This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for India and Saudi Arabia. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
General information
India | Saudi Arabia | |
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Region: | South Asia | Western Asia |
Area: | 3,287,259 km² | 2,149,690 km² |
National language: | Hindi | Arabic |
Government form: | Federal parliamentary republic | Absolute monarchy |
Independent since: | 1947 AD | 1932 AD |
Capital: | New Delhi | Riyadh |
Population
Details for India and Saudi ArabiaIndia | Saudi Arabia | |
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Population: | 1,407,564,000 | 35,950,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 428.2 | 16.7 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 69 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 72 years | Ø 78 years |
Average age: | Ø 28.7 years | Ø 30.8 years |
Birth rate: | 16.57 ‰ | 18.24 ‰ |
Death rate: | 7.35 ‰ | 2.91 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 0.16 ‰ | 5.52 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
India | Saudi Arabia | |
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Political stability: | 52 | 58 |
Civil rights: | 46 | 45 |
Health: | 36 | 63 |
Climate: | 62 | 55 |
Cost of Living: | 45 | 75 |
Popularity: | 49 | 44 |
Economy
Details for India and Saudi ArabiaIndia | Saudi Arabia | |
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Currency: | Indian rupee (1 INR = 100 Paise) | Saudi rial (1 SAR =20 Qirshes = 100 Hallalas) |
Unemployment rate: | 7.7 % | 6.7 % |
Inflation rate: | 5.13 % | 3.06 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 28.80 % | 44.46 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 49.70 % | 15.70 % |
Average income: | 2,150 US$ | 21,540 US$ |
Corruption index: | 60 (bad) | 49 (moderate) |
IND: total | per 1000 inh. | SAU: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 3,176,295 M US$ | 2.26 M US$ | 833,541 M US$ | 23.19 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 3,023,424 M US$ | 2.15 M US$ | 775,463 M US$ | 21.57 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 643,080 M US$ | 0.46 M US$ | 286,502 M US$ | 7.97 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 717,119 M US$ | 0.51 M US$ | 213,016 M US$ | 5.93 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for India and Saudi ArabiaIND: total | per 1000 inh. | SAU: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 6,371,847 km | 4.53 km | 221,372 km | 6.16 km |
Railways: | 68,155 km | 0.05 km | 5,410 km | 0.15 km |
Harbours: | 1,801 | 0.0013 | 392 | 0.0109 |
Passenger airports: | 82 | 0.0001 | 26 | 0.0007 |
Energy balance
Details for India and Saudi ArabiaIND: total | per 1000 inh. | SAU: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 1.137 tn kWh | 807,778.64 kWh | 296.20 bn kWh | 8.24 m kWh |
Energy production: | 1.386 tn kWh | 984,680.03 kWh | 324.10 bn kWh | 9.02 m kWh |
Energy export: | 5.15 bn kWh | 3,658.80 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh |
Energy imports: | 5.62 bn kWh | 3,990.58 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 2.46 bn t | 1,745.07 t | 523.78 m t | 14,569.52 t |
Telecommunication
Details for India and Saudi ArabiaIndia | Saudi Arabia | |
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International dialing: | +91 | +966 |
Internet domain: | .in | .sa |
IND total | IND per 1000 inh. | SAU total | SAU per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 23,773,751 | 17 | 6,594,631 | 183 |
Mobile cellulars: | 1,154,046,584 | 820 | 45,427,321 | 1264 |
Internet server: | 6,746,000 | 5 | 145,941 | 4 |
Internet users: | 605,252,452 | 430 | 35,950,396 | 1000 |
Broadband Internet: | 27,560,000 | 20 | 10,588,164 | 295 |
Healthcare system
Details for India and Saudi ArabiaIndia | Saudi Arabia | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 0.53 | 2.24 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.78 | 2.39 |
Diabetes: | 10.4 % | 15.8 % |
Malaria: | 5.3 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis: | 2.10 ‰ | 0.08 ‰ |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 85.0 % | 90.0 % |
Smokers: | 27.2 % | 14.3 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: India and Saudi Arabia
India | Saudi Arabia | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 31.7 °C | 32.9 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 21.2 °C | 19.6 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 66 % | 45 % |
Rain days: | 7.9 | 1.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 6.2 | 8.4 |
Native languages
India | Saudi Arabia | |
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Arabic: | n/a | 95.0 % |
Hindi: | 41.0 % | n/a |
Bengali: | 8.1 % | n/a |
Telugu: | 7.2 % | n/a |
Marathi: | 7.0 % | n/a |
Tamil: | 5.9 % | n/a |
Urdu: | 5.0 % | n/a |
Gujarati: | 4.5 % | n/a |
Kannada: | 3.7 % | n/a |
Malayalam: | 3.2 % | n/a |
Oriya: | 3.2 % | n/a |
Punjabi: | 2.8 % | n/a |
Assamese: | 1.3 % | n/a |
Maithili: | 1.2 % | n/a |
other: | 5.9 % | 5.0 % |
Religions
India | Saudi Arabia | |
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Islam: | 13.0 % | 99.0 % |
Hinduism: | 79.8 % | 0.1 % |
Christianity: | 2.3 % | n/a |
Sikhism: | 1.7 % | n/a |
Buddhism: | 0.7 % | n/a |
Jainism: | 0.4 % | n/a |
Bahaism: | 0.2 % | n/a |
other: | 1.9 % | 0.9 % |