---
title: "India vs United Kingdom — area, population, currency"
description: "India is 3,287,263 km² with 1,463,865,525 people; United Kingdom is 243,610 km² with 69,487,000. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-united-kingdom/
site: "At One Place"
---

# India vs United Kingdom

**India vs United Kingdom: India is larger; India has more people**

3,287,263 km² vs 243,610 km² · 1,463,865,525 vs 69,487,000

India is 13 times larger than United Kingdom — 3,287,263 against 243,610 km². India is 21 times more populous than United Kingdom — 1,463,865,525 against 69,487,000 people.

## Side by side

|  | India | United Kingdom |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | New Delhi | London |
| Area | 3,287,263 km² | 243,610 km² |
| Population | 1,463,865,525 (2025) | 69,487,000 (2025) |
| Density | 445.3 /km² | 285.2 /km² |
| Currency | Indian rupee (INR) | British pound (GBP) |
| Official languages | Hindi, English | English |
| Time zones | UTC+05:30 | UTC+00:00 |
| Calling code | +91 | +44 |
| Drives on the | left | left |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | IN / IND | GB / GBR |

## Population density

India is 1.6 times more densely populated than United Kingdom — 445 against 285 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 British pound.
- 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.

## United Kingdom

Made up of Great Britain, the north-east of Ireland and around 6,000 smaller islands. No point in the UK is more than about 113 km from the sea. Ben Nevis, the highest point, is 1,345 m, which is modest — but the country has around 31,000 km of coastline once every inlet is counted.

> 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 United Kingdom?

India is larger — 3,287,263 km² against 243,610 km².

### Which has more people, India or United Kingdom?

India, with 1,463,865,525 against 69,487,000.

### What is the time difference between India and United Kingdom?

India is UTC+05:30 and United Kingdom 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]