The People of India
The People of India
Indian People
Population: 1,166,079,217 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 31.1% (male 190,075,426/female 172,799,553) 15-64 years: 63.6% (male 381,446,079/female 359,802,209) 65 years and over: 5.3% (male 29,364,920/female 32,591,030) (2009 est.)
Median age: total: 25.3 years male: 24.9 years female: 25.8 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.548% (2009 est.)
Death rate: 6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 34.61 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 69.89 years male: 67.46 years female: 72.61 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.72 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 2.4 million (2007 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% (2000)
Religions: Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
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 associate status 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)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61% male: 73.4% female: 47.8% (2001 census)