INDIA
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Facts & Figures
President: Droupadi Murmu (2022)
Prime Minister: Narendra Modi (2019)
Population (2022 est.): 1,389,637,446 (growth rate: .67%); birth rate: 16.82/1000; infant mortality rate: 30.31/1000; life expectancy: 67.22
Largest cities: 20.961 million Mumbai, 15.134 million Kolkata, 13.193 million Bangalore, 11.503 million Chennai, 10.534 million Hyderabad (2022)
Monetary unit: Rupee
National name: Bharat
Current Government Officials
Ethnicity/race: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)
Religions: Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2020 est.): $8,443,360,000,000; per capita $6,100. Real growth rate: 4.86%. Inflation: 3.7%. Unemployment: 8.5%. Arable land: 52.8%. Agriculture: rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish. Labor force: 521.9 million; agriculture 47%, services 22%, industry 31% (2017). Industries: textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software, pharmaceuticals. Natural resources: coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land. Exports: $484.95 billion (2020 est.): petroleum products, precious stones, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, vehicles, apparel. Imports: $493.18 billion (2020 est.): crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals. Major trading partners: U.S., UAE, China, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong (2012)