Partners in Hope assists by providing financial support, sponsoring short term medical and mission teams and by hosting and arranging speaking engagements for the visiting missionaries from India.
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| Population | 307,212,123 (July 2009 est.) Country comparison to the world: 4 |
1,166,079,217 (July 2009 est.) Country comparison to the world: 2 |
1,338,612,968 (July 2009 est.) Country comparison to the world: 1 |
| Age Structure | 0-14 years: 20.2% (male 31,639,127, female 30.305,704) 15-64 years: 67% (male 16,901,232, female 103,129,321) 65 years & over: 12.8% (male 16,901,232, female 22, 571,696) (2009 est.) |
0-14 years: 31.1% (male 190,075,426 / female 172,799,553) 15-64 years: 63.6% (male 381,446,079 / female 359,802,209) 65 years & over: 5.3% (male 29,364,920 / female 32,591,030) (2009 est.) |
0-14 years: 19.8% (male 140,877,745 / female 124,290,090) 15-64 years: 72.1% (male 495,724,889 / female 469,182,087) 65 years and over: 8.1% (male 51,774,115 / female 56,764,042) (2009 est.) |
| Population Growth | 0.975% (2009 est.) Country comparison to the world: 129 |
1.548% (2009 est.) Country comparison to the world: 84 |
0.655% (2009 est.) Country comparison to the world: 146 |
| Birth Rate | 13.82 births/1000 population (2009 est). Country comparison with the world: 153 |
21.76 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) Country comparison to the world: 87 |
14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) Country comparison to the world: 150 |
| Infant Mortality | Total: 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births Country comparison with the world: 180 Male: 6.94 deaths / 1,000 live births Female: 5.55 deaths / 1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Total: 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births Country comparison to the world: 73 Male: 34.61 deaths / 1,000 live births Female: 25.17 deaths / 1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Total: 20.25 deaths/1,000 live births Country comparison to the world: 105 Male: 18.87 deaths/1,000 live births Female: 21.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
| Life Expectancy at Birth | Total population: 78.11 years Country comparison to the world: 50 Male: 75.65 years Female: 80.69 years (2009 est.) |
Total population: 69.89 years Country comparison to the world: 145 Male: 67.46 years Female: 72.61 years (2009 est.) |
Total population: 73.47 years Country comparison to the world: 105 Male: 71.61 years Female: 75.52 years (2009 est.) |
| HIV Prevalence | 0.6% (2007 est.) Country comparison to the world: 68 |
0.3% (2007 est.) Country comparison to the world: 89 |
0.1% (2007 est.) Country comparison to the world: 115 |
| Religions | Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% (2007 est.) |
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) |
Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2% note: officially atheist (2002 est.) |
| Unemployment | 7.2% (December 2008 est.) Country comparison to the world: 88 |
6.8% (2008 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 83 |
4% officially in urban areas, but including migrants may be as high as 9%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas(2008 est.) Country comparison to the world: 46 |
| Literacy Rate | Total population: 99% Male: 99% Female: 99% (2003 est.) |
Total population: 61% Male: 73.4% Female: 47.8% (2001 census) |
Total population: 90.9% Male: 95.1% Female: 86.5% (2000 census) |
