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Population:
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1,065,070,607 (July 2004 est.)
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 31.7% (male 173,869,856; female 164,003,915)
15-64 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 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 24.4 years
male: 24.4 years
female: 24.4 years (2004 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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1.44% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate:
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22.8 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate:
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8.38 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate:
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-0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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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: 1.03 male(s)/female
total population: 1.07 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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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
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 63.99 years
male: 63.25 years
female: 64.77 years (2004 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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2.85 children born/woman (2004 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.8% (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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3.97 million (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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310,000 (2001 est.)
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Nationality:
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noun: Indian(s)
adjective: Indian
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Ethnic groups:
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Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)
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Religions:
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Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000)
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Languages:
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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
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 59.5%
male: 70.2%
female: 48.3% (2003 est.)
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