Demography (India) - Statistics

Population:

1,095,351,995 (July 2006 est.)

1,028,737,436 (2001 Census)

Rural Population: 

742,617,747 (72.2%) (2001 Census)

Urban: Age structure:

0–14 years: 30.8%
15–64 years: 64.3%
65 years and over: 4.9% (2006 est.)

The average age of Indians is 26 years.

Population growth rate: 

1.38% (2006 est.)

Birth rate: 22.01 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate: 8.18 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Literacy rate: 

64.8%

Percent of the population under the poverty line: 

10%

Unemployment Rate: 

9.2%

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: 1.02 male(s)/female
Total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 64.71 years
male: 63.9 years
female: 65.57 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.73 children born/woman (2006 est.)

Religions: 

Hindu 80.46%, 

Muslim 13.43%, 

Christian 2.34%, 

Sikh 1.87%, 

Buddhists 0.77%, 

Jains 0.41 %, 

Others or not stated 0.72% (2001 Census)

Scheduled Castes and Tribes: 

Scheduled Castes: 16.2% (2001 Census) 

Scheduled Tribes: 8.2% (2001 Census)

Languages: 

There are 216 languages/dialects with more than 10,000 native speakers in India. 

The largest of these by far is Hindi with some 337 million (the second largest being Bengali with some 70 million). 

22 languages are recognized as "official languages".