| Population: |
| 1,129,866,154
(July 2007 est.) |
| GDP
(purchasing power parity): |
| $4.042
trillion (2006 est.) |
| GDP
(official exchange rate): |
| $796.1
billion |
| GDP
- real growth rate: |
| 8.5% |
| GDP
- per capita (PPP): |
| $3,700 |
| Labor
force: |
| 509.3
million |
| Inflation
rate (consumer prices): |
| 5.3% |
| Industrial
production growth rate: |
| 7.5% |
|
| Exports: |
$112 billion f.o.b.
|
| Exports
- commodities: |
textile goods, gems and jewelry,
engineering goods, chemicals, leather
manufactures
|
| Imports: |
$187.9
billion f.o.b.
|
| Imports
- commodities: |
crude
oil, machinery, gems,
fertilizer, chemicals
|
|
Imports - partners
|
India's total area is 3.29 million
square kilometers. Size is slightly more than one-third
the size of the US. it is located in the Southern
Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between
Burma and Pakistan
Capital: New Delhi
Border countries: Bangladesh
4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km,
Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km
Government:
Federal republic
Languages spoken: English is the preferred business
language. Hindi is the national
language and primary tongue of 30% of the people. |
| GDP
growth by sector (%) |
|
GDP |
Agriculture |
Manufacturing |
Services |
Construction |
| 2002 |
3.8 |
-7.5 |
6.8 |
7.4 |
7.7 |
| 2003 |
8.5 |
10.0 |
7.1 |
8.5 |
10.9 |
| 2004 |
7.5 |
0.0 |
8.2 |
9.6 |
12.2 |
| 2005 |
9.0 |
6.0 |
9.1 |
9.8 |
14.2 |
| 2006 |
9.2 |
2.7 |
11.3 |
11.2 |
9.4 |
| Sources:Central Statistical
Organization |
| Export
and import growth (%) |
| |
Exports |
Imports |
| 2002 |
20.3 |
14.5 |
| 2003 |
23.3 |
24.1 |
| 2004 |
28.5 |
48.6 |
| 2005 |
23.4 |
32.0 |
| 2006 |
20.0 |
26.2 |
| 2007 |
16.0 |
20.0 |
| 2008 |
15.0 |
19.2 |
| Sources: Reserve Bank of India |
| Exports - partners |
 |
| GDP
growth (%) |
 |
|
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