Current Population Of India |
1,065,070,607 |
Population Density of India |
324 persons per square kilometre |
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Age structure |
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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) |
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Median age |
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Total |
24.4 years |
Male |
24.4 years |
Female |
24.4 years |
Population growth rate |
1.44% |
Birth rate |
22.8 births/1,000 population |
Death rate |
8.38 deaths/1,000 population |
Net migration rate |
-0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population |
Infant mortality rate |
0 |
Total |
57.92 deaths/1,000 live births |
Female |
57.29 deaths/1,000 live births |
Male |
58.52 deaths/1,000 live births |
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Life expectancy at birth |
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Total population |
63.99 years |
Male |
63.25 years |
Female |
64.77 years |
Total fertility rate |
2.85 children born/woman |
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HIV / AIDS |
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Adult prevalence rate |
0.8% |
People living with HIV / AIDS |
3.97 million |
Deaths because of HIV / AIDS |
310,000 |
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Nationality |
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Noun |
Indian(s) |
Adjective |
Indian |
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Ethnic groups |
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Indo-Aryan |
72% |
Dravidian |
25% |
Mongoloid and other's |
3% (2000) |
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Religions |
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Hindu |
81.3% |
Muslim |
12% |
Christian |
2.3% |
Sikh |
1.9% |
Other groups including Buddhist, Jain,
Parsi |
2.5% (2000) |
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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. |
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Literacy Rate (Definition: Age 15 and over that can read and write) |
Total Population |
59.5% |
Male |
70.2% |
Female |
48.3% |
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