India versus the EU (size and population density)

The EU is almost 50% larger than India (EU total 147%). However, the EU has about 510 million inhabitants, while India has more than 1200 million (1.2 billion) inhabitants.

Comparison of population density:

India: 398.7/km2 (1,032.6/sq mi)
EU: 117.3/km2 (303.8/sq mi)

Comparison of population density in wider context:

New Jersey: 467/km2 (1210.10/sq mi)
New York State: 416.42/sq mi (159/km2)
Netherlands: 415.7/km2 (1,076.7/sq mi)
|| India is in between these ( 398.7/km2 (1,032.6/sq mi) )
Belgium: 372.06/km2 (963.6/sq mi)
Japan: 336/km2 (870.2/sq mi)
United Kingdom: 270.7/km2 (701.1/sq mi)
California: 240/sq mi (92.6/km2)
Germany: 232/km2 (600.9/sq mi)
Nigeria: 215/km2 (556.8/sq mi)
Switzerland: 206/km2 (533.5/sq mi)
Uganda: 157.1/km2 (406.9/sq mi)
China: 145/km2 (375.5/sq mi)
Indonesia: 138/km2 (357.4/sq mi)
Poland: 123/km2 (318.6/sq mi)
|| EU as a whole is in between these ( 117.3/km2 (303.8/sq mi) )
Texas: 108/sq mi (40.6/km2)
United States: 85/sq mi (32.8/km2)
Kenya: 78/km2 (202.0/sq mi)
South Africa: 42.4/km2 (109.8/sq mi)
Argentina: 14.4/km2 (37.3/sq mi)
Russia: 8.4/km2 (21.8/sq mi)

Comparison by size in context:

China: 9,596,961 km2 (3,705,407 sq mi)
United states: 9,833,520 km2 (3,796,742 sq mi)
EU: 4,475,757 km2 (1,728,099 sq mi)
India: 3,287,263[5] km2 (1,269,219 sq mi)
Argentina: 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi)

Netherlands: 41,543 km2 (16,040 sq mi)
New Jersey: 22,591 km2 (8,722 sq mi)
Randstad: 8,287 km2 (3,200 sq mi) ( density: 915/km2 )

Maps:


India and Western Europe


Argentina and India


India and China

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