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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Greece fits inside India 25 times

Greece: 131,960 km² (2024) · India: 3,287,260 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Greece’s coastline is 2 times as long as India’s

Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · India: 7,000 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

India’s highest peak towers 5,669 m above Greece’s

Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · India: 8,586 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 60% of India, versus 39% of Greece

Greece: 38.9% (2024) · India: 59.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

India has 141 times as many people as Greece

Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · India: 1.46 billion (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

India is 6.1 times as densely populated as Greece

Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · India: 492 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Greece are 12.8 cm taller than in India

Greece: 179.3 cm (2019) · India: 166.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Greece are 10.6 cm taller than in India

Greece: 165.8 cm (2019) · India: 155.2 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Greece is 18 years older than in India

Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · India: 28.1 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in India have 0.7 more children on average than in Greece

Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · India: 1.96 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

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

Greece: 24.4% (2025) · India: 7.4% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Greece hosts 79 times as many refugees per resident as India

Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025) · India: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Greece has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, India 0.1

Greece: 1 (2026) · India: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

India has 3 official languages, Greece 1

Greece: 1 (2026) · India: 3 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

India’s economy is 14 times the size of Greece’s

Greece: $281 billion (2025) · India: $3.96 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Greece produces 3.9 times as much per person as India

Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · India: Int$11,748 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Greece than in India (Gini 10.4 points higher)

Greece: 33.4 (2023) · India: 23 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.6% of people in India live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.6% in Greece

Greece: 0.6% (2023) · India: 2.6% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 4.2% in India

Greece: 8.5% (2025) · India: 4.2% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Greece spends 3.0% of its GDP on the military, India 2.3%

Greece: 3% (2025) · India: 2.3% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, India’s 6.9%

Greece: 27.4% (2024) · India: 6.9% (2022)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 2.6× India’s

Greece: 60% (2025) · India: 23% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Greece spends 23 times as much on health per person as India

Greece: $1,963 (2023) · India: $85 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Greece live 9.6 years longer than in India

Greece: 81.8 years (2024) · India: 72.2 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in India is 7.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Greece

Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Greece has 9.1 times as many doctors per person as India

Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · India: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Greece has 2.7 times as many hospital beds per person as India

Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · India: 1.6 per 1,000 (2021)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in India is 3.9 times that in Greece

Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · India: 15.3 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 8.0% in India

Greece: 33.7% (2024) · India: 8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 23% in India

Greece: 30.2% (2024) · India: 22.6% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Greece rate their lives 1.16 points higher than in India

Greece: 5.70 (2025) · India: 4.54 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Greece drink 64% more alcohol than in India

Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · India: 5.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Greece has 10 times as much meat per person as India

Greece: 82 kg (2023) · India: 8.1 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Greece has 713 kcal more food per person per day than India

Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · India: 2,669 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in India put in 490 more hours a year than in Greece

Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · India: 2,383 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Greece went to school 4.7 years longer than in India

Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · India: 6.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Greece welcomed 394 times as many tourists per resident as India (2019)

Greece: 2.67 (2022) · India: 0.01 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

India has 24 more World Heritage sites than Greece (45 against 21)

Greece: 21 (2026) · India: 45 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Greece has won 129 Olympic medals, India 41

Greece: 129 (2026 edition) · India: 41 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

86% of people in Greece are online, versus 70% in India

Greece: 86% (2024) · India: 70% (2025)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

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

Greece: 186 Mbps (2026) · India: 91 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Greece and India are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 36% in India

Greece: 79% (2025) · India: 36% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Greece has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, India 79

Greece: 114 (2024) · India: 79 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

India’s railway network is 29 times as long as Greece’s

Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · India: 68,103 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Greece fly 15 times as many passengers per resident as those from India

Greece: 1.83 (2023) · India: 0.12 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 37% of Greece, but only 24% of India

Greece: 36.9% (2024) · India: 24.4% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Greece emits 2.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in India

Greece: 5.3 t (2024) · India: 2.2 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

50% of Greece’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in India

Greece: 49.7% (2025) · India: 24.1% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in India carries 2.9 times as much fine dust as in Greece

Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 3.4 times as likely to be murdered in India as in Greece

Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · India: 2.8 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in India are 2.4 times as deadly as in Greece

Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023) · India: 25.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

India is on average 8.7 °C warmer than Greece

Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · India: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

India gets 59% more rain than Greece

Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg) · India: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Greece bigger than India?

India is larger. Greece fits inside India 25 times.

Which has more people, Greece or India?

India has 141 times as many people as Greece (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Greece or India?

People in Greece live 9.6 years longer than in India. Life expectancy at birth is 81.8 years in Greece and 72.2 in India.

Are people taller in Greece or India?

Men in Greece are 12.8 cm taller than in India (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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