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 |
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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] |
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