India isn't one country. It's many, wearing a single name.
Big questions about Indian life, answered from the official data. One person, digging the numbers out of bad government PDFs and writing the explainer that should already exist.
Browse the questionsIndia's economy
India is now a roughly $4 trillion economy, but total size and household prosperity are still very different things.
1.45bnPopulation
India is home to about one in every six people on Earth, which makes every national average unusually consequential.
72.2yearsLife expectancy
India has added decades to average lifespan, but life expectancy still compresses large differences by state, gender, income, and health access.
99.5%Electricity access
Electricity access is now near-universal, shifting the harder question from connection to reliability, affordability, and demand.
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How India earns, spends, grows, borrows, and saves.
22 independent question pages
->Population, fertility, migration, age, and urban life.
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->Lifespan, disease, nutrition, care, and public health.
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->Power, fuels, renewables, access, and demand.
7 independent question pages
->Education, households, cities, work, and everyday capability.
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->Heat, rain, air, pollution, emissions, and exposure.
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