---
title: "India vs Vatican City — area, population, currency"
description: "India is 3,287,263 km² with 1,463,865,525 people; Vatican City is 0.44 km² with 1,000. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-vatican-city/
site: "At One Place"
---

# India vs Vatican City

**India vs Vatican City: India is larger; India has more people**

3,287,263 km² vs 0.44 km² · 1,463,865,525 vs 1,000

India is 7471052 times larger than Vatican City — 3,287,263 against 0 km². India is 1463866 times more populous than Vatican City — 1,463,865,525 against 1,000 people.

## Side by side

|  | India | Vatican City |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | New Delhi | Vatican City |
| Area | 3,287,263 km² | 0.44 km² |
| Population | 1,463,865,525 (2025) | 1,000 (2024) |
| Density | 445.3 /km² | 2272.7 /km² |
| Currency | Indian rupee (INR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Hindi, English | Italian, Latin |
| Time zones | UTC+05:30 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +91 | +3 |
| Drives on the | left | right |
| Continent | Asia | Europe |
| ISO codes | IN / IND | VA / VAT |

## Population density

Vatican City is 5.1 times more densely populated than India — 2,273 against 445 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, Vatican City 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.

## Vatican City

The smallest country in the world by both area and population: about 0.44 km², or roughly an eighth the size of New York's Central Park, with fewer than a thousand residents. Its border with Rome is about 3.4 km long. St Peter's Basilica covers around 15,000 m² and is one of the largest churches ever built.

> 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 Vatican City?

India is larger — 3,287,263 km² against 0.44 km².

### Which has more people, India or Vatican City?

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

### What is the time difference between India and Vatican City?

India is UTC+05:30 and Vatican City 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/)
- [Vatican City](https://atoneplace.net/country/vatican-city/)
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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]