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title: "India — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "India: capital New Delhi, area 3,287,263 km², population 1,463,865,525 (2025), currency Indian rupee. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/india/
site: "At One Place"
---

# India

**India: Capital New Delhi**

3,287,263 km² · 1,463,865,525 people (2025) · Indian rupee

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.

## The facts

- **Capital:** New Delhi
- **Area:** 3,287,263 km² — 1,269,219 sq mi
- **Population:** 1,463,865,525 (2025)
- **Density:** 445.3 people per km²
- **Currency:** Indian rupee (INR, ₹)
- **Official languages:** Hindi, English
- **Time zone:** UTC+05:30
- **Calling code:** +91
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** IN · IND
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 7 of 200
- **By population:** 1 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 8,515,770 | 212,812,405 |
| Australia | 7,741,220 | 27,614,411 |
| India ← | 3,287,263 | 1,463,865,525 |
| Argentina | 2,780,400 | 45,851,378 |
| Kazakhstan | 2,724,900 | 20,843,754 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of India?

New Delhi

### What currency does India use?

The Indian rupee (INR).

### How big is India?

3,287,263 km², or 1,269,219 square miles — 7 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does India drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Brazil](https://atoneplace.net/country/brazil/)
- [Australia](https://atoneplace.net/country/australia/)
- [Argentina](https://atoneplace.net/country/argentina/)
- [Kazakhstan](https://atoneplace.net/country/kazakhstan/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)
- [Iran](https://atoneplace.net/country/iran/)

## 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]