× more | 1 |
| 4 | UFO cases India: 1.3× more | 3 |
| 28 | VPN providers with servers in the country India: 4.7× more VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | 6 |
| Hindi, English | Official languages Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | Chinese |
| Indian rupee (INR) | Currency ISO 4217 | Chinese yuan (renminbi) (CNY) |
| Type C, D, M · 230 V | Plugs and voltage Shared plug types: C · different voltage | Type A, C, I · 220 V |
| UTC+5:30 | Time zone of the capital Time difference: 2 h 30 min IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC+8 |
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.