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India: map and facts
India is in Southern Asia. It has about 1.46 billion people (2025), the largest population. It covers 3,287,263 km², the 7th largest by area. That is about 445 people per km². Its highest point is K2, at 8,611 m. The longest river on its map is the Indus, 3,180 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 1,463,865,525 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 3,287,263 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: New Delhi
- Highest point: K2, 8,611 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 24.4% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of India, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Indus: 3,180 km
- Brahmaputra: 2,900 km
- Ganges: 2,525 km
- Sutlej: 1,500 km
- Krishna: 1,400 km
- Yamuna: 1,376 km
- Narmada: 1,315 km
- Chenab: 974 km
- Chambal: 960 km
- Bhima: 861 km
Also on the map: Brahmani, Jhelum, Cauvery, Pennar, Mahi, Godavari, Mahanadi, Ghaghara, Kosi and Tapi.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- K2: 8,611 m (its highest point)
- Kanchenjunga: 8,586 m
- Nanga Parbat: 8,126 m
- Nanda Devi: 7,817 m
- Batura Sar: 7,795 m
- Nun: 7,135 m
- Kangto: 7,090 m
- Shahi Kangri: 6,934 m
Mountain ranges: Himalayas, Hindu Kush, Karakoram Range, Siwalik Hills, Eastern Ghats, Vindhya Range, Western Ghats, Chin Hills, Khasi Hills, Naga Hills, Satpura Range and Aravalli Range.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Plateau of Tibet, Andaman Islands, Deccan Plateau, Ganges Plain, Nicobar Islands, Punjab, Thar Desert, Coromandel Coast, Ganges Delta, Kathiawar Peninsula, Malabar Coast and Chota Nagpur Plateau.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 60.3%, grassland 7.6%, bare ground 5.8%, savanna 5.6%, evergreen broadleaf forest 4.3%, wooded savanna 3.7%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 40.5%, plateaus 21.9%, hills 19.8%, mountains 10%, high mountains 7.8%.
Forests covered 24.4% of its land in 2024, up from 21.5% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #1 in barite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #2 in coal among the countries EIA lists (2024)
- World #3 in iron ore among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #3 in salt among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #4 in zinc among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #4 in chromium among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #5 in bauxite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #6 in lead among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #6 in manganese among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #6 in rare earths among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #7 in graphite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #7 in silica sand among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #8 in sulfur among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #9 in titanium among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #10 in silver among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
India shares land borders with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026-09-03). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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