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 India

 

 
Factfile  
Official name: Republic of Indian
Date of formation: 1947
Capital: New Delhi
Population: 1.049 billion
Density: 319.2 people per sq km
Total area: 3,287,590 sq km
Languages: Hindi*, English*, other
Government: Parliamentary democracy
Life expectancy: 63.7 years
Infant mortality: 67 deaths/1,000 live births

Rural population:

71.9% of total
Urban population: 28.1% of total
Under age 15: 33.3% of total
Over age 65: 5.1% of total

* Official language

Source:
UNDP - Human development report 2004
www.hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/
CIA - The World Factbook 2004
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html




Population density (inhabitant/Km2)

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Source: UNEP/GRID geneva 

 
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