India is 1.46× the size of Greenland
India covers about 3,151,000 km² (1,217,000 mi²) and Greenland about 2,154,000 km² (832,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 3,151,000km²India
- 2,154,000km²Greenland
500 km
- India
- Greenland
What fits
- Greenland is 68% of the size of India.
- India is larger by 996,000 km² (385,000 mi²), which is 46% of the area of Greenland.
- Measured in Belgiums: India is about 103, Greenland about 70.2.
How they differ
- India also has the larger population: 1.33 billion against 57,000, 23,425× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 421 in India against 0.0 in Greenland: India is 16,018× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 8,520 km apart.
- On a standard web map Greenland looks larger than India: India at 23°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Greenland at 73°N about 11.9×, so the map shows Greenland as 6.90× the size of India, when India is 1.46× the size of Greenland.
- Together India and Greenland cover 5,305,000 km², close to the size of Australia (7,691,000 km², 45% bigger).
- The gap between them, 996,000 km², is about the size of Egypt (1,001,000 km²).
- At Greenland's density, India would have 83,000 people (it has 1.33 billion). At India's density, Greenland would have 906.7 million (it has 57,000).
- Greenland's centre is 50.3° of latitude, about 5,600 km, farther north than India's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | India | 1.46× |
| More people | India | 23,425× |
| More crowded | India | 16,018× |
| Farther north | Greenland | 50.3° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Greenland | 11.9× against 1.2× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | India | Greenland |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 103× | 70.2× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 12.9× | 8.84× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 8.81× | 6.02× |
| Japan 374,000 km² | 8.44× | 5.77× |
| France 548,000 km² | 5.75× | 3.93× |
| Brazil 8,473,000 km² | 0.37× | 0.25× |
| United States 9,447,000 km² | 0.33× | 0.23× |
| Russia 16,980,000 km² | 0.19× | 0.13× |
Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.
Side by side
| India | Greenland | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 3,151,000 km²1,217,000 mi² | 2,154,000 km²832,000 mi² |
| Population | 1.33 billionWikidata, 2020 | 57,000Wikidata, 2023 |
| Density | 421 per km² | 0.0 per km² |
| Official area | 3,288,000 km²Wikidata | 2,166,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | New Delhi | Nuuk |
| Latitude range | 7°N to 35°N | 60°N to 84°N |
| Continent | Asia | North America |
Population: Wikidata 2020 and Wikidata 2023, 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 2,166,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,154,000 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