GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $1.843 trillion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $4.463 trillion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $3,700 (US$) or (GBP)Capital: New Delhi
Population (Estimated July 2012): 1,205,073,612
Area: 3,166,414 km2 or 1,222,559 mi2
Currency: Indian Rupee (Re, Plural Rs)
Official Language: Hindi and English
Political Information: Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Republic
Official Religion: No Official Religion (approximately 80.5% of the population are Hindu, 13.4% are Muslim, 2.3% are Christian, 1.9% are Sikh 1.9% have other or unspecified religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Anamudi 2,695m or 8,842ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +5:30
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 28 states and 7 union territories*; Andaman and Nicobar Islands*, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh*, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli*, Daman and Diu*, Delhi*, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep*, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry*, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
Leaders: President Pratibha Patil with Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Additional: Gained independence from the UK on the 15th of August 1947.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Commonwealth Member since the 15 th of October 1947.
