India
Republic of India · Southern Asia
At a glance
Facts about India
India’s constitution recognises 22 scheduled languages, though its central government works in just two.
Source: Department of Official Language, Government of India — Eighth Schedule · checked 2026-08-11India is the world's largest producer of milk.
Source: FAO; USDA ERS — roughly a quarter of global output · checked 2026-08-08India has the largest population.
Source: un.org · checked 2026-08-08India exports the most rice.
Source: apps.fas.usda.gov · checked 2026-08-08India produces the most bananas.
Source: ourworldindata.org · checked 2026-08-08India produces the most feature films every year.
Source: cbfcindia.gov.in · checked 2026-08-08India by the numbers
Rank is out of the countries with data for that measure. Every figure is the latest year the source publishes.
| Measure | Value | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| PopulationEveryone living in the country, all ages, counted mid-year. | 1.46bn (2025) | 1st of 209 |
| GDPThe total value of everything the country produces in a year, at current prices. | $3.96tn (2025) | 6th of 203 |
| Land areaTotal land area, excluding inland water and offshore territory. | 2.97m km² (2023) | 7th of 209 |
| Military spending, totalWhat the government spends on its armed forces in a year — pay, equipment and operations. | $86.1bn (2024) | 5th of 151 |
| Exports of goods & servicesThe value of everything the country sells abroad in a year, goods and services combined. | $881bn (2025) | 10th of 180 |
| Mobile subscriptionsActive mobile phone subscriptions — NOT the same as people. Many people hold two, so a country can have more subscriptions than residents. | 1.15bn (2024) | 2nd of 205 |
| Forest areaLand under natural or planted trees, whether or not it is productive. | 730k km² (2023) | 9th of 203 |
| Agricultural landCropland, land under permanent crops, and permanent pasture. | 1.79m km² (2023) | 7th of 206 |
| COâ‚‚ emissionsCarbon dioxide released in a year, in millions of tonnes. | 3.15k Mt (2024) | 3rd of 198 |
| Urban populationThe number of people living in urban areas, as each country defines them. | 522m (2025) | 2nd of 209 |
| Life expectancyHow long a baby born today would live if death rates never changed. | 72.2 years (2024) | 129th of 209 |
| GDP per personEverything the country produces in a year, divided by its population. | $2,702 (2025) | 160th of 205 |
| Internet useThe share of people who have used the internet in the last three months. | 70.0% (2025) | 124th of 191 |
| InflationHow much prices rose over the year, measured on a basket of consumer goods. | 2.4% (2025) | 108th of 182 |
| UnemploymentThe share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one. | 4.2% (2025) | 115th of 185 |
| Urban shareThe share of the population living in urban areas. | 35.7% (2025) | 175th of 209 |
| Births per womanHow many children a woman would have across her life at current birth rates. | 1.96 (2024) | 103rd of 209 |
| Military spending, share of GDPWhat the country spends on its armed forces, as a share of everything it produces. | 2.27% of GDP (2024) | 47th of 155 |
| Trade opennessImports plus exports as a share of GDP. Above 100% is normal for small trading economies. | 46.3% of GDP (2025) | 151st of 183 |
| COâ‚‚ per personCarbon dioxide from fuel and industry, divided by the population. | 2.15 t (2024) | 109th of 198 |
| Human Development IndexThe UN’s combined measure of health, education and income, on a scale from 0 to 1. | 0.685 (2023) | 131st of 193 |
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India in the Daily Ceteris
Questions from the daily puzzle where the answer is India.
India overtook China in 2023 and the gap is now widening — China's population is actually shrinking while India's is still growing. source
India exports more rice than the next several countries combined. Its brief 2023 export ban sent world prices to a decade high before being lifted in late 2024. source
India grows roughly a quarter of the world's bananas but exports almost none — nearly the whole crop is eaten domestically. The biggest banana exporter is actually Ecuador. source
India's censor board certified 2,049 feature films in 2024 alone, across a dozen languages — nearly triple Hollywood's output. The reason is structural: regional industries like Tollywood and Kollywood serve separate linguistic markets rather than one national audience. source
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Country data from the World Bank (CC BY 4.0) and the UNDP Human Development Report (CC BY 3.0 IGO)
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