India is one of the world’s largest countries by area, ranking as the 7th largest.

Basic size facts

  • Total area: about 3.287 million square kilometers (3,287,263–3,287,469 sq km; minor variation comes from different data sources and rounding).
  • In square miles: about 1.27 million square miles.
  • Land vs water (one recent breakdown):
    • Land area: about 2,973,193 sq km.
* Water area: about 314,070 sq km (roughly 9.5% of total).

How big is that compared to the world?

  • Rank: 7th largest country on Earth by total area.
  • Share of Earth’s land surface: roughly 2.4% of the world’s surface area.

So if you imagine a world map, India is not as huge as Russia or Canada, but it is still a major landmass in South Asia, large enough to comfortably fit many European countries inside its borders.

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