Country size comparison

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China is about 2.9 times bigger than India.

India is approximately 3,287,263 sq km, while China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, making China 192% larger than India. Meanwhile, the population of India is ~1.4 billion people (20.9 million more people live in China).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of India vs. China uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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