| Capital |
: New Dehli |
| 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 |
| Labor force |
: 509.3 million |
| Total area |
: 3.3 million km2 |
| Natural resources |
: coal (forth-largest reserves in the world),iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas,diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land. |
| 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) |
| Imports |
: $187.9 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
| Imports partners |
: China,7.3%; US,5.6%; Switzerland,4.7% (2005) |
| Telephones, main lines in use |
: 49.8 million (2005) |
| Cellular phones |
: 69.2 million (2006) |
| Internet users |
: 60 million (2005) |
