Hong Kong vs India
India is 1,193 times larger than Hong Kong. Hong Kong would fit into India about 1193 times.
Hong KongIndiaHong Kong moved onto India · Equal-area projection
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Hong Kong is 0.0× the area of India. Put the other way, India is 1,193× the size of Hong Kong.
| Hong Kong | India | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 2,755 km² | 3,287,263 km² |
| Population | 7,498,900 | 1,463,865,525 |
| Density | 2,722 / km² | 445 / km² |
| Capital | — | New Delhi |
| Region | Eastern Asia | Southern Asia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 1 | 7 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Hong Kong sits at about 22°N and is stretched to 1.17× 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 Hong Kong bigger than India?
- No. Hong Kong is 1,193 times smaller than India. Hong Kong covers 2,755 km² and India covers 3,287,263 km².
- How many times does Hong Kong fit into India?
- About 1193 times: India has 1,193× the area of Hong Kong.
- Why do Hong Kong and India look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Hong Kong is drawn about 1.17× 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, Hong Kong or India?
- India: 1,463,865,525 people against 7,498,900. Density: Hong Kong 2,722 per km², India 445 per km².