India dwarfs North America: about 3,155,807 km² km² against 24,710,000 km² km². At true size India is about 7.8× larger — the whole of North America fits into India roughly 7 times.
The old Mercator map treated both about equally (1.2× vs 1× inflation), so at least their relative sizes were preserved — even if both were drawn at the wrong absolute scale.
India fits 7× into North America.