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title: "India vs Switzerland — area, population, currency"
description: "India is 3,287,263 km² with 1,463,865,525 people; Switzerland is 41,277 km² with 9,092,436. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-switzerland/
site: "At One Place"
---

# India vs Switzerland

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

3,287,263 km² vs 41,277 km² · 1,463,865,525 vs 9,092,436

India is 80 times larger than Switzerland — 3,287,263 against 41,277 km². India is 161 times more populous than Switzerland — 1,463,865,525 against 9,092,436 people.

## Side by side

|  | India | Switzerland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | New Delhi | Bern |
| Area | 3,287,263 km² | 41,277 km² |
| Population | 1,463,865,525 (2025) | 9,092,436 (2025) |
| Density | 445.3 /km² | 220.3 /km² |
| Currency | Indian rupee (INR) | Swiss franc (CHF) |
| Official languages | Hindi, English | German, French, Italian, Romansh |
| Time zones | UTC+05:30 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +91 | +41 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | IN / IND | CH / CHE |

## Population density

India is 2.0 times more densely populated than Switzerland — 445 against 220 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, Switzerland on the right.
- Different currencies: the Indian rupee and the Swiss franc.
- 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.

## Switzerland

The most mountainous country in Europe: the Alps cover about sixty percent of it and it has 48 peaks over 4,000 m. The Gotthard Base Tunnel, 57 km long, is the longest and deepest rail tunnel in the world. Switzerland has four official languages and about 1,500 lakes.

> 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 Switzerland?

India is larger — 3,287,263 km² against 41,277 km².

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

India, with 1,463,865,525 against 9,092,436.

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

India is UTC+05:30 and Switzerland is UTC+01:00. 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]