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Today's Featured Country
India
South Asia
sovereign
IN
Key Facts
Capital
New Delhi
Population
1,419,316,933 (2025 est.)
Area
3,287,263 sq km
Climate
varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
Languages
Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assam...
Currency
Indian rupee (INR) [₹]
Government type
federal parliamentary republic
Life expectancy at birth
68.2 years (2024 est.)
Religions
Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and unspecified 2% (2011 est.)
Independence
15 August 1947 (from the UK)
Natural resources
coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), antimony, iron ore, lead, manganese, mica, bauxite, rare earth elements, titanium ore, chromite, natural ...
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