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| Total area |
3,287,590 square kilometres |
268,680 square kilometres |
| Population (2000) |
1,014,003,817 (estimated) |
3,831,000 |
Capital city - population
Largest city - population |
New Delhi
9,882,000 (1995)
Mumbai (Bombay)
15,093,000 |
Wellington
346,500 (2000)
Auckland
1,105,700 |
| Urban population (1999) |
28 % of total population |
86 % of total population |
| Currency |
Rupee (Rs)
( I Rupee = NZ 5 cents) |
New Zealand dollar ($)
NZ$1 = 19 rupees |
Gross National Income
per capita (1999) |
US$440 NZ$1,050
(NZ$1 = US 41.9 cents Nov 2001) |
US$13,990 NZ$33,381
(NZ$1 = US 41.9 cents Nov 2001) |
Life expectancy at birth
(1999) |
Males 62 years
Females 64 years |
Males 75 years
Females 80 years |
| Under 5 mortality(1999) |
98 deaths per 1000 live births |
6 deaths per 1000 live births |
| Access to improved water source (1999) |
92 per cent of urban population
86 per cent of rural population |
100 per cent of urban population |
| Access to adequate sanitation facilities (2000) |
73 per cent of urban population
14 per cent of rural population |
Figures not available |
| People aged 15+ who can read and write (1999) |
Males 68 per cent
Females 44 per cent |
Figures not available - probably 99 per cent over all |
