KEY FACTS AND FIGURES

KEY FACTS AND FIGURES

POPULATION SIZE, GROWTH, AND AGE Centers of population (2015 estimate1)

GEOGRAPHY

Total population

Population annual growth rate

1.32 billion

1.1%

Population by Age (2016 1 )

Land Area

3.3 million sq. km. 1.2 million sq. mi.

25.7 million New Delhi

(World’s seventh-largest nation, about one third of the size of the US 1 ) Political Subdivisions

29 states and 7 territories1

11.8 million Kolkata

GDP

55-64 years

7.3%

25-54 years

40.9%

15-24 years

18.0%

0-14 years

27.7%

27.6

29.9

31.6

37.1

37.9

39.3

40.5

India

Indonesia

Brazil

China

US

Russia

UK

DENSITY, DISPERSION, AND DIVERSITY Population Density (People per sq. km.)

2.26 trillion

(World’s seventh-largest economy, after France)

445

GDP Rate of Growth

147

1,237

4

21.0 million

7.1

Mumbai

%

India

GDP Per Capita $

6.1%

Median Age (2016 estimate 1 )

ECONOMY $

65 years and over

8.9 million

1,709.4

Urban Population

18%

44.0 billion

52.5 billion

42.3 billion

India

Germany

France

170.6 billion

78.9 billion

33.0 billion

Brazil

Russia

$

China

$

$

$

1960

82%

Canada

Population Below the Poverty Line

Hyderabad

Foreign Direct Investment $

China

Bangladesh

33% 67%

(2011)

21.2%

2015

Languages

9.6 million

$

Chennai

India’s constitution recognizes 22 languages. Hindi is an official language. 2 It is spoken by over 41 percent of the population. 1 Religion1

10.1 million

Ease of Doing Business 1

189

130 1

7

8

40

47

78

New Zealand

UK

US

Russia

Mexico

China

(On a scale of 1 to 189, 1 being the most business-friendly)

Bengaluru

94% of population

79.8%

14.2%

Hinduism

Islam

Other significantly represented faiths:

120 123 Iran

Christianity

Sikhism

Buddhism

Jainism

Brazil Figures are from the World Bank and for 2016 unless otherwise noted. 1 CIA World Fact Book. 2 Government of India