Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- New Delhi
- Region
- Asia, Southern Asia
- Population
- 1,463,865,525 (2025)
- Area
- 3,287,590 km²
- Currency
- Indian rupee (INR)
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi
- Calling code
- +91
- Internet domain
- .in
- ISO codes
- IN, IND, 356
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ###### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
India covers about 3,287,590 square kilometres. By area it ranks 8th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Australia and a little larger than Argentina. It shares a land border with 6 neighbours: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan. Its centre lies at about 20° north, 77° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 1.46 billion people live in India (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 18 percent of the world's people. On average there are 445 people to each square kilometre. About 36 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 72 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: English, Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati. A person from India is called Indian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Indian rupee (code INR, symbol ₹). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 3.96 trillion (2025), which is about US$ 2,702 for each person (2025).
Time
India uses one time zone, UTC+5:30 (Asia/Kolkata). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Mumbai | 12,691,836 |
| Delhi | 11,034,555 |
| Bengaluru | 8,495,492 |
| Hyderabad | 6,993,262 |
| Ahmedabad | 6,357,693 |
| Chennai | 4,681,087 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Southern Asia
Afghanistan, Iran, Maldives, Sri Lanka. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.