What is the population of India?
Population | 1,409,128,296 |
Population: Male/Female |
male: 725,784,825 female: 683,343,471 |
Population Growth Rate | 0.72% |
Population Distribution | with the notable exception of the deserts in the northwest, including the Thar Desert, and the mountain fringe in the north, a very high population density exists throughout most of the country; the core of the population is in the north along the banks of the Ganges, with other river valleys and southern coastal areas also having large population concentrations |
Urban Population |
urban population: 36.4% of total population rate of urbanization: 2.33% annual rate of change |
Population in Major Urban Areas | 32.941 million NEW DELHI (capital), 21.297 million Mumbai, 15.333 million Kolkata, 13.608 million Bangalore, 11.776 million Chennai, 10.801 million Hyderabad |
Nationality Noun |
noun: Indian(s) adjective: Indian |
Ethnic Groups | Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, and other 3% |
Language Note | Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6%; note - English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; there are 22 other officially recognized languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language |
What are the health conditions in India?
Life Expectancy at Birth |
total population: 68.2 years male: 66.5 years female: 70.1 years |
Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population | 9.1 |
Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births |
total: 30.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30 deaths/1,000 live births female: 30.8 deaths/1,000 live births |
Health Expenditures - percent of GDP | 3% |
Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population | .74 |
Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population | .5 |
Major Infectious Diseases - degree of risk |
degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria water contact diseases: leptospirosis animal contact diseases: rabies |
Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved |
improved: urban: 96.9% of population rural: 94.7% of population total: 95.5% of population unimproved: urban: 3.1% of population rural: 5.3% of population total: 4.5% of population |
Tobacco Use |
total: 27.2% male: 41.3% female: 13% |
Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births | 103 |
Mean Age for Mother's First Birth (age 25-49) | 21.2 |
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - female 12-49 | 66.7% |
Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman | 2.03 |
Gross reproduction rate | 1 |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 3.9% |
Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved |
improved: urban: 98.6% of population rural: 75.2% of population total: 83.4% of population unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population rural: 24.8% of population total: 16.6% of population |
Underweight - percent of children under five years | 31.5% |
Alcohol consumption per capita |
total: 3.09 liters of pure alcohol beer: 0.23 liters of pure alcohol wine: 0 liters of pure alcohol spirits: 2.85 liters of pure alcohol other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol |
Child Marriage |
women married by age 15: 4.8% women married by age 18: 23.3% men married by age 18: 2.6% |
Currently married women (ages 15-49) | 72.6% |
How long do people live in India?
Life Expectancy at Birth |
total population: 68.2 years male: 66.5 years female: 70.1 years |
Median Age |
total: 29.8 years male: 29.1 years female: 30.5 years |
Gross reproduction rate | 1 |
Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49 | 66.7% |
Infant Mortality Rate |
total: 30.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30 deaths/1,000 live births female: 30.8 deaths/1,000 live births |
Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births | 103 |
Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman | 2.03 |
Birth Rate - births/1,000 population | 16 |
Median Age |
total: 29.8 years male: 29.1 years female: 30.5 years |
Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population | .1 |
Population Growth Rate | 0.72% |
Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female |
at birth: 1.1 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.11 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 1.06 male(s)/female |
Age Structure |
0-14 years: 24.5% (male 181,115,052/female 163,647,028) 15-64 years: 68.7% (male 500,568,593/female 467,593,781) 65 years and over: 6.8% (male 44,101,180/female 52,102,662) |
Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49 | 66.7% |
Gross reproduction rate | 1 |
Infant Mortality Rate |
total: 30.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30 deaths/1,000 live births female: 30.8 deaths/1,000 live births |
Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births | 103 |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 21.2 |
Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman | 2.03 |
What are the health conditions in India?
What is school like in India?
Education Expenditures - percent of GDP | 4.5% |
Literacy - female | 65.8% |
Literacy - male | 82.4% |
Literacy - total population | 74.4% |
Literacy Definition | age 15 and over can read and write |
Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary) |
total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years |
Can people in India read?
Literacy - female | 65.8% |
Literacy - male | 82.4% |
Literacy - total population | 74.4% |
Literacy Definition | age 15 and over can read and write |
Is India a safe place to visit?