India: Statistical Overview

Total Population: 1,417,173,173

Natural Increase: 0.7%

Density: 473 Inhabitants/km²

Urban Population: 35.9%

Population of main agglomerations: Mumbai (Bombay) (18,395,000); Delhi (16,349,900); Kolkata (14,058,000); Chennai (Madras) (8,653,600); Bangalore (8,520,500); Hyderabad (7,677,100); Ahmadabad (6,357,700); Poona (5,057,800); Surat (4,591,300); Jaipur (3,046,200)

Ethnic Origins: There are hundreds of ethnic groups in India, dominated by the Indo-Aryans (Assamese, Bengalis, Punjabi, Koli, etc.), who make up 75% of the population, and the Dravidians (Tamils, Kannadigas, Malayalis, Telugus, etc.), who account for about 20%. The Austro-Asian, Sino-Tibetan, Tai-Kadai and other ethnicities account for about 5% of the population. (Ministry of Statistics)

Official Language: Hindi (spoken by more than 50% of the country’s population) and English.

Other Languages Spoken: 22 languages are recognised by the Constitution of India: Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Nepali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Manipuri , Konkani and Sanskrit are among them. Around 2000 dialects have been identified.

Business Language(s): English

Religion: Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and unspecified 2% (2011 est.)

Literacy Rate: 61.0%

Area: 3,287,260 km²

Type of State: India is a federal republic state based on parliamentary democracy.

Type of Economy: Low-income economy, Emerging Financial Market.
Second largest population and largest liberal democracy in the world. Importance of agriculture and the IT sector in the economy.

HDI*: 0.609/1

HDI (World Rank): 130/188

Telephone Code:
To call from India, dial 00
To call India, dial +91

Internet Suffix: .in

Computers: 1.5 per 100 Inhabitants

Telephone Lines: 2.5 per 100 Inhabitants

Internet Users: 12.6 per 100 Inhabitants

Access to Electricity: 78.7% of the Population