| Population: |
|
1,156,897,766 (2009 est.) |
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 |
| GDP
(purchasing power parity): |
$3.56
trillion (2009 est.)
$3.343 trillion (2008 est.)
$3.113 trillion (2007 est.) |
| GDP
- real growth rate: |
| 6.5%
(2009 est.) |
| GDP
- per capita (PPP): |
$3,100 (2009
est.)
$2,900 (2008 est.)
$2,800 (2007 est.) |
| Labor
force: |
| 467
million (2009 est.) |
| Unemployment
rate: |
10.7%
(2009 est.)
10.4% (2008 est.) |
|
Natural Resources: |
| coal
(fourth-largest reserves in the worlsd), iron ore, manganese, mica,
bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum,
limestone, arable land |
|
| Exports: |
$165 billion (2009 est.)
|
| Exports
- commodities: |
petroleum products, precious stones, machinery, iron
and steel, chemicals, vehicles, apparel
|
| Imports: |
$253.9
billion (2009 est.)
|
| Imports
- commodities: |
crude
oil, precious stones, machinery, fertilizer, iron and steel, chemicals
rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, lentils, potatoes;
onions, dairy products, sheep, goats, poultry; fish
textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment,
cement, mining, petroleum, machinery, software, pharmaceuticals
Chennai, Haldia, Jawaharal Nehru, Kandla, Kolkata (Calcutta), Mormugao,
Mumbai (Bombay), New Mangalore, Vishakhapatnam
Inflation
rate (consumer prices):
|
10.7% (2009 est.)
8.3% (2008 est.)
|
|