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  • Crime > Violent crime > Murder rate: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population.
  • Geography > Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Geography > Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Geography > Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Geography > Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Geography > Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Government > Judicial branch: The name(s) of the highest court(s) and a brief description of the selection process for members.
  • Government > Legal system: A brief description of the legal system's historical roots, role in government, and acceptance of International Court of Justice (ICJ) jurisdiction.
  • Government > Legislative branch: This entry contains information on the structure (unicameral, bicameral, tricameral), formal name, number of seats, and term of office. Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election. Election results includes the percent of vote and/or number of seats held by each party in the last election.
  • Health > Births and maternity > Total fertility rate: Total fertility rate.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-14: Percentage of total population aged 0-14.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 15-24.
  • People > Ethnic groups: This entry provides a rank ordering of ethnic groups starting with the largest and normally includes the percent of total population.
  • People > Population > Population growth, past and future: Population growth rate (percentage).
  • Religion > Religions: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • People > Birth rate: The average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.
  • People > Population growth: Percentage by which country's population either has increased or is estimated to increase. Countries with a decrease in population are signified by a negative percentage. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Economy > Budget > Revenues: Revenues calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms
  • People > Age distribution > Median age: The median age of the country's residents. This is the age most people are in the country.
  • Government > Political parties and leaders: Significant political organizations and their leaders.
  • Economy > Economy > Overview: This entry briefly describes the type of economy, including the degree of market orientation, the level of economic development, the most important natural resources, and the unique areas of specialization. It also characterizes major economic events and policy changes in the most recent 12 months and may include a statement about one or two key future macroeconomic trends.
  • Crime > Violent crime > Murders: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population.
  • People > Gender > Female population: Total female population.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-14 > Total: Number of people aged 0-14.
  • Economy > GDP > Per capita: This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The difference between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the weathly industrialized countries are generally much smaller. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Agriculture > Rural population: Total population living in rural areas. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Energy > Electricity > Consumption > Per capita: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • People > Death rate: The average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 population at midyear; also known as crude death rate. The death rate, while only a rough indicator of the mortality situation in a country, accurately indicates the current mortality impact on population growth. This indicator is significantly affected by age distribution, and most countries will eventually show a rise in the overall death rate, in spite of continued decline in mortality at all ages, as declining fertility results in an aging population.
  • Geography > Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Energy > Electricity > Consumption: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • People > Age distribution > Total dependency ratio: Percentage of dependant persons out of total population aged 15-64. A dependant person is a person aged 0-14 and those over 65 years old.
  • People > Population growth rate: The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.
  • Geography > Area > Land > Per capita: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Media > Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Agriculture > Agricultural growth: Index of agricultural production in 1996 - 98 (1989 - 91 = 100)
  • Economy > Inflation rate > Consumer prices: This entry furnishes the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices.
  • Language > Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Total: Number of people aged 15-24.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 60 and older.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-64 > Total: Number of people aged 15-64.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Total: Number of people aged 0-4.
  • Religion > Religions > All: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • Health > Births and maternity > Future births: Mid-range estimate for country's population increase due to births from five years prior to the given year. For example, from 2095 to 2100, India's population is expected to rise by 16,181 people due to births. Estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Energy > Oil > Consumption > Per capita: This entry is the total oil consumed in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-59: Percentage of total pouplation aged 15-59.
  • People > Population in 2015: (Thousands) Medium-variant projections.
  • Health > Births and maternity > Average age of mother at childbirth: Average age of mother at first childbirth.
  • Geography > Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population: The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
  • Geography > Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • People > Urban and rural > Population living in cities proper: Each city population by sex, city and city type.
  • Labor > Unemployment rate: The percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.
  • Government > Executive branch > Head of government: Head of government includes the name and title of the top administrative leader who is designated to manage the day-to-day activities of the government. For example, in the UK, the monarch is the chief of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. In the US, the president is both the chief of state and the head of government.
  • Geography > Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Labor > Labor force: The total labor force figure
  • Energy > Oil > Consumption: This entry is the total oil consumed in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.
  • Education > College and university > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
  • People > Total fertility rate: The average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their child-bearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population growth in the country. High rates will also place some limits on the labor force participation rates for women. Large numbers of children born to women indicate large family sizes that might limit the ability of the families to feed and educate their children.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 65 and older.
