Impressive Stats about India

Impressive Stats about India

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Mike Ghouse

Figures about India

It's often hard to pin down statistics about India and other South Asian countries. Contradictory, inaccurate numbers abound and regularly make their way into the press. I thought I'd post some stats sources I use for India and ask you all for your suggestions for India and the rest of the subcontinent.

NationMaster.com India section (2,000+ stats)
CIA World Factbook India section
Government of India Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Official census site
UNICEF: At a Glance: India
InternetWorldStats: India

[There's also IndiaHealthStat.com, which seems to have a lot of useful information, but charges almost $300 and doesn't seem to have a free trial.]

Please add your suggestions to the comments section below.
Meanwhile, on the back cover of Mira Kamdar's new book, "Planet India: How the Fastest Growing Democracy is Transforming America and the World," is a set of dramatic stats about India. See the full list below. What do you think? Post your thoughts in the comments below.

From the back cover of "Planet India: How the Fastest Growing Democracy is Transforming America and the World"

Did You Know?

India is the world's fourth-largest economy.

By 2034, India will be the most populous country on Earth, with 1.6 billion people.

India's middle class is already larger than the entire population of the United States.

One out of three of the world's malnourished children live in India.

India is home to the biggest youth population on earth: 600 million people are under the age of 25.

72,000,000 cell phones will be sold in India in 2007.

India just edged past the United States to become the second-most-preferred destination for foreign direct investment after China.

In 1991, Indians purchased 150,000 automobiles; in 2007, they are expected to purchase 10 million.

By 2008, India's total pool of qualified graduates will be more than twice as large as China's.

By 2015, an estimated 3.5 million white-collar U.S. jobs will be offshored.
India is the largest arms importer in the developing world.

American corporations expect to earn $20 to $40 billion from the civilian nuclear agreement with India.

In 2007, there are 2.2 million Indian Americans, a number expected to double every decade.

Twenty-nine percent of India's population speaks English - that's 350 million people.

Did you know the first census of india was conducted in 1871?