---
title: "France vs India — area, population, currency"
description: "France is 643,801 km² with 68,720,337 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/france-vs-india/
site: "At One Place"
---

# France vs India

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

643,801 km² vs 3,287,263 km² · 68,720,337 vs 1,463,865,525

India is 5.1 times larger than France — 3,287,263 against 643,801 km². India is 21 times more populous than France — 1,463,865,525 against 68,720,337 people.

## Side by side

|  | France | India |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Paris | New Delhi |
| Area | 643,801 km² | 3,287,263 km² |
| Population | 68,720,337 (2025) | 1,463,865,525 (2025) |
| Density | 106.7 /km² | 445.3 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Indian rupee (INR) |
| Official languages | French | Hindi, English |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC+05:30 |
| Calling code | +33 | +91 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | Europe | Asia |
| ISO codes | FR / FRA | IN / IND |

## Population density

India is 4.2 times more densely populated than France — 445 against 107 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 — France on the right, India on the left.
- Different currencies: the Euro and the Indian rupee.
- Different continents — Europe and Asia.

## France

Mont Blanc on the Italian border is 4,806 m, the highest point in western Europe. Counting its overseas departments, France spans twelve time zones — more than any other country — and its exclusive economic zone is the second largest in the world. The Gouffre Mirolda and other Alpine systems make it one of the great caving countries.

## 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 France bigger than India?

India is larger — 3,287,263 km² against 643,801 km².

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

India, with 1,463,865,525 against 68,720,337.

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

France is UTC+01:00 and India is UTC+05:30. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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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]