---
title: "India vs Jamaica — area, population, currency"
description: "India is 3,287,263 km² with 1,463,865,525 people; Jamaica is 10,991 km² with 2,837,077. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-jamaica/
site: "At One Place"
---

# India vs Jamaica

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

3,287,263 km² vs 10,991 km² · 1,463,865,525 vs 2,837,077

India is 299 times larger than Jamaica — 3,287,263 against 10,991 km². India is 516 times more populous than Jamaica — 1,463,865,525 against 2,837,077 people.

## Side by side

|  | India | Jamaica |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | New Delhi | Kingston |
| Area | 3,287,263 km² | 10,991 km² |
| Population | 1,463,865,525 (2025) | 2,837,077 (2025) |
| Density | 445.3 /km² | 258.1 /km² |
| Currency | Indian rupee (INR) | Jamaican dollar (JMD) |
| Official languages | Hindi, English | English |
| Time zones | UTC+05:30 | UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +91 | +1876 |
| Drives on the | left | left |
| Continent | Asia | North America |
| ISO codes | IN / IND | JM / JAM |

## Population density

India is 1.7 times more densely populated than Jamaica — 445 against 258 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 Jamaican dollar.
- Different continents — Asia and North America.

## 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.

## Jamaica

The Blue Mountains rise to 2,256 m within about 15 km of the coast, so the island is far steeper than its size suggests. Cockpit Country in the west is a karst landscape of conical hills and sinkholes, largely trackless, and holds most of Jamaica's endemic plants. The island is about 235 km long and 82 km at its widest.

> 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 Jamaica?

India is larger — 3,287,263 km² against 10,991 km².

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

India, with 1,463,865,525 against 2,837,077.

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

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

## Related pages

- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [Jamaica](https://atoneplace.net/country/jamaica/)
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- [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/)
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- [India vs Turkey](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-turkey/)

## 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]