India Sarah Oh APES

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People Population- 1,220,800,359 Birth Rate births/1,000 population Death Rate deaths/1,000 population

Comparison

People Infant mortality rate deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy years Growth rate- 9.3%

Education School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)- 11 years Primary language- Hindu, English, or State language

Primary Industries -steel -textiles -food processing -transportation equipment -machinery

Employment Labor force million Labor force by occupation agriculture: 53% industry: 19% services: 28% Unemployment rate- 8.5% Income per capita- $3,900

Government Government type- federal republic Capital- New Delhi Chief of state- President Pranab Mukherjee Head of government- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Current Events Indian Craft Lofted Toward Mars -November 5, failed -India’s $1 billion a year space program has helped develop satellite and remote sensing technologies that are used to measure coastal soil erosion, assess the amount of remote flooding, and manage forest cover for wildlife sanctuaries.

Current Events Floods and Landslides -around June 20, more than 100 died and 4,000 people were trapped in narrow valleys -destroyed one of the holiest Hindu temples -380 millimeters of rain in the past week

Demographic Transition India is in the state 2 of demographic transition with a high birth rate and a decreasing death rate. High birth rate because children are needed for farming, many children dying at an early age, religious or social encouragements to have children, improvement in medical care, increase in water sanitation level, and fewer infant deaths. As India’s technology develops the population will start decreasing with death rate higher than birth rate. One way this can happen is through with increase in women education.

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