India
India 🇮🇳 is a country in Asia with a population of approximately ~1.43 billion (2024). Its capital is New Delhi. This is the complete reference for identifying India in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.
Quick facts
| Flag | 🇮🇳 |
| Continent / region | Asia |
| Capital | New Delhi |
| Population | ~1.43 billion (2024) |
| ISO codes | IN / IND |
| Coordinates | 28.64°, 77.22° |
| Bordering countries | Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka (maritime) |
Famous for
The Taj Mahal, the Ganges River, Bollywood, the world's most populous country (overtook China in 2023), 22 official languages, the world's largest democracy by population.
Quiz tips for India
Surpassed China as the world's most populous country in 2023. Capital is New Delhi (the larger metro area is Delhi). Six countries share a land border; Sri Lanka shares a maritime border.
How India appears in daily geography puzzles
In MapDash, India is identified through the clue sequence: asia first, then population range (~1.43 billion (2024)), then bordering countries, then capital (New Delhi), then a famous-for hint.
In Worldle, India is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach Asia.
Neighboring countries
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Reading India in MapDash context
The India record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how India sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for India’s peers within recognized sovereign countries. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of India?
The capital of India is New Delhi.
What continent is India in?
India is in Asia.
What is the population of India?
India has a population of approximately ~1.43 billion (2024).
What countries border India?
India borders Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka (maritime).
What is India famous for?
The Taj Mahal, the Ganges River, Bollywood, the world's most populous country (overtook China in 2023), 22 official languages, the world's largest democracy by population.