  • Economy > GDP > Purchasing power parity: This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The difference between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the weathly industrialized countries are generally much smaller.
  • Geography > Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
  • People > Age structure > 0-14 years: The distribution of the population according to age. Information is included by sex and age group (0-14 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over). The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector. The age structure can also be used to help predict potential political issues. For example, the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find employment can lead to unrest.
  • Transport > Airports: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
  • Geography > Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
  • People > Gender > Male population: Total male population.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Total: Number of people aged 60 and older.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-64: Percentage of total population aged 15-64.
  • Economy > Fiscal year: The beginning and ending months for a country's accounting period of 12 months, which often is the calendar year but which may begin in any month. All yearly references are for the calendar year (CY) unless indicated as a noncalendar fiscal year (FY).
  • People > Age structure > 65 years and over: The distribution of the population according to age. Information is included by sex and age group (0-14 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over). The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector. The age structure can also be used to help predict potential political issues. For example, the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find employment can lead to unrest."
  • Economy > GDP > Composition by sector > Industry: The gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods produced by the industrial sector within a nation in a given year. GDP dollar estimates in the Factbook are derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations. See the CIA World Factbook for more information.
  • Transport > Waterways: The total length and individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.
  • Health > Infant mortality rate > Total: This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
  • People > Age distribution > Elderly dependency ratio: Percentage of dependant adults out of total population aged 15-64. A dependant adult is an adult aged 65 and older.
  • Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Agriculture > Agricultural growth per capita: Net per capita agricultural production, expressed in International Dollars. Net means after deduction of feed and seed. International Dollars are calculated using the Geary-Khamis formula, which is designed to neutralize irrelevant exchange rate movements (more information on http://faostat3.fao.org/faostat-gateway/go/to/mes/glossary/*/E)
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 0-4.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Total: Number of people 65 years old and older.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-59 > Total: Number of people aged 15-59.
  • Religion > Seventh-day Adventist Membership: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active.
  • Energy > Electricity > Production: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Total: Number of people aged 80 years and older.
  • People > Cities > Urban population: Total population living in urban areas. The defition of an urban area differs for each country. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Geography > Land use > Arable land: The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
  • Geography > Land boundaries > Border countries: Length of land boundaries by border country
  • Media > Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • People > Sex ratio > Total population: The number of males for each female one of five age groups - at birth, under 15 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. Sex ratio at birth has recently emerged as an indicator of certain kinds of sex discrimination in some countries. For instance, high sex ratios at birth in some Asian countries are now attributed to sex-selective abortion and infanticide due to a strong preference for sons. This will affect future marriage patterns and fertility patterns. Eventually it could cause unrest among young adult males who are unable to find partners.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 5-14 > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 5-14.
  • Health > Infant mortality rate: The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country
  • Religion > Christian > Mormon > Congregations: Total Congregations.
  • Economy > Budget > Expenditures: Expenditures calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms
  • People > Sex ratio > At birth: The number of males for each female one of five age groups - at birth, under 15 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. Sex ratio at birth has recently emerged as an indicator of certain kinds of sex discrimination in some countries. For instance, high sex ratios at birth in some Asian countries are now attributed to sex-selective abortion and infanticide due to a strong preference for sons. This will affect future marriage patterns and fertility patterns. Eventually it could cause unrest among young adult males who are unable to find partners.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 80 and older.
  • Education > Child care (preschool) > Duration: Number of years students study at the pre-primary (preschool) level. It should be noted that not all countries require pre-primary education.
  • Religion > Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population: Muslim percentage (%) of total population 2014 Pew Report.
  • Geography > Irrigated land: The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water.
  • Media > Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Environment > Proportion of land area under protection: Terrestrial areas protected to total surface area, percentage.
  • Geography > Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Government > Flag description: A written flag description produced from actual flags or the best information available at the time the entry was written. The flags of independent states are used by their dependencies unless there is an officially recognized local flag. Some disputed and other areas do not have flags.
  • Culture > Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date: The date when the first McDonald's outlet opened in each country.
  • Geography > Maritime claims > Territorial sea: territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
  • Economy > Debt > External: Total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services.
  • Media > Televisions: The total number of televisions
  • Economy > Debt > External > Per capita: Total public and private debt owed to non-residents repayable in foreign currency, goods, or services. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Economy > GDP > Composition by sector > Services: The gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final services produced within a nation in a given year. GDP dollar estimates in the Factbook are derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations. See the CIA World Factbook for more information.
  • Energy > Electricity > Production > Per capita: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
STAT French Guiana India HISTORY
Crime > Violent crime > Murder rate 30
Ranked 95th.
40,752
Ranked 2nd. 1358 times more than French Guiana

