Nationality:
noun: Indian(s)
adjective: Indian
Ethnic groups:
Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)
Languages:
Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%
note: English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the most widely spoken language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2001 census)
Religions:
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Population: Age structure: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Major cities - population: Sex ratio: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding India on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of India People 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about India People 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.
1,205,073,612 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 2
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years: 29.7% (male 187,450,635/female 165,415,758)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-64 years: 64.9% (male 398,757,331/female 372,719,379)
[see also: Age structure 15-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 5.5% (male 30,831,190/female 33,998,613) (2011 est.)
[see also: Age structure 65 years and over country ranks ]
total: 26.2 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 25.6 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 26.9 years (2011 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
1.312% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
20.6 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 85
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
7.43 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population: 30% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 2.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
NEW DELHI (capital) 21.72 million; Mumbai 19.695 million; Kolkata 15.294 million; Chennai 7.416 million; Bangalore 7.079 million (2009)
at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years: 1.13 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - under 15 years country ranks ]
15-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2012 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
230 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)
country comparison to the world: 56
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 46.07 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 50
male: 44.71 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 47.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
total population: 67.14 years
country comparison to the world: 160
male: 66.08 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 68.33 years (2012 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
2.58 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
2.4% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 185
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.599 physicians/1,000 population (2005)
country comparison to the world: 118
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
0.9 beds/1,000 population (2005)
country comparison to the world: 153
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
0.3% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
2.4 million (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 3
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
170,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 3
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
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
water contact disease: leptospirosis
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 (2009)
43.5% (2006)
country comparison to the world: 1
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
3.1% of GDP (2006)
country comparison to the world: 129
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61%
male: 73.4%
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 47.8% (2001 census)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2007)
total: 10.5%
country comparison to the world: 100
male: 10.4%
female: 10.8% (2004)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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