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Population: 1,065,070,607 (July 2004 est.).
Age structure:
| 0-14 years |
: |
31.7% (male 173,869,856; female 164,003,915)
, |
| 15-65 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 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.)
Sex ratio:
| At birth |
: |
1.05 male(s) female |
| Under 15 years |
: |
1.06 male(s)
female |
| 15-64 years |
: |
1.07 male(s) female |
| 65 years and over |
: |
1.03 male(s) female (2004 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
1.07 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 57.92 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 58.52 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 57.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
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.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
3.97 million (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
310,000 (2001 est.) )
Nationality:
Noun: Indian(s)
Adjective: Indian.
Ethnic Groups:
| Indo-Aryan |
: |
72% |
| Dravidian |
: |
25% |
| Mongoloid and other |
: |
3% |
Religions:
| Hindu |
: |
81.3% |
| Muslim |
: |
12% |
| Christian |
: |
2.3% |
| Sikh |
: |
1.9% |
| Buddhist |
: |
0.7 |
| Jains |
: |
0.5% |
| Others |
: |
0.4% |
Languages:
English enjoys associate status
but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial
communication, Hindi the national language and primary tongue of 30% of
the people, Bengali (official) Telugu (official), Marathi (official),
Tamil (official), Urdu (official), Gujarati (Official), Malayalam
(official) Kannada (official), Oriya (official), Punjabi (official),
Assamese (official), Kashmiri (official), Sindhi (Official), Sanskrit
(official), Hindustani a popular variant of Hindi / Urdu, is spoken widely
throughout northern India.
Note: 24 languages are each spoken
by a million or more persons, numerous other languages and dialects also
do exist in the Tribal belts.
Literacy:
Definition: age 15 and over can
read and write
| Total population |
: |
59.5% |
| Male |
: |
70.2% |
| Female |
: |
48.3% (2003 est.) |
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