Chairman of the General National Congress: Mohamed al-Magarief (resigned)
Population
1,220,800,359
6,002,347
Life Expectancy
67.480 years
75.830 years
Capital City
New Delhi
Tripoli (Tarabulus)
Largest city
Mumbai (population: 12,691,800)
Tripoli (population: 1,150,990)
Human Development Index
0.609
0.84
GDP per capita
$3,900 US
$13,300 US
Literacy Rate
61%
82.6%
Corruption Perception Index
3.4
2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
9.2%
7.7%
Wealthiest Citizens
Mukesh Ambani ($19.5bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
9.900%
30.000%
Death Penalty
Legal
Legal
Political System
federal republic
Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the populace through local councils; in practice, an authoritarian state
Independence date
15 August 1947 (from UK)
24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship)
Religions
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Sunni Muslim 97%, other 3%
Languages
Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9% note: English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2001 census)
Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities
