Population Statistics
India
Population
|
1,266,883,598 |
|
[July 2016 est.] |
Language
| Hindi | 41.03% |
|---|---|
| Bengali | 8.11% |
| Telugu | 7.19% |
| Marathi | 6.99% |
| Tamil | 5.91% |
| Urdu | 5.01% |
| Gurjarati | 4.48% |
| Kannada | 3.69% |
| Malayalam | 3.21% |
| Odia | 3.21% |
| Punjabi | 2.83% |
| Other | 8.00% |
|
[Census, 2001] |
|
Religion
| Hinduism | 79.8% |
|---|---|
| Islam | 14.2% |
| Christianity | 2.3% |
| Sikhism | 1.7% |
| Buddhism | 0.7% |
| Jainism | 0.4% |
| Other | 0.7% |
|
[2011 est.] |
|
Ethnicity
| Ancestral North Indians [Indo-Aryan] | 72% |
|---|---|
| Ancestral South Indians [Dravidian] | 25% |
| Other | 3% |
|
[2000 est.] |
|
Cultural Dimensions
|
77 |
|
|
48 |
|
|
56 |
|
|
40 |
|
|
51 |
|
|
26 |
|
Australians with Indian Ancestry
| 619,164 |
| [Census, 2016] |
Indians in Australia
Population
|
455,389 |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
This figure refers to the number of Australian residents that were born in India. |
Median Age
| 33 |
| [Census, 2016] |
Gender
| Male | 53.9% |
|---|---|
| Female | 46.1% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Religion
| Hinduism | 49.3% |
|---|---|
| Sikhism | 20.4% |
| Catholic Christianity | 13.1% |
| Islam | 3.4% |
| Other Religion | 7.5% |
| No Religion | 3.5% |
| Not Stated | 2.3% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Ancestry
| Indian | 75.7% |
|---|---|
| English | 5.6% |
| Punjabi | 5.0% |
| Sikh | 2.5% |
| Other Ancestry | 11.3% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Language Spoken at Home
| Punjabi | 22.5% |
|---|---|
| Hindi | 21.7% |
| English | 15.6% |
| Malayalam | 8.9% |
| Other Languages | 30.8% |
|
Of those who speak a language other than English at home, 93.5% speak English fluently. |
|
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Diaspora
| Victoria | 37.3% |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 31.5% |
| Queensland | 10.8% |
| Western Australia | 10.8% |
| Other | 9.6% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|
Arrival to Australia
| Prior to 2007 | 32.8% |
|---|---|
| 2007 - 2011 | 32.5% |
| 2012 - 2016 | 31.8% |
|
[Census, 2016] |
|