UNData app

General Information

Region		Southern Asia
Population (000, 2024)		1 450 936^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		488^a
Capital city		New Delhi
Capital city pop. (000, 2024)		29 399.1^c,d
UN membership date		30 October 1945
Surface area (km2)		3 287 263^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		106.5^a
National currency		Indian Rupee (INR)
Exchange rate (per US$)		83.1^e

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	2 146 759	2 676 119	3 465 541^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	8	-5.8	7.2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 622.8	1 916.5	2 445.4^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	17.7	20.3	18.4^b
Economy: Industry^f,h (% of Gross Value Added)	30	27.3	28.2^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,i (% of GVA)	52.3	52.5	53.3^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	44.3	44.7	42.9^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	25	23.7	26.1^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	30.7	31.6	31^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	7.9^j	7.9	4.7^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	27.0 / 77.1^j	25.9 / 73.6	31.1 / 76.8^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k,l (2010=100)	123	153	182^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	98	119	126^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	264 381	275 489	423 013^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	390 745	367 980	671 801^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 126 364	- 92 492	- 248 788^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 22 457	32 730	- 32 336^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.2	0.9	0.9^a
Urban population (% of total population)	32.8	34.5^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.4^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.3	2	2^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	70.9 / 67.8	71.9 / 68.5	73.9 / 70.7^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	28.9 / 8.6	26.3 / 9.9	24.6 / 10.8^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	5 210.8 / 0.4^o	4 878.7 / 0.4^o	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	205.8	241.3	260.1^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	43.5	32.6	28.2^a
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	3.6	3.3^j	3.3^j,p
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	0.7	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.1	4.3	4.6^p
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	105.3 / 103.2	101.7 / 100.9	111.4 / 112.6^e
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	90.0 / 86.8	90.3 / 87.9	88.7 / 87.0^e
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	62.9 / 66.2^j	66.5 / 71.8	71.4 / 73.0^e
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	3.4	2.9	2.8^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	12	14.4^q	14.7^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	14.9^j	43.4	48.1^j,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.7	0.6	...
Threatened species (number)	1 039	1 118	1 543^e
Forested area (% of land area)	23.8	24.3	24.4^p
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	2 208.4 / 1.7	2 210.9 / 1.6	2 441.6 / 1.7^p
Energy production, primary^r (Petajoules)	21 875	23 600	25 144^p
Energy supply per capita^r (Gigajoules)	27	27	28^p
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^s (000)	13 284	6 291	6 989^p
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	6.2	6.3	6.3^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	... / 52.6	... / 62.1	... / 66.0^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	34.8 / 38.0	40.4 / 51.9	42.7 / 57.4^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.15	0.07	0.1^p

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Refers to the Delhi metropolitan area that is not restricted to state boundaries (National Capital Territory), includes contiguous suburban cities and towns, such as Faridabad, Gurgaon, and Ghaziabad.
d		2019
e		2023
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Data as published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation of India (MoSPI). Until the April 2024 edition of the MBS; the Ministry of Labour and Employment was used as the data source.
l		Base: 2012=100.
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Including refugees.
p		2021
q		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
r		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 April.
s		Including nationals residing abroad.