India
Republic of India · Southern Asia
India is a country in Southern Asia, with New Delhi as its capital, home to about 1,463,865,525 people. India shares land borders with 6 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | New Delhi |
|---|---|
| Region | Southern Asia |
| Currency | Indian rupee (INR ₹) |
| Calling code | +91 |
| ISO codes | IN / IND / 356 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇮🇳 |
| Population | 1,463,865,525 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 3,287,590 km² |
| Languages | English, Hindi, Tamil |
| Internet domain | .in |
| Demonym | Indian |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of India mean?
India's saffron, white and green were given their modern, secular meaning by philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan when he explained the flag to the Constituent Assembly in 1947: saffron for renunciation, meaning leaders should be indifferent to material gain; white for 'the path of truth' guiding conduct; and green for the country's relationship to its soil and plant life. The navy-blue Ashoka Chakra at the center, a 24-spoke wheel replacing the spinning wheel used on earlier Congress flags, represents the wheel of dharma. As Radhakrishnan put it, the wheel 'denotes motion,' because 'there is death in stagnation, there is life in movement.'
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of India
About India
India, officially Republic of India, is a United Nations member state in Southern Asia. Its capital and seat of government is New Delhi. It shares land borders with 6 countries. The official currency is the Indian rupee (₹), using the code INR.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of India for New Delhi’s own facts and history.
To call India from abroad, dial the country code +91. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes IN (alpha-2) and IND (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 1,463,865,525.
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How India compares
- Area: 3,287,590 km², ranking 7 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 1,463,865,525, ranking 1 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 445 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 6, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
- Currency reach: 2 other countries and territories use the Indian rupee (see the full list).
Flags with the same colours as India
3 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (orange, green, white). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.