India

A Brief Overview
✔Area: 3,287,263 square kilometres. (Government of India National Portal)

✔Population: The UN Population Fund’s 2025 estimate is 1,463,900,000, or about 1.464 billion. The IMF’s 2026 estimate is about 1.477 billion. These are estimates, not direct census counts. (UNFPA; IMF)

✔Population density: Approximately 445 people per square kilometre, based on the 2025 population estimate and total area.

✔Capital: New Delhi.

✔Location: South Asia, bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south, the Arabian Sea to the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal to the southeast.(Britannica)

✔Currency: Indian rupee (INR, ₹). (Britannica)

✔GDP per capita and the economy :
According to the World Bank’s 2025 figures, India’s GDP per capita was US$2,702.48, and its total GDP was about US$3.96 trillion. The IMF’s 2025 purchasing-power-parity (PPP) estimate for GDP per capita was about 11,789 international dollars. PPP accounts for differences in local price levels, so it is not the same as a salary paid in U.S. dollars. (World Bank; IMF-based estimate)

GDP per capita is not an individual’s actual salary or take-home income. It is an average calculated by dividing a country’s total economic output by its population. India’s economy includes agriculture, manufacturing, information technology and other service industries.