Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Tuvalu fits inside India 109,575 times.
India: 3,287,260 km² (2023) · Tuvalu: 30 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
India’s coastline is 292 times as long as Tuvalu’s.
India: 7,000 km (2026 edition) · Tuvalu: 24 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
India’s highest peak towers 8,581 m above Tuvalu’s.
India: 8,586 m (2026 edition) · Tuvalu: 5 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
India has 154,221 times as many people as Tuvalu.
India: 1.46 billion (2025) · Tuvalu: 9,492 (2025)
How crowded is it?
India is 56% more densely populated than Tuvalu.
India: 492 per km² (2025) · Tuvalu: 316 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Tuvalu are 4.8 cm taller than in India.
India: 166.5 cm (2019) · Tuvalu: 171.3 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Tuvalu are 8.4 cm taller than in India.
India: 155.2 cm (2019) · Tuvalu: 163.6 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in India is 3.8 years older than in Tuvalu.
India: 28.1 years (2023) · Tuvalu: 24.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Tuvalu have 1.2 more children on average than in India.
India: 1.96 children per woman (2024) · Tuvalu: 3.17 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
India and Tuvalu are practically level.
India: 7.4% (2025) · Tuvalu: 7% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
India: 0.1 (2025) · Tuvalu: no data
How many official languages?
India has 3 official languages, Tuvalu 2.
India: 3 (2026) · Tuvalu: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
India’s economy is 68,987 times the size of Tuvalu’s.
India: $3.96 trillion (2025) · Tuvalu: $57.3 million (2025)
How much is produced per person?
India produces 74% more per person than Tuvalu.
India: Int$11,748 (2025) · Tuvalu: Int$6,759 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
India: 25.5 (2022) · Tuvalu: no data
How many people are looking for work?
India: 4.2% (2025) · Tuvalu: no data
How much goes to the military?
India: 2.3% (2024) · Tuvalu: no data
How expensive is it?
Tuvalu’s price level (US = 100) is 3.9× India’s.
India: 23% (2025) · Tuvalu: 89% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Tuvalu spends 20 times as much on health per person as India.
India: $85 (2023) · Tuvalu: $1,724 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in India live 5 years longer than in Tuvalu.
India: 72.2 years (2024) · Tuvalu: 67.3 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in India is 41% more likely to die before turning one than in Tuvalu.
India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Tuvalu: 16.5 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Tuvalu has 86% more doctors per person than India.
India: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Tuvalu: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020)
How common is obesity?
65% of adults in Tuvalu are obese, versus 8.0% in India.
India: 8% (2024) · Tuvalu: 64.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
33% of adults in Tuvalu smoke, versus 23% in India.
India: 22.6% (2024) · Tuvalu: 33.4% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
India: 4.54 (2025) · Tuvalu: no data
How much do people drink?
Adults in India drink 6.9 times as much alcohol as in Tuvalu.
India: 5.2 litres (2023) · Tuvalu: 0.8 litres (2017)
How much meat is on the menu?
Tuvalu has 10 times as much meat per person as India.
India: 8.1 kg (2023) · Tuvalu: 85.1 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Tuvalu has 627 kcal more food per person per day than India.
India: 2,669 kcal (2023) · Tuvalu: 3,295 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
India: 2,383 hours (2023) · Tuvalu: no data
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Tuvalu went to school 3.9 years longer than in India.
India: 6.9 years (2023) · Tuvalu: 10.8 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Tuvalu welcomed 3.6 times as many tourists per resident as India (2019).
India: 0.01 (2024) · Tuvalu: 0.02 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
70% of people in India are online, versus 35% in Tuvalu.
India: 70% (2025) · Tuvalu: 35% (2017)
Who has electricity at home?
Tuvalu and India are practically level.
India: 99.9% (2024) · Tuvalu: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
65% of people in Tuvalu live in cities, versus 36% in India.
India: 36% (2025) · Tuvalu: 65% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Tuvalu has 99 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, India 79.
India: 79 (2024) · Tuvalu: 99 (2022)
How much railway is there?
India: 68,103 km (2021) · Tuvalu: no data
How much do they fly?
India: 0.12 (2023) · Tuvalu: no data
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 33% of Tuvalu, but only 25% of India.
India: 24.5% (2023) · Tuvalu: 33.3% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in India emits 86% more CO₂ than someone in Tuvalu.
India: 2.2 t (2024) · Tuvalu: 1.2 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
India: 24.1% (2025) · Tuvalu: no data
How clean is the air?
The air in India carries 9.8 times as much fine dust as in Tuvalu.
India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Tuvalu: 4.5 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
India: 2.8 per 100k (2022) · Tuvalu: 0 per 100k (2019)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Tuvalu are 23% deadlier than in India.
India: 14.6 per 100k (2021) · Tuvalu: 17.9 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
India: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tuvalu: no data
How much rain falls?
India: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tuvalu: no data
Quick answers
Is India bigger than Tuvalu?
India is larger. Tuvalu fits inside India 109,575 times.
Which has more people, India or Tuvalu?
India has 154,221 times as many people as Tuvalu (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, India or Tuvalu?
People in India live 5 years longer than in Tuvalu. Life expectancy at birth is 72.2 years in India and 67.3 in Tuvalu.
Are people taller in India or Tuvalu?
Men in Tuvalu are 4.8 cm taller than in India (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
