| Current Population Of India |
1,065,070,607 (July 2004 est.) |
| Population Density of India |
324 persons per square kilometre |
|
|
| Age structure |
|
| 0 to 14 years |
31.7% (male 173,869,856; female 164,003,915) |
| 15 to 64 years |
63.5% (male 349,785,804; female 326,289,402) |
| 65 years and over |
4.8% (male 25,885,725; female 25,235,905) (2004
estimate) |
|
|
| Median age |
|
| Total |
24.4 years |
| Male |
24.4 years |
| female |
24.4 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
1.44% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
22.8 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
8.38 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
-0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
|
| Total |
57.92 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female |
57.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) |
| Male |
58.52 deaths/1,000 live births |
|
|
| Life expectancy at birth |
| Total population |
63.99 years |
| Male |
63.25 years |
| Female |
64.77 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
2.85 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
|
|
| HIV / AIDS |
|
| Adult prevalence rate |
0.8% (2001 est.) |
| People living with HIV / AIDS |
3.97 million (2001 est.) |
| Deaths because of HIV / AIDS |
310,000 (2001 est.) |
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|
| Nationality |
|
| Noun |
Indian(s) |
| Adjective |
Indian |
|
|
| Ethnic groups |
|
| Indo-Aryan |
72% |
| Dravidian |
25% |
| Mongoloid and other's |
3% (2000) |
|
|
| Religions |
|
| Hindu |
81.3% |
| Muslim |
12% |
| Christian |
2.3% |
| Sikh |
1.9% |
| Other groups including Buddhist, Jain,
Parsi |
2.5% (2000) |
|
|
| Languages |
English enjoys associate status but is the most
important language for national, political, and commercial
communication; Hindi is the official language and primary tongue of
30% 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. |
|
|
| Literacy Rate
(Definition: Age 15 and over that can read and write) |
| Total Population |
59.5% |
| Male |
70.2% |
| Female |
48.3% (2003 est.) |
