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Data

The world, ranked.

Every country ranked five ways, with where India stands. Open any list for all the countries, or compare two side by side.

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Population

People living in the country (latest year)

  1. 1 India1.46 billion
  2. 2 China1.41 billion
  3. 3 United States341.78 million
  4. 4 Indonesia285.72 million
  5. 5 Pakistan255.22 million
  6. 6 Nigeria237.53 million
  7. 7 Brazil212.81 million
  8. 8 Bangladesh175.69 million
  9. 9 Russia143.51 million
  10. 10 Ethiopia135.47 million
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Area

Total area in square kilometres

  1. 1 Russia17,098,242 km²
  2. 2 Canada9,984,670 km²
  3. 3 China9,706,961 km²
  4. 4 United States9,372,610 km²
  5. 5 Brazil8,515,767 km²
  6. 6 Australia7,692,024 km²
  7. 7 India3,287,590 km²
  8. 8 Argentina2,780,400 km²
  9. 9 Kazakhstan2,724,900 km²
  10. 10 Algeria2,381,741 km²
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Economy (GDP)

Gross domestic product in current US dollars

  1. 1 United States$30.77 trillion
  2. 2 China$19.5 trillion
  3. 3 Germany$5.05 trillion
  4. 4 Japan$4.44 trillion
  5. 5 United Kingdom$4 trillion
  6. 6 India$3.96 trillion
  7. 7 France$3.37 trillion
  8. 8 Russia$2.56 trillion
  9. 9 Italy$2.55 trillion
  10. 10 Canada$2.32 trillion
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Income per person

GDP per person in current US dollars

  1. 1 Monaco$288,002
  2. 2 Liechtenstein$220,167
  3. 3 Luxembourg$147,252
  4. 4 Ireland$131,592
  5. 5 Switzerland$114,769
  6. 6 Singapore$98,814
  7. 7 Iceland$98,323
  8. 8 Norway$94,594
  9. 9 United States$90,027
  10. 10 Denmark$76,970

India: number 149 of 196

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Population density

People per square kilometre

  1. 1 Monaco18,981 per km²
  2. 2 Singapore8,607 per km²
  3. 3 Hong Kong6,792 per km²
  4. 4 Bahrain2,092 per km²
  5. 5 Malta1,835 per km²
  6. 6 Maldives1,766 per km²
  7. 7 Bangladesh1,191 per km²
  8. 8 Palestine870 per km²
  9. 9 Barbados657 per km²
  10. 10 Mauritius610 per km²

India: number 19 of 197

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Population and GDP: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0); area: the mledoze/countries dataset (Open Database License). Income per person and density are worked out from those figures. Each country’s page lists its sources.