 Country name conventional long form:Republic of India
Location Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
Area total:3,287,590 sq km
Climate varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
Population 1,014,003,817 (July 2000 est.)
Ethnic groups Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3%
Religions Hindu 80%, Muslim 14%, Christian 2.4%, Sikh 2%, Buddhist 0.7%, Jains 0.5%, other 0.4%
Literacy definition:age 15 and over can read and write total population:52%
Capital New Delhi
Constitution 26 January 1950
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal
GDP - per capita purchasing power parity - $1,800 (1999 est.)
GDP - composition by sector agriculture:25%
industry:30%
services:45% (1997)
Population below poverty line 35% (1994 est.)
Exports - commodities textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures
Exports - partners US 21%, UK 6%, Germany 6%, Hong Kong 5%, Japan 5%, UAE 4% (1998)
Imports - commodities crude oil and petroleum products, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals
Imports - partners US 10%, Belgium 7%, UK 6%, Germany 6%, Saudi Arabia 6%, Japan 6% (1998)
Debt - external $98 billion (March 1999)
Currency 1 Indian rupee (Re) = 100 paise
Exchange rates Indian rupees (Rs) per US$1 - 43.552 (January 2000), 43.055 (1999), 41.259 (1998), 36.313 (1997), 35.433 (1996), 32.427 (1995)
Military expenditures - dollar figure $10.055 billion (FY00)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP 2.5% (FY00)
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