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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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India's GDP - composition, by sector of origin: <b>note:</b> figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data

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