People Of India

Population	1,065,070,607 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 31.7% (male 173,869,856; female 164,003,915) 15-64 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 est.)
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.)
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 total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (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.)
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% (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	conventional long form: Republic of India conventional short form: India

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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