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title: "Iceland vs India — area, population, currency"
description: "Iceland is 103,000 km² with 392,404 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/iceland-vs-india/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Iceland vs India

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

103,000 km² vs 3,287,263 km² · 392,404 vs 1,463,865,525

India is 32 times larger than Iceland — 3,287,263 against 103,000 km². India is 3731 times more populous than Iceland — 1,463,865,525 against 392,404 people.

## Side by side

|  | Iceland | India |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Reykjavík | New Delhi |
| Area | 103,000 km² | 3,287,263 km² |
| Population | 392,404 (2025) | 1,463,865,525 (2025) |
| Density | 3.8 /km² | 445.3 /km² |
| Currency | Icelandic króna (ISK) | Indian rupee (INR) |
| Official languages | Icelandic | Hindi, English |
| Time zones | UTC+00:00 | UTC+05:30 |
| Calling code | +354 | +91 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | Europe | Asia |
| ISO codes | IS / ISL | IN / IND |

## Population density

India is 117 times more densely populated than Iceland — 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 — Iceland on the right, India on the left.
- Different currencies: the Icelandic króna and the Indian rupee.
- Different continents — Europe and Asia.

## Iceland

Iceland sits astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, so the North American and Eurasian plates pull apart across the country at about 2 cm a year. Roughly eleven percent of it is under glacier, Vatnajökull alone covering some 7,900 km². Almost all its electricity and heating come from hydro and geothermal sources.

## 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 Iceland bigger than India?

India is larger — 3,287,263 km² against 103,000 km².

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

India, with 1,463,865,525 against 392,404.

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

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

## Related pages

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