India is 1.13× the size of Argentina
India covers about 3,151,000 km² (1,217,000 mi²) and Argentina about 2,783,000 km² (1,074,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 3,151,000km²India
- 2,783,000km²Argentina
500 km
- India
- Argentina
What fits
- Argentina is 88% of the size of India.
- India is larger by 368,000 km² (142,000 mi²), which is 13% of the area of Argentina.
- Measured in Belgiums: India is about 103, Argentina about 90.7.
How they differ
- India also has the larger population: 1.33 billion against 47.3 million, 28.0× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 421 in India against 17 in Argentina: India is 24.7× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 16,300 km apart.
- On a standard web map Argentina looks larger than India: India at 23°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Argentina at 35°S about 1.5×, so the map shows Argentina as 1.11× the size of India, when India is 1.13× the size of Argentina.
- Together India and Argentina cover 5,934,000 km², close to the size of Australia (7,691,000 km², 30% bigger).
- The gap between them, 368,000 km², is about the size of Japan (374,000 km²).
- At Argentina's density, India would have 53.6 million people (it has 1.33 billion). At India's density, Argentina would have 1.17 billion (it has 47.3 million).
- India's centre is 57.5° of latitude, about 6,390 km, farther north than Argentina's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | India | 1.13× |
| More people | India | 28.0× |
| More crowded | India | 24.7× |
| Farther north | India | 57.5° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Argentina | 1.5× against 1.2× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | India | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 103× | 90.7× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 12.9× | 11.4× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 8.81× | 7.78× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 8.44× | 7.45× |
| France 548,000 km² | 5.75× | 5.08× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.37× | 0.33× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.33× | 0.29× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.19× | 0.16× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| India | Argentina | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 3,151,000 km²1,217,000 mi² | 2,783,000 km²1,074,000 mi² |
| Population | 1.33 billionWikidata, 2020 | 47.3 millionWikidata, 2022 |
| Density | 421 per km² | 17 per km² |
| Official area | 3,288,000 km²Wikidata | 2,780,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | New Delhi | Buenos Aires |
| Latitude range | 7°N to 35°N | 55°S to 22°S |
| Continent | Asia | South America |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2022, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 3,151,000 km² is 4.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 3,288,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Wikidata's official figure of 2,780,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,783,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-11