India vs China: which is bigger?

China is bigger: 9,596,961 km² against 3,287,263 km², about 2.9 times the size of India.

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Side by side at true size

Both drawn at the same scale on an equal-area projection.

And on the usual world map

On the usual world map China looks 3.9 times bigger, not 2.9: the map inflates India about 1.19 times and China 1.59 times.

In numbers

India: 3,287,263 km² (1,270,000 sq mi), 7th largest, around 23°N
China: 9,596,961 km² (3,710,000 sq mi), 4th largest, around 37°N
India would fit into China about 2.9 times.

Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works