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Age Structure 0-14 years:

31.8% (male 188,208,196/female 171,356,024) 

Age Structure 15-64 years:

63.1% (male 366,977,821/female 346,034,565) 

Age Structure 65 years and over:

5.1% (male 27,258,259/female 30,031,289) (2007 est.) 

Median Age - total:

24.8 years 

Median Age - male:

24.5 years  

Median Age - female:

25.2 years (2007 est.) 

Population Growth Rate:

1.606% (2007 est.) 

Birth Rate:

22.69 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) 

Death Rate:

6.58 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) 

Net Migration Rate:

-0.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) 

Sex Ratio - at birth:

1.12 male(s)/female 

Sex Ratio - under 15 years:

1.098 male(s)/female 

Sex Ratio - 15-64 years:

1.061 male(s)/female 

Sex Ratio - 65 years and over:

0.908 male(s)/female 

Sex Ratio - total population:

1.064 male(s)/female (2007 est.) 

Life Expectancy at Birth - total:

68.59 years 

Life Expectancy at Birth - male:

66.28 years 

Life Expectancy at Birth - female:

71.17 years (2007 est.) 

Major Infectious Diseases:

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever;vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and Japanese encephalitis are high risks in some locations 

Nationality:

Indian(s) 

Ethnic Groups:

Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000) 

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