India vs Russia: which is bigger?

Russia is bigger: 17,098,246 km² against 3,287,263 km², about 5.2 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 Russia looks 21 times bigger, not 5.2: the map inflates India about 1.19 times and Russia 4.9 times.

In numbers

India: 3,287,263 km² (1,270,000 sq mi), 7th largest, around 23°N
Russia: 17,098,246 km² (6,600,000 sq mi), 1st largest, around 66°N
India would fit into Russia about 5.2 times.

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