GEOGRAPHY

Land Area 3.1 million sq. km. / 1.2 million sq. mi. (World’s seventh largest nation, about one-third the size of the US)

POPULATION

Total population 1.252 Billion

Rural population as percent of total population 68 percent

Population below the poverty line² 29.8 percent (2010 estimate)

Population by Age² 0-14 years 28.5%

15-24 years 18.1%

25-54 years 40.6%

55-64 years 7%

65 years and over 5.7%

Median Age² (2014 estimate) 27 (Brazil 30.7, China 36.7, US 37.6, Russia 38.7, UK 40.4)

ECONOMY

GDP US$ 1.9 Trillion (about equal to Canada)

GDP Rate of Growth 5 percent

GDP Per Capita US$ 1,499 (Around the same as Yemen)

Foreign Direct Investment (2012) US$ 24 Billion (China US$ 295.6 Billion, Brazil US$ 76.1, Russian US$ 50.6)

Ease of Doing Business 134 (on a scale of 1 to 189, 1 being the most business friendly)

Total Internet Users 213 million (141 urban/72 rural)¹

Internet users per 100 people 15.1 (China, 45.8; Brazil, 51.6; Russia 61.4)

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people 71 (China 89, Brazil 135, Russia 153)

Figures from the World Bank and for 2013 unless otherwise noted

¹Internet and Mobile Association of India

²CIA World Fact Book 2014 estimate