How much coast is there?

India’s coastline is 11 times as long as the Maldives’.

India: 7,000 km (2026 edition) · Maldives: 644 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

India’s highest peak towers 8,581 m above the Maldives’.

India: 8,586 m (2026 edition) · Maldives: 5 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

India has 2,764 times as many people as the Maldives.

India: 1.46 billion (2025) · Maldives: 529,676 (2025)

How crowded is it?

The Maldives is 3.6 times as densely populated as India.

India: 492 per km² (2025) · Maldives: 1,777 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in the Maldives is 3.1 years older than in India.

India: 28.1 years (2023) · Maldives: 31.1 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in India have 0.4 more children on average than in the Maldives.

India: 1.96 children per woman (2024) · Maldives: 1.56 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

7.4% of people in India are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in the Maldives.

India: 7.4% (2025) · Maldives: 5% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

India: 0.1 (2025) · Maldives: no data

How many official languages?

India has 3 official languages, the Maldives 1.

India: 3 (2026) · Maldives: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

India’s economy is 511 times the size of the Maldives’.

India: $3.96 trillion (2025) · Maldives: $7.74 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

The Maldives produces 2.4 times as much per person as India.

India: Int$11,748 (2025) · Maldives: Int$28,555 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in the Maldives than in India (Gini 3.8 points higher).

India: 25.5 (2022) · Maldives: 29.3 (2019)

How many people are looking for work?

The Maldives and India are practically level.

India: 4.2% (2025) · Maldives: 4.5% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

India: 2.3% (2024) · Maldives: no data

How expensive is it?

The Maldives’ price level (US = 100) is 2.2× India’s.

India: 23% (2025) · Maldives: 51% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

The Maldives spends 14 times as much on health per person as India.

India: $85 (2023) · Maldives: $1,159 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in India is 5 times as likely to die before turning one as in the Maldives.

India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Maldives: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

The Maldives has 3.1 times as many doctors per person as India.

India: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Maldives: 2.2 per 1,000 (2019)

How common is obesity?

18% of adults in the Maldives are obese, versus 8.0% in India.

India: 8% (2024) · Maldives: 18.1% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

26% of adults in the Maldives smoke, versus 23% in India.

India: 22.6% (2024) · Maldives: 25.5% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in the Maldives rate their lives 0.66 points higher than in India.

India: 4.54 (2025) · Maldives: 5.20 (2020)

How much do people drink?

Adults in India drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in the Maldives.

India: 5.2 litres (2023) · Maldives: 2.5 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

The Maldives has 3.6 times as much meat per person as India.

India: 8.1 kg (2023) · Maldives: 29.6 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

The Maldives and India are practically level.

India: 2,669 kcal (2023) · Maldives: 2,671 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

India: 2,383 hours (2023) · Maldives: no data

How long do people go to school?

Adults in the Maldives went to school 0.53 years longer than in India.

India: 6.9 years (2023) · Maldives: 7.4 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

The Maldives welcomed 472 times as many tourists per resident as India (2019).

India: 0.01 (2024) · Maldives: 3.2 (2022)

How many people are online?

85% of people in the Maldives are online, versus 70% in India.

India: 70% (2025) · Maldives: 85% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

The Maldives and India are practically level.

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

How many live in cities?

43% of people in the Maldives live in cities, versus 36% in India.

India: 36% (2025) · Maldives: 43% (2025)

How many phones per person?

The Maldives has 148 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, India 79.

India: 79 (2024) · Maldives: 148 (2024)

How much railway is there?

India: 68,103 km (2021) · Maldives: no data

How much do they fly?

Airlines from the Maldives fly 22 times as many passengers per resident as those from India.

India: 0.12 (2023) · Maldives: 2.67 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 25% of India, but only 2.8% of the Maldives.

India: 24.5% (2023) · Maldives: 2.8% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in the Maldives emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in India.

India: 2.2 t (2024) · Maldives: 4.4 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

24% of India’s electricity is renewable, versus 7.1% in the Maldives.

India: 24.1% (2025) · Maldives: 7.1% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in India carries 4.1 times as much fine dust as in the Maldives.

India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Maldives: 10.7 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 4.6 times as likely to be murdered in India as in the Maldives.

India: 2.8 per 100k (2022) · Maldives: 0.6 per 100k (2019)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in India are 11 times as deadly as in the Maldives.

India: 14.6 per 100k (2021) · Maldives: 1.3 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

India: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Maldives: no data

How much rain falls?

India: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Maldives: no data