---
title: "Hong Kong vs India — area, population, currency"
description: "Hong Kong is 1,108 km² with 7,498,900 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/hong-kong-vs-india/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Hong Kong vs India

**Hong Kong vs India: India is larger; India has more people**

1,108 km² vs 3,287,263 km² · 7,498,900 vs 1,463,865,525

India is 2967 times larger than Hong Kong — 3,287,263 against 1,108 km². India is 195 times more populous than Hong Kong — 1,463,865,525 against 7,498,900 people.

## Side by side

|  | Hong Kong | India |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Hong Kong | New Delhi |
| Area | 1,108 km² | 3,287,263 km² |
| Population | 7,498,900 (2025) | 1,463,865,525 (2025) |
| Density | 6768.0 /km² | 445.3 /km² |
| Currency | Hong Kong dollar (HKD) | Indian rupee (INR) |
| Official languages | English, Chinese | Hindi, English |
| Time zones | UTC+08:00 | UTC+05:30 |
| Calling code | +852 | +91 |
| Drives on the | left | left |
| Continent | Asia | Asia |
| ISO codes | HK / HKG | IN / IND |

## Population density

Hong Kong is 15 times more densely populated than India — 6,768 against 445 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

- Different currencies: the Hong Kong dollar and the Indian rupee.

## Hong Kong

One of the most densely populated places on Earth, yet roughly three-quarters of its land is undeveloped countryside and about forty percent is protected country park. It has 263 islands and around 730 km of coastline. There are more skyscrapers over 150 m here than in any other city.

## 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 Hong Kong bigger than India?

India is larger — 3,287,263 km² against 1,108 km².

### Which has more people, Hong Kong or India?

India, with 1,463,865,525 against 7,498,900.

### What is the time difference between Hong Kong and India?

Hong Kong is UTC+08:00 and India is UTC+05:30. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

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- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
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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]