---
title: "India vs Italy — area, population, currency"
description: "India is 3,287,263 km² with 1,463,865,525 people; Italy is 301,340 km² with 58,915,656. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-italy/
site: "At One Place"
---

# India vs Italy

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

3,287,263 km² vs 301,340 km² · 1,463,865,525 vs 58,915,656

India is 11 times larger than Italy — 3,287,263 against 301,340 km². India is 25 times more populous than Italy — 1,463,865,525 against 58,915,656 people.

## Side by side

|  | India | Italy |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | New Delhi | Rome |
| Area | 3,287,263 km² | 301,340 km² |
| Population | 1,463,865,525 (2025) | 58,915,656 (2025) |
| Density | 445.3 /km² | 195.5 /km² |
| Currency | Indian rupee (INR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Hindi, English | Italian |
| Time zones | UTC+05:30 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +91 | +39 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | IN / IND | IT / ITA |

## Population density

India is 2.3 times more densely populated than Italy — 445 against 196 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 — India on the left, Italy on the right.
- 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.

## Italy

Italy has three of Europe's most active volcanoes — Etna, Stromboli and Vesuvius — and Stromboli has been erupting more or less continuously for at least 2,000 years. It has more UNESCO World Heritage sites than any other country. The Alps and Apennines mean about three-quarters of the land is mountain or hill.

> 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 Italy?

India is larger — 3,287,263 km² against 301,340 km².

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

India, with 1,463,865,525 against 58,915,656.

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

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

## Related pages

- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [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/)
- [India vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-japan/)
- [India vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-new-zealand/)
- [India vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-russia/)
- [India vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-mexico/)
- [India vs Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-spain/)
- [India vs South Korea](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-south-korea/)
- [India vs Netherlands](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-netherlands/)
- [India vs Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-nigeria/)
- [India vs Turkey](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-turkey/)
- [India vs Ireland](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-ireland/)

## 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]