- Country name: Republic of India
- Government type: Federal republic
- Capital: New Delhi
- Administrative divisions: 28 states and 7 union territories
- Area: 3,287,590 sq km (land: 2,973,190 sq km, water: 314,400 sq km)
- Area - comparative : About 1/3 the size of U.S.
- Land boundaries: 14,103 km
- Coastline: 7,000 km
- Population: 1,080,264,388 (July 2005 est.)
- Currency: Indian rupee (INR)
- Agriculture-products: Rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, sugarcane, potatoes, cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goat, poultry, fish.
- Industries: Textiles, pharmaceuticals, software chemicals, food processing, steel, cement, transportation equipment, mining, petroleum, machinery.
- Exports: $69.18 billions f.o.b (2004 est.)
- Export commodities: Textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather goods & pharmaceuticals.
- Export partners: US 18.6%, UAE 7.6%, Hong Kong 5.1%, UK 4.8%, China 4.5%, Germany 4.1% (2003)
- Imports: $89.33 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
- Import commodities: Crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals
- Import partners: Europe 15.5%, US 5.4%, China 5.3%.