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Other pages in this profile of India:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 1,147,995,898 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 386.1 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 31.5% (male 189,238,487/female 172,168,306) 15-64 years: 63.3% (male 374,157,581/female 352,868,003) 65 years and over: 5.2% (male 28,285,796/female 31,277,725) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 25.1 years male: 24.7 years female: 25.5 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 1.578% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 22.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map -0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 32.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 36.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 27.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 69.25 years male: 66.87 years female: 71.9 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.76 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 0.9% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 5.1 million (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition 310,000 (2001 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: chikungunya, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria animal contact disease: rabies note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2008) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Indian(s) adjective: Indian |
Ethnic groups |
Definition Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000) |
Religions |
Definition Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) |
Languages |
Definition English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; there are 21 other official languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanscrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language |
Literacy |
Definition definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61% male: 73.4% female: 47.8% (2001 census) |
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