FEATURED
2024 Indian general elections
General elections are being held in India from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect 543 members of the Lok Sabha. This is the largest-ever election in history, surpassing the 2019 Indian general election, and lasts 44 days, second only to the 1951-52 Indian general election. Approximately 970 million people out of a population of 1.4 billion people are eligible to vote.
India compared to other large countries
India is ranked 7th in the world in land area.
Russia is
5.20 times
as big as India
Canada is
3.04 times
as big as India
United States is
2.99 times
as big as India
China is
2.92 times
as big as India
Brazil is
2.59 times
as big as India
Australia is
2.34 times
as big as India
Argentina is
0.85 times
as big as India
India compared to other Asian countries
India is the second largest Asian country by area.
Afghanistan is
0.20 times
as big as India
Arabian peninsula is
0.98 times
as big as India
China is
2.92 times
as big as India
Indonesia is
0.57 times
as big as India
Iraq is
0.13 times
as big as India
Iran is
0.50 times
as big as India
Japan is
0.11 times
as big as India
Kenya is
0.18 times
as big as India
Kurdistan is
0.12 times
as big as India
Kazakhstan is
0.83 times
as big as India
Manchuria is
0.24 times
as big as India
Middle East is
2.19 times
as big as India
Myanmar is
0.21 times
as big as India
Mongolia is
0.48 times
as big as India
Malaysia is
0.10 times
as big as India
Papua New Guinea is
0.14 times
as big as India
Pakistan is
0.24 times
as big as India
Saudi Arabia is
0.65 times
as big as India
Thailand is
0.16 times
as big as India
Turkmenistan is
0.15 times
as big as India
Turkey is
0.24 times
as big as India
Uzbekistan is
0.14 times
as big as India
Vietnam is
0.10 times
as big as India
Yemen is
0.16 times
as big as India
India compared to European countries
India is much bigger than most European countries.
Austria is
0.03 times
as big as India
The Balkans is
0.14 times
as big as India
Baltic States is
0.05 times
as big as India
Benelux Union is
0.02 times
as big as India
Bulgaria is
0.03 times
as big as India
Belarus is
0.06 times
as big as India
Czech Republic is
0.02 times
as big as India
Czechoslovakia is
0.04 times
as big as India
Germany is
0.11 times
as big as India
England is
0.04 times
as big as India
Spain is
0.15 times
as big as India
Finland is
0.10 times
as big as India
France is
0.17 times
as big as India
United Kingdom is
0.07 times
as big as India
Greece (mainland) is
0.03 times
as big as India
Hungary is
0.03 times
as big as India
Iberian Peninsula is
0.18 times
as big as India
Republic of Ireland is
0.02 times
as big as India
Iceland is
0.03 times
as big as India
Italy is
0.09 times
as big as India
Norway is
0.10 times
as big as India
Nordic countries is
0.40 times
as big as India
Poland is
0.10 times
as big as India
Portugal is
0.03 times
as big as India
Romania is
0.07 times
as big as India
Serbia is
0.03 times
as big as India
Russia is
5.20 times
as big as India
Scandinavian Peninsula is
0.23 times
as big as India
Scotland is
0.02 times
as big as India
Sweden is
0.14 times
as big as India
Soviet Union is
6.81 times
as big as India
Ukraine is
0.18 times
as big as India
Ural Mountains is
0.15 times
as big as India
Yugoslavia is
0.08 times
as big as India
India compared to African countries
Africa - the continent - is almost 10 times larger than India. India is larger than most African countries - only DR Congo and Algeria come close.
