Afghanistan vs India
India is 5.04 times larger than Afghanistan. Afghanistan would fit into India about 5.0 times.
AfghanistanIndiaAfghanistan moved onto India · Equal-area projection
0.2×
Afghanistan is 0.2× the area of India. Put the other way, India is 5.04× the size of Afghanistan.
| Afghanistan | India | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 652,230 km² | 3,287,263 km² |
| Population | 43,844,111 | 1,463,865,525 |
| Density | 67 / km² | 445 / km² |
| Capital | Kabul | New Delhi |
| Region | Southern Asia | Southern Asia |
| Coastline | Landlocked | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 6 | 7 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Afghanistan sits at about 34°N and is stretched to 1.45× its true area; India at 23° N is stretched to 1.18×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Afghanistan bigger than India?
- No. Afghanistan is 5.04 times smaller than India. Afghanistan covers 652,230 km² and India covers 3,287,263 km².
- How many times does Afghanistan fit into India?
- About 5.0 times: India has 5.04× the area of Afghanistan.
- Why do Afghanistan and India look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Afghanistan is drawn about 1.45× its true area there and India about 1.18×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Afghanistan or India?
- India: 1,463,865,525 people against 43,844,111. Density: Afghanistan 67 per km², India 445 per km².