How much coast is there?

India’s coastline is 36 times as long as Singapore’s.

India: 7,000 km (2026 edition) · Singapore: 193 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

India’s highest peak towers 8,420 m above Singapore’s.

India: 8,586 m (2026 edition) · Singapore: 166 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

India has 240 times as many people as Singapore.

India: 1.46 billion (2025) · Singapore: 6.11 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Singapore is 17 times as densely populated as India.

India: 492 per km² (2025) · Singapore: 8,511 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Singapore is 7 years older than in India.

India: 28.1 years (2023) · Singapore: 35.1 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in India have 1.0 more children on average than in Singapore.

India: 1.96 children per woman (2024) · Singapore: 0.97 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

14% of people in Singapore are 65 or older, versus 7.4% in India.

India: 7.4% (2025) · Singapore: 14.2% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

India has produced 0.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Singapore 0.0.

India: 0.1 (2025) · Singapore: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Singapore has 4 official languages, India 3.

India: 3 (2026) · Singapore: 4 (2026)

How big is the economy?

India’s economy is 6.6 times the size of Singapore’s.

India: $3.96 trillion (2025) · Singapore: $604 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Singapore produces 14 times as much per person as India.

India: Int$11,748 (2025) · Singapore: Int$163,354 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

India: 25.5 (2022) · Singapore: no data

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.2% in India, versus 2.8% in Singapore.

India: 4.2% (2025) · Singapore: 2.8% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Singapore spends 2.8% of its GDP on the military, India 2.3%.

India: 2.3% (2024) · Singapore: 2.8% (2024)

How expensive is it?

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

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

How much is spent on health?

Singapore spends 46 times as much on health per person as India.

India: $85 (2023) · Singapore: $3,922 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in India is 11 times as likely to die before turning one as in Singapore.

India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Singapore: 2.2 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Singapore has 3.9 times as many doctors per person as India.

India: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Singapore: 2.8 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

17% of adults in Singapore are obese, versus 8.0% in India.

India: 8% (2024) · Singapore: 16.8% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

23% of adults in India smoke, versus 14% in Singapore.

India: 22.6% (2024) · Singapore: 13.8% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Singapore rate their lives 2.05 points higher than in India.

India: 4.54 (2025) · Singapore: 6.59 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in India drink 2.4 times as much alcohol as in Singapore.

India: 5.2 litres (2023) · Singapore: 2.2 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

India: 8.1 kg (2023) · Singapore: no data

How much food is there per day?

India: 2,669 kcal (2023) · Singapore: no data

How long do people work?

Workers in India put in 99 more hours a year than in Singapore.

India: 2,383 hours (2023) · Singapore: 2,283 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Singapore went to school 5.1 years longer than in India.

India: 6.9 years (2023) · Singapore: 12 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Singapore welcomed 319 times as many tourists per resident as India (2019).

India: 0.01 (2024) · Singapore: 2.16 (2024)

How many people are online?

94% of people in Singapore are online, versus 70% in India.

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

Who has electricity at home?

Singapore and India are practically level.

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

How many live in cities?

100% of people in Singapore live in cities, versus 36% in India.

India: 36% (2025) · Singapore: 100% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Singapore has 171 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, India 79.

India: 79 (2024) · Singapore: 171 (2024)

How much railway is there?

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

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Singapore fly 63 times as many passengers per resident as those from India.

India: 0.12 (2023) · Singapore: 7.77 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 25% of India, but only 21% of Singapore.

India: 24.5% (2023) · Singapore: 20.9% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Singapore emits 4.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in India.

India: 2.2 t (2024) · Singapore: 9.2 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

24% of India’s electricity is renewable, versus 5.5% in Singapore.

India: 24.1% (2025) · Singapore: 5.5% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in India carries 3.6 times as much fine dust as in Singapore.

India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Singapore: 12.2 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 41 times as likely to be murdered in India as in Singapore.

India: 2.8 per 100k (2022) · Singapore: 0.1 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in India are 7.7 times as deadly as in Singapore.

India: 14.6 per 100k (2021) · Singapore: 1.9 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

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

How much rain falls?

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