Africa is
9.19 times
as big as India
Angola is
0.38 times
as big as India
Burkina Faso is
0.08 times
as big as India
Botswana is
0.18 times
as big as India
DR Congo is
0.71 times
as big as India
Central African Republic is
0.19 times
as big as India
Congo is
0.10 times
as big as India
Ivory Coast is
0.10 times
as big as India
Cameroon is
0.14 times
as big as India
Darfur (Sudan) is
0.15 times
as big as India
Algeria is
0.72 times
as big as India
Egypt is
0.30 times
as big as India
Western Sahara is
0.08 times
as big as India
Ethiopia is
0.34 times
as big as India
Gabon is
0.08 times
as big as India
Ghana is
0.07 times
as big as India
Guinea is
0.07 times
as big as India
Horn of Africa is
0.57 times
as big as India
Kalahari Desert is
0.27 times
as big as India
Libya is
0.54 times
as big as India
Morocco is
0.14 times
as big as India
Maghreb is
1.84 times
as big as India
Madagascar is
0.18 times
as big as India
Mali is
0.38 times
as big as India
Mauritania is
0.31 times
as big as India
Mozambique is
0.24 times
as big as India
Namibia is
0.25 times
as big as India
Niger is
0.39 times
as big as India
Nigeria is
0.28 times
as big as India
Nile Basin is
1.03 times
as big as India
Sahara Desert is
2.86 times
as big as India
Sahel is
0.93 times
as big as India
Sudan is
0.57 times
as big as India
Senegal is
0.06 times
as big as India
Somalia is
0.19 times
as big as India
Somaliland is
0.05 times
as big as India
South Sudan is
0.19 times
as big as India
Chad is
0.39 times
as big as India
Tanzania is
0.29 times
as big as India
Uganda is
0.07 times
as big as India
South Africa is
0.37 times
as big as India
Zambia is
0.23 times
as big as India
Zimbabwe is
0.12 times
as big as India
India compared to countries in the Americas
India is slightly larger than Mexico, Greenland - and much larger than other countries in the Americas.
Argentina is
0.85 times
as big as India
Bolivia is
0.33 times
as big as India
Brazil is
2.59 times
as big as India
Canada is
3.04 times
as big as India
Central America is
0.15 times
as big as India
Chile is
0.23 times
as big as India
Colombia is
0.35 times
as big as India
Corn Belt (US) is
0.76 times
as big as India
Ecuador is
0.08 times
as big as India
Guyana is
0.07 times
as big as India
Republic of Lakotah is
0.06 times
as big as India
The Midwest (US) is
0.65 times
as big as India
Mississippi river basin is
0.91 times
as big as India
Mexico is
0.60 times
as big as India
New England is
0.06 times
as big as India
The Pampas (South America) is
0.23 times
as big as India
Peru is
0.39 times
as big as India
Paraguay is
0.12 times
as big as India
United States is
2.99 times
as big as India
United States (Contiguous) is
2.46 times
as big as India
Uruguay is
0.05 times
as big as India
Venezuela is
0.28 times
as big as India
Yucatan Peninsula is
0.06 times
as big as India
India compared to US States
California (US) is
0.13 times
as big as India
Texas (US) is
0.21 times
as big as India
Alaska (US) is
0.52 times
as big as India
Arizona (US) is
0.09 times
as big as India
Colorado (US) is
0.08 times
as big as India
Florida (US) is
0.05 times
as big as India
Idaho (US) is
0.07 times
as big as India
Kansas (US) is
0.06 times
as big as India
Minnesota (US) is
0.07 times
as big as India
Missouri (US) is
0.05 times
as big as India
Montana (US) is
0.12 times
as big as India
North Dakota (US) is
0.06 times
as big as India
Nebraska (US) is
0.06 times
as big as India
New Mexico (US) is
0.10 times
as big as India
Nevada (US) is
0.09 times
as big as India
Oklahoma (US) is
0.06 times
as big as India
Oregon (US) is
0.08 times
as big as India
South Dakota (US) is
0.06 times
as big as India
Utah (US) is
0.07 times
as big as India
Washington (US) is
0.06 times
as big as India
Wisconsin (US) is
0.05 times
as big as India
Wyoming (US) is
0.08 times
as big as India