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.)