Demographics of India
The demographics of India, the second most populous, are astonishingly diverse with an dividend where more than 50% of its population is below the age of 25. In its demographics India has more than 2000 ethnic groups. Demographics of India also represent every major religion and four major families of languages (Indo-European, Dravidian, Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman languages) as well as a isolate language (the Nihali language spoken in parts of Maharashtra). Only the continent of Africa exceeds the linguistic, genetic and cultural diversity of the nation of India.
Population of India
Total Population of India is 1,166,079,217 (July 2009 est. CIA). This population of India was 1,028.7 million (2001 Census final figures, March 1 enumeration. 72.2%, male: 381,668,992, female: 360,948,755 (2001 Census).