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India

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Key facts

  • currency: Indian rupee
  • capital city: New Delhi
  • region: Southern Asia
  • continent: Asia
  • land area: 2,973,190 km²
  • population: 1,428,627,663 people
  • political leader: Narendra Modi (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [20°0′N, 77°0′E]

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Summary

India is a country. The capital city is New Delhi, located in the Southern Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 2,973,190 km², a population of 1,428,627,663 people and uses the currency Indian rupee. The Prime Minister is Narendra Modi.

Environment

India is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Southern Asia and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 1,785,279.48 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 2.67 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 2,693.03 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 74.49 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 4.64 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 11.08 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 2.79 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 1.77 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 5.17 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 34.31 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 2.01 births per woman
  • Forest area: 724,264 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 73.58 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 3,940.80 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 24.30
  • Methane emissions: 925.95 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 255.87 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 691,776,131 people
  • Male population: 736,851,532 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 34.90 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 3,002,756.15 km²
  • Rural population: 909,121,500 people
  • Urban land area: 125,554.30 km²
  • Urban population: 519,506,163 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.43 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in India by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in India

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in India

Evolution of historical net energy imports in India

Evolution of historical fertility rate in India

India relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

India relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in India

India relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in India

India relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in India

India relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

India relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

India relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in India

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in India

Evolution of historical land area in India

Evolution of historical median age in India

Evolution of historical methane emissions in India

India relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

India relationship between population and methane emissions over time

India relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

India relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

India relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

India relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in India

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in India

India relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

India relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

India relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in India

India relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in India

Evolution of historical male population in India

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in India

Evolution of historical rural land area in India

Evolution of historical rural population in India

India relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical urban land area in India

India relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in India

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in India

India relationship between date and population over time

India relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in India

India relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

India relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in India

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in India

India relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

India relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

India relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

India relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

India relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in India

India relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

India relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

India relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

India relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

India relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

India relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in India

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in India

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in India

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in India

Distribution of sites in India by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in India by area

Proportion of transboundary sites in India

Geographical distribution of wildfires in India by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in India

Cities in India

Sites in India

Wildfires in India

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Business

  • Central government debt: 46.52 % of GDP
  • Expense: 15.66 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 3,549,918,918,777.53 current US$
  • Inflation: 5.65 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 76.87 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 12.02 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 4.17 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 74.00 % of total employment

Distribution of companies founded in India by year

Evolution of historical central government debt in India

Evolution of historical expense in India

Evolution of historical GDP in India

India relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in India

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in India

India relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in India

Evolution of historical unemployment in India

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in India

Proportion of shops per country in India

Companies from India

Exchanges in India

Shops in India

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Health

  • Birth rate: 16.27 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 9.07 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 74.00 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 3.28 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.05 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 1.60 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 68
  • Suicide mortality rate: 12.70 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in India

India relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

India relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

India relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

India relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

India relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in India

India relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in India

Evolution of historical health expenditure in India

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in India

Evolution of historical hospital beds in India

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in India

India relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

India relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in India

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in India

Proportion of diseases in India by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in India by start date

Evolution of historical cases in India

Evolution of historical deaths in India

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in India

Diseases in India

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 3,068,000 people
  • Democracy score: 7.23
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Military expenditure: 2.43 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 15.24 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in India

India relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

India relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

India relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

India relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

India relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

India relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

India relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in India

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in India

Distribution of politicians from India by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in India

Political parties in India

Politicians from India

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from India by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in India

Proportion of competitions per city in India

Proportion of competitions per country in India

Distribution of competitions in India by start date

Proportion of medals won by India in the Olympics

Athletes from India

Competitions in India

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Culture

Distribution of artists from India by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in India

Geographical distribution of museums in India by visitors

Artists from India

Museums in India

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in India by total students

Distribution of universities in India per foundation year

Universities in India

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In literature

There are 5848 books written about India in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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