India vs United States: which is bigger?
The United States is bigger: 9,826,675 km² against 3,287,263 km², about 3 times the size of India.
Drop India onto the United States →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 the United States looks 5.8 times bigger, not 3: the map inflates India about 1.19 times and the United States 2.3 times.
In numbers
- India: 3,287,263 km² (1,270,000 sq mi), 7th largest, around 23°N
- United States: 9,826,675 km² (3,790,000 sq mi), 3rd largest, around 40°N
- India would fit into the United States about 3 times.
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works