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title: "Canada vs India — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; India is 3,287,263 km² with 1,463,865,525. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-india/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs India

**Canada vs India: Canada is larger; India has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 3,287,263 km² · 41,651,653 vs 1,463,865,525

Canada is 3.0 times larger than India — 9,984,670 against 3,287,263 km². India is 35 times more populous than Canada — 1,463,865,525 against 41,651,653 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | India |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | New Delhi |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 3,287,263 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 1,463,865,525 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 445.3 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Indian rupee (INR) |
| Official languages | English, French | Hindi, English |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+05:30 |
| Calling code | +1 | +91 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | North America | Asia |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | IN / IND |

## Population density

India is 107 times more densely populated than Canada — 445 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- They drive on opposite sides — Canada on the right, India on the left.
- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Indian rupee.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Asia.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## India

The most populous country in the world since 2023. The Ganges-Brahmaputra system drains the southern Himalaya into the largest delta on Earth, and Mawsynram and Cherrapunji in Meghalaya are the wettest inhabited places on record, with roughly 11 m of rain a year. Mumbai is the largest individual municipality; the Delhi urban agglomeration, which contains the capital, is larger still at around 33 million.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than India?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 3,287,263 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or India?

India, with 1,463,865,525 against 41,651,653.

### What is the time difference between Canada and India?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and India is UTC+05:30. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [India vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-united-states/)
- [India vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-united-kingdom/)
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- [India vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-new-zealand/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]