India’s coastline is 2.9 times as long as Germany’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · India: 7,000 km (2026 edition)

India’s highest peak towers 5,623 m above Germany’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · India: 8,586 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 60% of India, versus 47% of Germany

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · India: 59.9% (2024)

India has 18 times as many people as Germany

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · India: 1.46 billion (2025)

India is 2.1 times as densely populated as Germany

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · India: 492 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 17 years older than in India

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · India: 28.1 years (2023)

Women in India have 0.6 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · India: 1.96 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 7.4% in India

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · India: 7.4% (2025)

Germany hosts 195 times as many refugees per resident as India

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · India: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, India 0.1

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · India: 0.1 (2026)

India has 3 official languages, Germany 1

Germany: 1 (2026) · India: 3 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 28% larger than India’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · India: $3.96 trillion (2025)

Germany produces 6.4 times as much per person as India

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · India: Int$11,748 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in India (Gini 10.7 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · India: 23 (2023)

2.6% of people in India live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · India: 2.6% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.2% in India, versus 3.7% in Germany

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · India: 4.2% (2025)

India and Germany are practically level

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · India: 2.3% (2025)

Germany’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, India’s 6.9%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · India: 6.9% (2022)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 3.5× India’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · India: 23% (2025)

Germany spends 81 times as much on health per person as India

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · India: $85 (2023)

A baby in India is 7.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 6.3 times as many doctors per person as India

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · India: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

Germany has 4.7 times as many hospital beds per person as India

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · India: 1.6 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in India is 53% higher than in Germany

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · India: 15.3 per 100k (2023)

24% of adults in Germany are obese, versus 8.0% in India

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · India: 8% (2024)

23% of adults in India smoke, versus 22% in Germany

Germany: 22% (2024) · India: 22.6% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 2.35 points higher than in India

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · India: 4.54 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in India

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · India: 5.2 litres (2023)

Germany has 8.7 times as much meat per person as India

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · India: 8.1 kg (2023)

Germany has 866 kcal more food per person per day than India

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · India: 2,669 kcal (2023)

Workers in India put in 1,047 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · India: 2,383 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 7.4 years longer than in India

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · India: 6.9 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 66 times as many tourists per resident as India (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · India: 0.01 (2024)

Germany has 10 more World Heritage sites than India (55 against 45)

Germany: 55 (2026) · India: 45 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, India 41

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · India: 41 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 70% in India

Germany: 94% (2024) · India: 70% (2025)

Home internet in Germany is 2.1 times as fast as in India

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · India: 91 Mbps (2026)

Germany and India are practically level

Germany: 100% (2024) · India: 99.9% (2024)

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 36% in India

Germany: 82% (2025) · India: 36% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, India 79

Germany: 129 (2024) · India: 79 (2024)

India’s railway network is 2 times as long as Germany’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · India: 68,103 km (2021)

Airlines from Germany fly 7.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from India

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · India: 0.12 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Germany, but only 24% of India

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · India: 24.4% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 3.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in India

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · India: 2.2 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in India

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · India: 24.1% (2025)

The air in India carries 4.9 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.1 times as likely to be murdered in India as in Germany

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · India: 2.8 per 100k (2022)

Roads in India are 4.7 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · India: 25.4 per 100k (2023)

India is on average 14.2 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · India: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

India gets 46% more rain than Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · India: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg)