POPULTION OF INDIA



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.)