British Indian Ocean Territory is about 54,788 times smaller than India.

India is approximately 3,287,263 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.0% the size of India. Meanwhile, the population of India is ~1.5 billion people (1.5 billion fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of India vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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