Geography > Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Indiana slightly more than one-third the size of the US
Geography > Area > Land 89,150 sq km
Ranked 2nd.
2.97 million sq km
Ranked 8th. 33 times more than French Guiana

Geography > Area > Total 91,000 sq km
Ranked 2nd.
3.29 million sq km
Ranked 8th. 36 times more than French Guiana

Geography > Climate tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
Geography > Geographic coordinates 4 00 N, 53 00 W 20 00 N, 77 00 E
Government > Judicial branch Court of Appeals or Cour d'Appel (highest local court based in Martinique with jurisdiction over Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana) Supreme Court (one chief justice and 25 associate justices are appointed by the president and remain in office until they reach the age of 65 or are removed for "proved misbehavior")
Government > Legal system French legal system common law system based on the English model; separate personal law codes apply to Muslims, Christians, and Hindus; judicial review of legislative acts
Government > Legislative branch unicameral General Council or Conseil General (19 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (31 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) bicameral Parliament or Sansad consists of the Council of States or Rajya Sabha (a body consisting of not more than 250 members up to 12 of whom are appointed by the president, the remainder are chosen by the elected members of the state and territorial assemblies; members serve six-year terms) and the People's Assembly or Lok Sabha
Health > Births and maternity > Total fertility rate 1.95%
Ranked 42nd. 6% more than India
1.84%
Ranked 135th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-14 16.71%
Ranked 61st. 5% more than India
15.9%
Ranked 85th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Percent 11.47%
Ranked 72nd. 3% more than India
11.18%
Ranked 83th.

People > Ethnic groups black or mulatto 66%, white 12%, East Indian, Chinese, Amerindian 12%, other 10% Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3%
People > Population > Population growth, past and future 0.241
Ranked 42nd.
-0.244
Ranked 141st.

Religion > Religions Roman Catholic Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1%
People > Birth rate 20.46 births/1,000 population
Ranked 105th. 1% more than India
20.24 births/1,000 population
Ranked 87th.

People > Population growth 0.241%
Ranked 42nd.
-0.244%
Ranked 141st.

Economy > Budget > Revenues $135.50 million
Ranked 6th.
$172.10 billion
Ranked 23th. 1270 times more than French Guiana

People > Age distribution > Median age 43.79 years
Ranked 123th.
44.27 years
Ranked 118th. 1% more than French Guiana

