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India

India ranks #1 in the world for population.

#1 in the world: 1 ranking
Top 10 placings: 5 / 17
Population: 1.46 billion
Land area: 3.0 million km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking India is.

Population

#1 of 195

1,463,865,525 people

1st in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Railways

#4 of 135

65,554 km of railway

2nd in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

GDP

#6 of 182

3,956,067,115,772 US$ (current prices)

3rd in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Land area

#7 of 194

2,973,190 km² of land

2nd in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Forest

#9 of 194

729,592 km² of forest

3rd in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#17 of 194

492.36 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Airports

#23 of 193

315 airports

3rd in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Coastline

#18 of 151

7,000 km of coastline

6th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Railways by area

#45 of 133

22.05 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Rainfall

#86 of 179

1,083 mm of precipitation per year

18th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Forest by area

#111 of 194

24.5 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#140 of 182

2,702 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways per person

#106 of 134

44.78 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest per person

#155 of 194

0.0005 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#158 of 191

1.06 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area per person

#178 of 194

0.002 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#189 of 192

0.22 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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