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:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence 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:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
1,236,344,631 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 2
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
28.5% (male 187,016,401/female 165,048,695)
15-24 years:
18.1% (male 118,696,540/female 105,342,764)
25-54 years:
40.6% (male 258,202,535/female 243,293,143)
55-64 years:
7% (male 43,625,668/female 43,175,111)
65 years and over:
5.7% (male 34,133,175/female 37,810,599) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
51.8 %
youth dependency ratio:
43.6 %
elderly dependency ratio:
8.1 %
potential support ratio:
12.3 (2014 est.)
total:
27 years
male:
26.4 years
female:
27.7 years (2014 est.)
1.25% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 94
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
19.89 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 86
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
7.35 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 118
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 112
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
31.3% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
2.47% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
NEW DELHI (capital) 22.654 million; Mumbai 19.744 million; Kolkata 14.402 million; Chennai 8.784 million; Bangalore 8.614 million; Hyderabad 7.837 million (2011)
at birth:
1.12 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.13 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.13 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
1.08 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.91 male(s)/female
total population:
1.08 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
19.9 (2005-06 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
200 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 55
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
43.19 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 50
male:
41.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
44.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
67.8 years
country comparison to the world: 163
male:
66.68 years
female:
69.06 years (2014 est.)
2.51 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
54.8% (2007/08)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
3.9% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 167
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.65 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
0.9 beds/1,000 population (2005)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 96.7% of population
rural: 90.7% of population
total: 92.6% of population
unimproved:
urban: 3.3% of population
rural: 9.3% of population
total: 7.4% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 60.2% of population
rural: 24.7% of population
total: 36% of population
unimproved:
urban: 39.8% of population
rural: 75.3% of population
total: 64% of population (2012 est.)
0.3% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 101
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
2.085 million (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 3
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
135,500 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 3
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
very high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases:
dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria
water contact disease:
leptospirosis
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 (2013)
1.9% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 184
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
43.5% (2006)
country comparison to the world: 2
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
3.2% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 134
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
62.8%
male:
75.2%
female:
50.8% (2006 est.)
total:
12 years
male:
12 years
female:
11 years (2011)
total number:
26,965,074
percentage:
12 % (2006 est.)
total:
10.7%
country comparison to the world: 107
male:
10.4%
female:
11.6% (2012)