Government > Political parties and leaders Guyana Democratic Forces or FDG [Georges OTHILY]; Guyanese Democratic Action or ADG [Andre LECANTE]; Guyanese Socialist Party or PSG [Marie-Claude VERDAN]; Popular National Guyanese Party or PNPG [Jose DORCY]; Socialist Party or PS [Alix LABBE]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Georges HABRAN-MERY]; Union for a Popular Movement or UMP (includes RPR) [Remi Louis DUBOC]; Walwari Committee (aligned with the PRG in France) [Christine TAUBIRA-DELANON] Aam Aadmi Party or AAP [Arvind KEJRIWAL]<br />All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or AIADMK [J. JAYALALITHAA]<br />All India Trinamool Congress or TMC [Mamata BANERJEE]<br />Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP [MAYAWATI]<br />Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP [Rajnath SINGH]<br />Biju Janata Dal or BJD [Naveen PATNAIK]<br />Communist Party of India or CPI [A.B. BARDHAN]<br />Communist Party of India-Marxist or CPI(M) [Prakash KARAT]<br />Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or DMK [M.KARUNANIDHI]<br />Indian National Congress or INC [Sonia GANDHI]<br />Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) [Sharad YADAV]<br />Nationalist Congress Party or NCP [Sharad PAWAR]<br />Rashtriya Janata Dal or RJD [Lalu Prasad YADAV]<br />Rashtriya Lok Dal or RLD [Ajit SINGH]<br />Samajwadi Party or SP [Mulayam Singh YADAV]<br />Shiromani Akali Dal or SAD [Parkash Singh BADAL]<br />Shiv Sena or SS [Uddhav THACKERAY]<br />Telugu Desam Party or TDP [Chandrababu NAIDU]<br />
Economy > Economy > Overview The economy is tied closely to the much larger French economy through subsidies and imports. Besides the French space center at Kourou (which accounts for 25% of GDP), fishing and forestry are the most important economic activities. Forest and woodland cover 90% of the country. The large reserves of tropical hardwoods, not fully exploited, support an expanding sawmill industry that provides sawn logs for export. Cultivation of crops is limited to the coastal area, where the population is largely concentrated; rice and manioc are the major crops. French Guiana is heavily dependent on imports of food and energy. Unemployment is a serious problem, particularly among younger workers. India is developing into an open-market economy, yet traces of its past autarkic policies remain. Economic liberalization measures, including industrial deregulation, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and reduced controls on foreign trade and investment, began in the early 1990s and have served to accelerate the country's growth, which averaged under 7% per year since 1997. India's diverse economy encompasses traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide range of modern industries, and a multitude of services. Slightly more than half of the work force is in agriculture, but services are the major source of economic growth, accounting for nearly two-thirds of India's output, with less than one-third of its labor force. India has capitalized on its large educated English-speaking population to become a major exporter of information technology services, business outsourcing services, and software workers. In 2010, the Indian economy rebounded robustly from the global financial crisis - in large part because of strong domestic demand - and growth exceeded 8% year-on-year in real terms. However, India's economic growth began slowing in 2011 because of a slowdown in government spending and a decline in investment, caused by investor pessimism about the government's commitment to further economic reforms and about the global situation. High international crude prices have exacerbated the government's fuel subsidy expenditures, contributing to a higher fiscal deficit and a worsening current account deficit. In late 2012, the Indian Government announced additional reforms and deficit reduction measures to reverse India's slowdown, including allowing higher levels of foreign participation in direct investment in the economy. The outlook for India's medium-term growth is positive due to a young population and corresponding low dependency ratio, healthy savings and investment rates, and increasing integration into the global economy. India has many long-term challenges that it has yet to fully address, including poverty, corruption, violence and discrimination against women and girls, an inefficient power generation and distribution system, ineffective enforcement of intellectual property rights, decades-long civil litigation dockets, inadequate transport and agricultural infrastructure, limited non-agricultural employment opportunities, inadequate availability of quality basic and higher education, and accommodating rural-to-urban migration.
Crime > Violent crime > Murders 30
Ranked 95th.
40,752
Ranked 2nd. 1358 times more than French Guiana

People > Gender > Female population 338,470
Ranked 167th.
760.43 million
Ranked 1st. 2247 times more than French Guiana

People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-14 > Total 112,585
Ranked 165th.
245.95 million
Ranked 1st. 2185 times more than French Guiana

Economy > GDP > Per capita $8,297.80 per capita
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than India
$2,625.09 per capita
Ranked 130th.

Agriculture > Rural population 18,569
Ranked 157th.
59,140
Ranked 28th. 3 times more than French Guiana

Energy > Electricity > Consumption > Per capita 2,314.4 kWh per capita
Ranked 77th. 5 times more than India
502.71 kWh per capita
Ranked 105th.

People > Death rate 4.88 deaths/1,000 population
Ranked 193th.
7.39 deaths/1,000 population
Ranked 116th. 51% more than French Guiana

Geography > Natural resources bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), petroleum, kaolin, fish, niobium, tantalum, clay coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, rare earth elements, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land
Energy > Electricity > Consumption 432.6 million kWh
Ranked 146th.
698.8 billion kWh
Ranked 2nd. 1615 times more than French Guiana

People > Age distribution > Total dependency ratio 73.56%
Ranked 105th. 11% more than India
66.19%
Ranked 125th.

People > Population growth rate 1.96%
Ranked 73th. 53% more than India
1.28%
Ranked 90th.

Geography > Area > Land > Per capita 446.85 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 173 times more than India
2.59 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 195th.

Media > Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 512.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 21st. 99% more than India
257.91 per 1,000 people
Ranked 4th.

