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title: "India vs Spain — area, population, currency"
description: "India is 3,287,263 km² with 1,463,865,525 people; Spain is 505,370 km² with 49,355,143. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-spain/
site: "At One Place"
---

# India vs Spain

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

3,287,263 km² vs 505,370 km² · 1,463,865,525 vs 49,355,143

India is 6.5 times larger than Spain — 3,287,263 against 505,370 km². India is 30 times more populous than Spain — 1,463,865,525 against 49,355,143 people.

## Side by side

|  | India | Spain |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | New Delhi | Madrid |
| Area | 3,287,263 km² | 505,370 km² |
| Population | 1,463,865,525 (2025) | 49,355,143 (2025) |
| Density | 445.3 /km² | 97.7 /km² |
| Currency | Indian rupee (INR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Hindi, English | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC+05:30 | UTC+00:00, UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +91 | +34 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | IN / IND | ES / ESP |

## Population density

India is 4.6 times more densely populated than Spain — 445 against 98 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, Spain on the right.
- Different currencies: the Indian rupee and the Euro.
- Spain spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- 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.

## Spain

After Switzerland, Spain is the most mountainous country in Europe, with an average elevation around 650 m. The Canary Islands sit off Africa, which is why part of Spain is on a different time zone and why Teide, at 3,715 m, is the country's highest point. Spain has more olive trees than any other country, around 340 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 India bigger than Spain?

India is larger — 3,287,263 km² against 505,370 km².

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

India, with 1,463,865,525 against 49,355,143.

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

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

## Related pages

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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]