Official name
Republic of India
Name in local language
भारत गणराज्य - Bhārat Gaṇarājya (hi) ; Republic of India (en)
Continent
Asia
Subcontinent
South Asia
Population (ranking: 2e )
1,372,943,539 inhabitants (2020)
Population growth
1.07 % / year
Area
3,287,469 km²
Density
417.63 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 7e )2,726.323 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
2,016 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
7.00 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
69.92 years (2020)
Birth rate
20.20 ‰ (2017)
Fertility rate
2.20 children / woman (2017)
Death rate (ranking )
6.30 ‰ (2017)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
33.00 ‰ (2017)
Literacy rate
77.70 % (2017)
Official languages
Hindi, English, French in some small parts (and 21 other regional languages)
Currency
Indian rupee (₹ INR)
HDI (ranking: 167e )0.647 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )30.57 (2018)
Government
Federal parliamentary constitutional socialist republic
Head of State
President Ram Nath Kovind ; Prime Minister Narendra Modi
National Day
January, 26 (Republic), August, 15 (independence), October 2 (birth of Gandhi)
ISO Codes IN, IND
Demonym
Indian
Tourists (ranking )
15,543,000 people (2017)
India is a country in southern Asia that occupies the major part of the Indian subcontinent. It shares borders with China , Nepal , Bhutan to the north, Pakistan to the northwest, Burma and Bangladesh to the east, and Sri Lanka to the south.
Mumbai, economic capital city of India. Photo : A.Savin Andaman Islands, India. Photo : Venkatesh K Karakoram, West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe, India. Photo : Jochen Westermann Taj Mahal, India. Photo : Amal Mongia Urban areas (2017)
Urban areas
Population
Delhi
26,454,086 inhabitants
Mumbai (Bombay)
24,337,933 inhabitants
Kolkata (Calcutta)
16,681,589 inhabitants
Hyderabad
14,731,106 inhabitants
Bangalore
13,180,744 inhabitants
Chennai (Madras)
12,906,602 inhabitants
Ahmedabad
8,067,743 inhabitants
Surate
6,635,001 inhabitants
Pune
6,226,959 inhabitants
Visakhapatnam
5,618,000 inhabitants
Kanpur
3,627,313 inhabitants
Jaipur
3,210,570 inhabitants
Lucknow
3,089,651 inhabitants
Patna
2,803,131 inhabitants
Nagpur
2,607,981 inhabitants
Indore
2,167,447 inhabitants
Coimbatore
2,151,466 inhabitants
Kochi
2,117,990 inhabitants
Mirat (Meerut)
2,086,194 inhabitants
Kozhikode
2,030,519 inhabitants
Bhopal
1,883,381 inhabitants
Thrissur
1,854,783 inhabitants
Nashik
1,832,195 inhabitants
Vadodara
1,817,191 inhabitants
Agra
1,746,467 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
States and Territories
Population
Area
Andaman et Nicobar (Territoire)
380,581 inhabitants
8,249 km²
Andhra Pradesh
84,580,777 inhabitants
160,205 km²
Arunachal Pradesh
1,383,727 inhabitants
83,743 km²
Assam
31,205,576 inhabitants
78,438 km²
Bengale-Occidental
91,276,115 inhabitants
88,752 km²
Bihar
104,099,452 inhabitants
94,163 km²
Chandigarh (Territoire)
1,055,450 inhabitants
114 km²
Chhattisgarh
25,545,198 inhabitants
135,192 km²
Dadra et Nagar Haveli (Territoire)
343,709 inhabitants
491 km²
Daman et Diu (Territoire)
243,247 inhabitants
111 km²
Delhi (Territoire)
16,787,941 inhabitants
1,483 km²
Goa
1,458,545 inhabitants
3,702 km²
Gujarat
60,439,692 inhabitants
196,024 km²
Haryana
25,351,462 inhabitants
44,212 km²
Himachal Pradesh
6,864,602 inhabitants
55,673 km²
Jammu-et-Cachemire
12,541,302 inhabitants
222,236 km²
Jharkhand
32,988,134 inhabitants
79,714 km²
Karnataka
61,095,297 inhabitants
191,791 km²
Kerala
33,406,061 inhabitants
38,852 km²
Lakshadweep (Territoire)
64,473 inhabitants
32 km²
Madhya Pradesh
72,626,809 inhabitants
308,245 km²
Maharashtra
112,374,333 inhabitants
307,713 km²
Manipur
2,855,794 inhabitants
22,356 km²
Meghalaya
2,966,889 inhabitants
22,489 km²
Mizoram
1,097,206 inhabitants
21,087 km²
See also
