Population Information

Population: 1,065,070,607

Population Growth Rate: 1.44

Infant mortality rate: 57.92 deaths/1000 live births

Economic Information

Gross Domestic Product: $3.033 trillion

GDP growth rate: 8.3%

GDP per capita: $2,900

Unemployment rate: 9.5%

Estimated underemployment:

Population below poverty line: 25%

Main export products: $57.24 billion

Main import countries: US 6.4%, Belgium 5.6%, UK 4.8%, China 4.3%, Singapore 4%

Debt: $101.7 billion

India's future may be in trouble. There population is increasing rapidly, and they already have over 1 billion people. India is located in Asia, bordering the Indian Ocean. Because they have a large amount of land, at 3,287,590 square kilometers, they have a good amount of arable land. Other than arable land, they have 2.74% permanent crops and 42.86% of other activity. India is not in good shape as of now; the only way for them to become a developed nation, is to lessen their population and to lower their high debt, which is very difficult. About ¼ of their population is below the poverty line, and this is another reason for their restriction from developing to a developed country.

Sources: www.cia.gov (CIA World Factbook)

www.encarta.msn.com (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia)