POPULTION OF
INDIA
 |
| 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.) |
|
|
| 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 national 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.) |
| |
