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India – Important Facts

India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Myanmar (Burma) and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition, India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

The economy of India is the seventh-largest economy in the world measured by nominal GDP and the third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). The country is classified as a newly industrialised country, one of the G-20 major economies, a member of BRICS and a developing economy with an average growth rate of approximately 7% over the last two decades. Maharashtra is the wealthiest Indian state and has an annual GDP of US$220 billion, nearly equal to that of Portugal, and accounts for 12% of the Indian GDP followed by the states of Tamil Nadu (US$140 billion) and Uttar Pradesh (US$130 billion). India’s economy became the world’s fastest growing major economy in the last quarter of 2014, replacing the People’s Republic of China.

Facts: Republic of India Capital: New Delhi, Population: 1.3 billion, Area: 3.1 million sq km (1.2 million sq miles) and excluding Kashmir, Major languages: Hindi-English and more than 20 other official languages, Major religions: Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, Life expectancy: 64 years (men), 68 years (women), Currency Rupee.

Important Details

  • Country ISO3: IND
  • Country Code: 356
  • Income Group: South Asia
  • Lending Category: Lower middle income
  • Region: IBRD
  • Currency Unit: Rupee
  • WTO Member: YES
  • Trade organisations: WTO, SAFTA, BRICS, G-20, East Asia Summit, G8+5, SAARC, AIIB, BIMSTEC, RCEP, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, SCO, United Nations
  • world rank: 123
  • Regional Ranking: 25th in the Asia–Pacific Region