---
title: "India vs Ireland — area, population, currency"
description: "India is 3,287,263 km² with 1,463,865,525 people; Ireland is 70,273 km² with 5,484,367. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-ireland/
site: "At One Place"
---

# India vs Ireland

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

3,287,263 km² vs 70,273 km² · 1,463,865,525 vs 5,484,367

India is 47 times larger than Ireland — 3,287,263 against 70,273 km². India is 267 times more populous than Ireland — 1,463,865,525 against 5,484,367 people.

## Side by side

|  | India | Ireland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | New Delhi | Dublin |
| Area | 3,287,263 km² | 70,273 km² |
| Population | 1,463,865,525 (2025) | 5,484,367 (2025) |
| Density | 445.3 /km² | 78.0 /km² |
| Currency | Indian rupee (INR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Hindi, English | English, Irish |
| Time zones | UTC+05:30 | UTC+00:00 |
| Calling code | +91 | +353 |
| Drives on the | left | left |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | IN / IND | IE / IRL |

## Population density

India is 5.7 times more densely populated than Ireland — 445 against 78 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 Indian rupee and the Euro.
- Different continents — Asia and Europe.

## 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.

## Ireland

The interior is a low limestone plain ringed by coastal mountains, which is why the rivers drain inward and the middle of the country is bog. The Cliffs of Moher run 14 km and reach 214 m. Ireland has no native snakes, and only one native reptile.

> 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 India bigger than Ireland?

India is larger — 3,287,263 km² against 70,273 km².

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

India, with 1,463,865,525 against 5,484,367.

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

India is UTC+05:30 and Ireland is UTC+00:00. 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]