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India

New Delhi
Leads 8 of 15 metrics
vs
South Korea flag

South Korea

Seoul
Leads 7 of 15 metrics
33×
India has 33× the land area of South Korea
28×
India has 28× the population of South Korea
13×
South Korea has 13× the GDP per capita of India
India Tale of the tape South Korea
1.42B
Population
IND 28×
51.3M
3.29M km²
Land Area
IND 33×
100K km²
$3.74T
GDP (nominal)
IND 2.1×
$1.81T
$2,637
GDP per Capita
KOR 13×
$35,340
70.8 yrs
Life Expectancy
KOR 1.2×
83.0 yrs
0.633
HDI
KOR 1.5×
0.925
74.4%
Literacy Rate
KOR 1.3×
97.9%
47.0%
Internet Users
KOR 2.0×
96.2%
1.45M
Active Military
IND 2.6×
555K
$86B
Defense Budget
IND 1.8×
$48B
$827B
Exports
KOR 1.0×
$832B
$918B
Imports
IND 1.2×
$755B
41
Olympic Medals
KOR 10.0×
409
876 t
Gold Reserves
IND 8.4×
104 t
25.0
Cost of Living Index
IND 2.9× lower
71.5
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country (for cost of living, the lower index leads).
India South Korea
New Delhi Capital Seoul
Indian Rupee (INR) Currency South Korean Won (KRW)
Hindi and English (official), 21 other scheduled languages Language Korean
Federal parliamentary constitutional republic Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic