Population	1,049,700,118 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 32.2% (male 173,973,350; female 163,979,116) 15-64 years: 63% (male 342,620,712; female 319,259,867) 65 years and over: 4.8% (male 25,281,756; female 24,585,317) (2003 est.)
Median age	total: 24.1 years male: 24.1 years female: 24.2 years (2002)
Population growth rate	1.47% (2003 est.)
Birth rate	23.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate	8.49 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate	-0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio	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 (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 59.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 58.93 deaths/1,000 live births male: 60.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 63.62 years male: 62.92 years female: 64.37 years (2003 est.)
Total fertility rate	2.91 children born/woman (2003 est.)
Religions	Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5% (2000)
Languages	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
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 59.5% male: 70.2% female: 48.3% (2003 est.)
	source: www.cia.gov