total: 24.66 years male: 24.64 years female: 24.67 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate
1.4% (2005 est.)
Birth rate
22.32 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate
8.28 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate
-0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 56.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 56.86 deaths/1,000 live births female: 55.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 64.35 years male: 63.57 years female: 65.16 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.78 children born/woman (2005 est.)
Religions
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
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 percentage
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 59.5% male: 70.2% female: 48.3% (2003 est.)
Government structure
federal republic
Capital
New Delhi
Legal system
based on English common law; limited judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations; separate personal law codes apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus
GDP (purchasing power parity)
$3.678 trillion (2005 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate)
$692,57 billion (2004/5)
GDP - real growth rate
7.1% (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita
purchasing power parity - $3,400 (2005 est.)
Labor force
496.4 million (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate
9% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line
25% (2002 est.)
Inflation rate
4.4% (2005 est.)
Public debt
82% of GDP (federal and state debt combined) (2005 est.)
Exports
$76.23 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports
$113.1 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Debt - external
$119.7 billion (2005 est.)
Currency (code)
Indian rupee (INR)
Exchange rates / $
Indian rupees per US dollar - 44.20 (Feb. 2006)
Big Mac price in dollars
NA
Under(-)/Over(+) valuation against the $ (%)
NA
Franchise Association
Franchising Association Of India
Web Site
www.fai.co.in
Year Of first Franchise Network
NA
Number of franchisors
600
This information was updated January, 2006. For additional information please email: info@infofranchise.com.
Date: 06/02/2006
Source: Infofranchise.com
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