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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

India is 21% bigger than Kazakhstan

India: 3,287,260 km² (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2,724,900 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

India: 7,000 km (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

India’s highest peak towers 1,576 m above Kazakhstan’s

India: 8,586 m (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 7,010 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 79% of Kazakhstan, versus 60% of India

India: 59.9% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 79.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

India has 70 times as many people as Kazakhstan

India: 1.46 billion (2025) · Kazakhstan: 20.8 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

India is 64 times as densely populated as Kazakhstan

India: 492 per km² (2025) · Kazakhstan: 8 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Kazakhstan are 9.0 cm taller than in India

India: 166.5 cm (2019) · Kazakhstan: 175.5 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Kazakhstan are 6.6 cm taller than in India

India: 155.2 cm (2019) · Kazakhstan: 161.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Kazakhstan is 1.4 years older than in India

India: 28.1 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.5 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Kazakhstan have 1.0 more children on average than in India

India: 1.96 children per woman (2024) · Kazakhstan: 2.98 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

9.0% of people in Kazakhstan are 65 or older, versus 7.4% in India

India: 7.4% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 9% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Kazakhstan hosts 29% more refugees per resident than India

India: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

India has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kazakhstan none

India: 0.1 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

India has 3 official languages, Kazakhstan 2

India: 3 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 2 (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 13 times the size of Kazakhstan’s

India: $3.96 trillion (2025) · Kazakhstan: $306 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Kazakhstan produces 3.8 times as much per person as India

India: Int$11,748 (2025) · Kazakhstan: Int$44,294 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Kazakhstan than in India (Gini 6.2 points higher)

India: 23 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 29.2 (2021)

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% in Kazakhstan

India: 2.6% (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.8% in Kazakhstan, versus 4.2% in India

India: 4.2% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 4.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

India spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Kazakhstan 0.4%

India: 2.3% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 0.4% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Kazakhstan’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, India’s 6.9%

India: 6.9% (2022) · Kazakhstan: 11.9% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Kazakhstan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× India’s

India: 23% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 33% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Kazakhstan spends 5.8 times as much on health per person as India

India: $85 (2023) · Kazakhstan: $490 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Kazakhstan live 2.3 years longer than in India

India: 72.2 years (2024) · Kazakhstan: 74.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in India is 3.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Kazakhstan

India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 7.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Kazakhstan has 5.2 times as many doctors per person as India

India: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Kazakhstan: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Kazakhstan has 4.1 times as many hospital beds per person as India

India: 1.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Kazakhstan: 6.5 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Kazakhstan is 19% higher than in India

India: 15.3 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 18.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

22% of adults in Kazakhstan are obese, versus 8.0% in India

India: 8% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 22.4% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

23% of adults in India smoke, versus 21% in Kazakhstan

India: 22.6% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 21.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Kazakhstan rate their lives 2.10 points higher than in India

India: 4.54 (2025) · Kazakhstan: 6.63 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Kazakhstan drink 14% more alcohol than in India

India: 5.2 litres (2023) · Kazakhstan: 6 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Kazakhstan has 8 times as much meat per person as India

India: 8.1 kg (2023) · Kazakhstan: 64.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Kazakhstan has 467 kcal more food per person per day than India

India: 2,669 kcal (2023) · Kazakhstan: 3,136 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in India put in 408 more hours a year than in Kazakhstan

India: 2,383 hours (2023) · Kazakhstan: 1,975 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Kazakhstan went to school 5.7 years longer than in India

India: 6.9 years (2023) · Kazakhstan: 12.5 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Kazakhstan welcomed 74 times as many tourists per resident as India (2019)

India: 0.01 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 0.5 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

India has 38 more World Heritage sites than Kazakhstan (45 against 7)

India: 45 (2026) · Kazakhstan: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Kazakhstan has won 87 Olympic medals, India 41

India: 41 (2026 edition) · Kazakhstan: 87 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

93% of people in Kazakhstan are online, versus 70% in India

India: 70% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 93% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Kazakhstan is 81% faster than in India

India: 91 Mbps (2026) · Kazakhstan: 165 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Kazakhstan and India are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

62% of people in Kazakhstan live in cities, versus 36% in India

India: 36% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 62% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Kazakhstan has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, India 79

India: 79 (2024) · Kazakhstan: 127 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

India’s railway network is 4.3 times as long as Kazakhstan’s

India: 68,103 km (2021) · Kazakhstan: 16,006 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Kazakhstan fly 4.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from India

India: 0.12 (2023) · Kazakhstan: 0.57 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 24% of India, but only 1.3% of Kazakhstan

India: 24.4% (2024) · Kazakhstan: 1.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Kazakhstan emits 6.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in India

India: 2.2 t (2024) · Kazakhstan: 13.9 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

24% of India’s electricity is renewable, versus 15% in Kazakhstan

India: 24.1% (2025) · Kazakhstan: 14.9% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in India carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Kazakhstan

India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Kazakhstan: 16 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 10% more likely to be murdered in India than in Kazakhstan

India: 2.8 per 100k (2022) · Kazakhstan: 2.6 per 100k (2022)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in India are 25% deadlier than in Kazakhstan

India: 25.4 per 100k (2023) · Kazakhstan: 20.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

India is on average 16.7 °C warmer than Kazakhstan

India: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

India gets 3.9 times as much rain as Kazakhstan

India: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kazakhstan: 328 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 India bigger than Kazakhstan?

India is larger. India is 21% bigger than Kazakhstan.

Which has more people, India or Kazakhstan?

India has 70 times as many people as Kazakhstan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, India or Kazakhstan?

People in Kazakhstan live 2.3 years longer than in India. Life expectancy at birth is 72.2 years in India and 74.5 in Kazakhstan.

Are people taller in India or Kazakhstan?

Men in Kazakhstan are 9.0 cm taller than in India (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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