Agriculture > Agricultural growth 79
Ranked 191st.
121
Ranked 53th. 53% more than French Guiana

Economy > Inflation rate > Consumer prices 1%
Ranked 146th.
9.7%
Ranked 25th. 10 times more than French Guiana

Language > Languages French Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%; <i>note:</i> 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 41% 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
People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Total 77,265
Ranked 165th.
172.86 million
Ranked 1st. 2237 times more than French Guiana

People > Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Percent 31.19%
Ranked 116th. 3% more than India
30.21%
Ranked 120th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-64 > Total 388,153
Ranked 166th.
930.78 million
Ranked 1st. 2398 times more than French Guiana

People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Total 37,081
Ranked 164th.
80.33 million
Ranked 1st. 2166 times more than French Guiana

Religion > Religions > All Roman Catholic Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Health > Births and maternity > Future births 7.44
Ranked 165th.
16,181.96
Ranked 1st. 2176 times more than French Guiana

Energy > Oil > Consumption > Per capita 35.31 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl
Ranked 46th. 15 times more than India
2.41 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl
Ranked 49th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-59 52.09%
Ranked 87th.
53.89%
Ranked 75th. 3% more than French Guiana

People > Population in 2015 232 thousand
Ranked 179th.
1.26 million thousand
Ranked 2nd. 5433 times more than French Guiana
Health > Births and maternity > Average age of mother at childbirth 28.5
Ranked 15th. 8% more than India
26.5
Ranked 58th.

Geography > Terrain low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small mountains upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north
Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population 77.27 years
Ranked 56th. 16% more than India
66.8 years
Ranked 156th.

Geography > Location Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
People > Urban and rural > Population living in cities proper 58,004
Ranked 50th.
172.41 million
Ranked 1st. 2972 times more than French Guiana
Labor > Unemployment rate 19.2%
Ranked 17th. 78% more than India
10.8%
Ranked 23th.

Government > Executive branch > Head of government President of the General Council Pierre DESERT (since 26 March 2004); President of the Regional Council Antoine KARAM (since 22 March 1992) Prime Minister Manmohan SINGH (since 22 May 2004)
Geography > Coastline 378 km
Ranked 132nd.
7,000 km
Ranked 20th. 19 times more than French Guiana

Labor > Labor force 62,630
Ranked 29th.
478.3 million
Ranked 2nd. 7637 times more than French Guiana

Energy > Oil > Consumption 6,600 bbl/day
Ranked 135th.
2.98 million bbl/day
Ranked 5th. 452 times more than French Guiana

Education > College and university > Share of total education spending 0.244%
Ranked 5th.
35.89%
Ranked 3rd. 147 times more than French Guiana

People > Total fertility rate 2.98 children born/woman
Ranked 82nd. 17% more than India
2.55 children born/woman
Ranked 80th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Percent 25.67%
Ranked 111th. 7% more than India
23.93%
Ranked 119th.

Economy > GDP > Purchasing power parity $1.55 billion
Ranked 14th.
$4.72 trillion
Ranked 3rd. 3041 times more than French Guiana

Geography > Area > Water 1,850 sq km
Ranked 1st.
314,070 sq km
Ranked 4th. 170 times more than French Guiana

People > Age structure > 0-14 years 29.3%
Ranked 94th. 1% more than India
28.9%
Ranked 87th.

Transport > Airports 11
Ranked 159th.
346
Ranked 21st. 31 times more than French Guiana

Geography > Area > Comparative to US places slightly smaller than Indiana slightly more than one-third the size of the US
People > Gender > Male population 335,197
Ranked 167th.
786.41 million
Ranked 1st. 2346 times more than French Guiana

People > Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Total 210,137
Ranked 169th.
467.24 million
Ranked 1st. 2224 times more than French Guiana

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-64 57.62%
Ranked 92nd.
60.17%
Ranked 72nd. 4% more than French Guiana

Economy > Fiscal year calendar year 1
People > Age structure > 65 years and over 6.3%
Ranked 114th. 11% more than India
5.7%
Ranked 125th.

Economy > GDP > Composition by sector > Industry 15.6%
Ranked 132nd.
18%
Ranked 169th. 15% more than French Guiana

Transport > Waterways 3,760 km
Ranked 24th.
14,500 km
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than French Guiana

Health > Infant mortality rate > Total 11.76 deaths/1,000 live births
Ranked 149th.
47.57 deaths/1,000 live births
Ranked 50th. 4 times more than French Guiana

People > Age distribution > Elderly dependency ratio 44.55%
Ranked 111th. 12% more than India
39.76%
Ranked 120th.

Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m Kanchenjunga 8,598 m
Agriculture > Agricultural growth per capita 65 Int. $
Ranked 195th.
108 Int. $
Ranked 55th. 66% more than French Guiana

People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Percent 5.5%
Ranked 59th. 6% more than India
5.19%
Ranked 95th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Total 172,929
Ranked 169th.
370.1 million
Ranked 1st. 2140 times more than French Guiana

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-59 > Total 350,945
Ranked 166th.
833.64 million
Ranked 1st. 2375 times more than French Guiana

Religion > Seventh-day Adventist Membership 2,087
Ranked 129th.
917,207
Ranked 3rd. 439 times more than French Guiana
Energy > Electricity > Production 465.2 million kWh
Ranked 145th.
985.4 billion kWh
Ranked 3rd. 2118 times more than French Guiana

People > Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Total 69,350
Ranked 169th.
115.83 million
Ranked 2nd. 1670 times more than French Guiana

People > Cities > Urban population 81,431
Ranked 67th. Twice as much as India
40,860
Ranked 196th.

Geography > Land use > Arable land 0.13%
Ranked 207th.
47.87%
Ranked 5th. 368 times more than French Guiana

Geography > Land boundaries > Border countries Brazil 730.4 km, Suriname 510 km Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma 1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km
Media > Radio broadcast stations AM 2, FM 14 (including 6 repeaters), shortwave 6 (including 5 repeaters) AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68
People > Sex ratio > Total population 1.12 male(s)/female
Ranked 10th. 4% more than India
1.08 male(s)/female
Ranked 13th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 5-14 > Percent 11.21%
Ranked 62nd. 5% more than India
10.71%
Ranked 83th.

Health > Infant mortality rate 12.46
Ranked 118th.
57.92
Ranked 44th. 5 times more than French Guiana
Religion > Christian > Mormon > Congregations 1
Ranked 156th.
40
Ranked 40th. 40 times more than French Guiana
Economy > Budget > Expenditures $135.50 million
Ranked 6th.
$263.80 billion
Ranked 17th. 1947 times more than French Guiana

People > Sex ratio > At birth 1.05 male(s)/female
Ranked 105th.
1.12 male(s)/female
Ranked 5th. 7% more than French Guiana

People > Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Percent 10.29%
Ranked 104th. 37% more than India
7.49%
Ranked 129th.

Education > Child care (preschool) > Duration 4
Ranked 23th. 33% more than India
3
Ranked 65th.

Religion > Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.9%
Ranked 128th.
14.4%
Ranked 66th. 16 times more than French Guiana
Geography > Irrigated land 20 sq km
Ranked 161st.
663,340 sq km
Ranked 1st. 33167 times more than French Guiana

Media > Internet > Users > Per capita 194.37 per 1,000 people
Ranked 69th. 3 times more than India
70.81 per 1,000 people
Ranked 115th.

Environment > Proportion of land area under protection 48.31%
Ranked 6th. 9 times more than India
5.21%
Ranked 164th.

Geography > Natural hazards high frequency of heavy showers and severe thunderstorms; flooding droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes
Government > Flag description the flag of France is used three equal horizontal bands of saffron (subdued orange) (top), white, and green, with a blue chakra (24-spoked wheel) centered in the white band; saffron represents courage, sacrifice, and the spirit of renunciation; white signifies purity and truth; green stands for faith and fertility; the blue chakra symbolizes the wheel of life in movement and death in stagnation
Culture > Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date February 22, 2000 October 13, 1996
Geography > Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nautical mile
Ranked 5th. The same as India
12 nautical mile
Ranked 79th.

Economy > Debt > External $800.30 million
Ranked 109th.
$378.90 billion
Ranked 27th. 473 times more than French Guiana

Media > Televisions 30,000
Ranked 168th.
63 million
Ranked 4th. 2100 times more than French Guiana
Economy > Debt > External > Per capita $4,281.58 per capita
Ranked 18th. 29 times more than India
$146.39 per capita
Ranked 121st.

Economy > GDP > Composition by sector > Services 77.8%
Ranked 8th. 20% more than India
65%
Ranked 4th.

Energy > Electricity > Production > Per capita 2,488.8 kWh per capita
Ranked 80th. 4 times more than India
588.83 kWh per capita
Ranked 123th.

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