Population:

What is the total amount of the population in India?

There are 1,342,512,706 people in India. Spatial distribution of the population:

What is the population density?

617 people every square kilometres. A labelled map of the most and least populated areas of India:

How many people live under/above the poverty line?

29.8% of India's 1.21 billion people live below the poverty line. This means around 360 million people currently live in poverty. Approximately 70% of the Indian
population do not live in poverty.
 Is India a developed country?
India is not a developing nor a developed country but a lower-middle-income economy. India's income per person
is $1500, it was placed at 112th out of 164 countries by the World Bank. Labour policies are established to sustain
economic development, social justice, industrial harmony and welfare of labour in the country. To promote these
activities, many changes and initiatives have been familiarized by the government.

Water:

It is likely that around 37.7 million Indians are affected by waterborne diseases annually, 1.5 million children are
estimated to die of diarrhoea alone and 73 million working days are lost because of waterborne diseases each
year. The resulting economic problem is estimated at $600 million a year.

Food:

India is home to the highest number of hungry people in the world, at 194 million.

Education:

Free and compulsory education is provided as a basic right to children between the ages of 6 and 14.
What is the health status of the country?
In 2005, 60% of Indias children below the age of three were malnourished. Malnutrition can be defined as the
unhealthy condition that results from not eating enough healthy food. The main health issues for women are
malnutrition, breast cancer and maternal mortality. Approximately 1.72 million children die each year before
turning one.

What is the average life expectancy in years of an adult in your country compared to Australia and other
counties in the Asia region?
India: 65.2 years
Australia: 82.0 years
Other Asian countries: approx. 80 years

How many people in the country suffer from obesity in the country?

Obesity in India has reached sweeping amounts in the 21st century, with extreme obesity affecting 5% of the
country's population. This is because unhealthy, processed food has become loads more available after India's
constant incorporation in global food markets.

How many people die each year from diseases such as HIV in your country? If it is a high rate, why do you
think this is the case?
It is estimated that 25% of Indians may die of lifestyle diseases before they are 70. Every year, roughly 5.8 million Indians die from heart and lung diseases, stroke, cancer
and diabetes. The estimated number of people living with HIV is 2.08 million. There may not be enough medical facilities available to treat these diseases, poor hygiene
and they may spread.

SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIA

By: Milad Ibrahim

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