India covers 3,287,263 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 2.4% of all land on Earth. It ranks 7th of 237 countries worldwide and 2nd in Asia. At 23° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.2×, drawing it closer to 3,866,807 km², a difference of roughly 18%.
You could fit 3 of Mauritania inside India.
India: key figures
| True area | 3,287,263 km² |
| World rank | 7th |
| Share of world land | 2.4% |
| Rank in Asia | 2nd / 52 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.2× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 3,866,807 km² |
Largest countries in Asia (true area)
| Asia | |
|---|
| China | 9,596,960 km² |
| India (this country) | 3,287,263 km² |
| Kazakhstan | 2,724,910 km² |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km² |
| Indonesia | 1,904,569 km² |
| Iran | 1,648,195 km² |