|
Capital |
: New Dehli |
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Currency |
: Indian rupee |
|
Gross domestic product (GDP) |
: $4 trillion (2006 estimate) on a purchasing-power- parity
basis
|
|
GDP real growth rate |
: 8.5% (2006 est.) |
|
Population |
: 1.1 billion (July 2007 est.) |
|
Population growth rate |
: 1.6% (2007 est.) |
|
Median age |
: 24.8 years |
|
Labour force |
: 509.3 million |
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Total area |
: 3.3 million km2 |
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Natural resources |
: Coal (forth-largest reserves in the world),iron ore, manganese,
mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural
gas,diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land. |
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Exports |
: $112 billion free on board (f.o.b.) (2006 est.) |
|
Exports partners |
: United States(US),16.7%; United Arab Emirates,8.5%; China,6.6%;
Singapore,5.3%; United Kingdom,4.9%; Hong Kong,4.4%(2005) |
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Imports |
: $187.9 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
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Imports partners |
: China,7.3%; US,5.6%; Switzerland,4.7% (2005) |
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Telephones, main lines in use |
: 49.8 million (2005) |
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Cellular phones |
: 69.2 million (2006) |
|
Internet users |
: 60 million (2005) |
