India and Japan – country comparison | India vs Japan

The following is a comparison between India, a large country in southern Asia and Japan, an island country in eastern Asia. Let’s read.

India vs Japan – country comparison

Overview

	India	Japan
Area	approximately 3.3 million square kilometers	approximately 378,000 square kilometers
Population	1.44 billion (2024)	122.6 million (2024)
Capital city	New Delhi	Tokyo
Largest city	Mumbai	Tokyo
Most spoken language	Hindi	Japanese
Type of government	Federal parliamentary constitutional republic	Parliamentary Government with a Constitutional Monarchy
Life expectancy (UN/2022)	67.7	84.8
Largest Metropolitan area	National Capital Region (NCR)	Greater Tokyo Area
Baseball	Cricket	Baseball

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Economy

	India	Japan
Currency	Indian Rupee	Japanese Yen
GDP (IMF 2023)	$3.57 trillion	$4.21 trillion
GDP rank	5th	4th
Largest sector	Service sector	Service sector

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Geographical features

	India	Japan
Highest mountain	K2 (8,611 m/28,251 ft) (claimed), Kanchenjunga (8,586 m/28,169 ft) (otherwise)	Mount Fuji (3,776 m)
Largest island	North Andaman	Honshu Island
Largest lake	Vembanad Lake	Lake Biwa
Major rivers	Ganga, Brahmaputra, Teesta, Godavari, Krishna, Yamuna, Indus, etc	Shinano, Ishikari, Tone, Teshio, Kushiro, Kitakami, Abukuma, etc
Major mountain ranges	Himalayas, Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats, Aravalli Range, Satpura Range, etc	Hida Mountains, Kiso Mountains, Akaishi Mountains, Kyushu Mountains, etc

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National symbols

	India	Japan
National Animal	Tiger	–
National tree	Indian Banyan tree	Cherry blossom
National bird	Indian peafowl	Green pheasant

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Tourism

	India	Japan
Places to visit	Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Agra, Jaipur, Udaipur, Kolkata, etc	Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Sapporo, Yokohama, etc
Asia tourism ranking (2019)	5th	3rd
Number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites	42	25
Busiest Airport	Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi	Haneda Airport, Tokyo

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Which country has a larger area, India or Japan?

India is 8.7 times bigger than Japan. India is one of the largest countries in the world. It ranks number 7 in terms of area in the world. Japan too has a large area. It is one of the largest island countries.

• India area – approximately 3.3 million square kilometers
• Japan area – approximately 378,000 square kilometers

Which country has a larger population, India or Japan?

• Population of India – 1.44 billion (2024)
• Population of Japan – 122.6 million (2024)

(Also read: Japan and South Korea – country comparison | Japan vs South Korea)

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