 |
| No. |
Economic or Social factor |
Unit of measurement |
China |
India |
| 1. |
Total Area (out of which water) |
millions of sq km |
9.60 (2.8%) |
3.29 (9.5%) |
| 2. |
Arable Land |
millions of sq km |
1.48 |
1.79 |
| 3. |
Irrigated Land |
millions of sq km |
0.53 |
0.61 |
| 4. |
Railways - length |
in km '000 |
71.90 |
63.23 |
| 5. |
Roadways - paved - length |
in km '000 |
1,447 |
2,411 |
| 6. |
Waterways - length |
in km '000 |
123 |
14.5 |
| 7. |
Natural Gas - Proved Reserves |
in billion cu m |
2,530 |
854 |
| 8. |
Oil - Proved Reserves |
billion bbl |
18.60 |
5.70 |
| 9. |
Airports - Total/paved/unpaved |
numbers |
489/389/89 |
334/239/995 |
| 10. |
Coastline |
in km |
14,500 |
7,000 |
| 11. |
Steel Production |
million tons/year |
280 |
45 |
| 12. |
Food grain production |
million tons/year |
418 |
210 |
| 13. |
Cement Production |
million tons/year |
650 |
150 |
| 14. |
Crude Oil production |
million tons/year |
180 |
40 |
| 15. |
Coal Production |
million tons/year |
1,300 |
300 |
| 16. |
Electricity generated |
Billions of Kilowatts |
2,190 |
557 |
| 17. |
Transmission & distribution losses |
as % of total power |
6.8 |
23.4 |
| 18. |
Electricity tariff |
US$ / 100 KW |
4 to 5 |
8 to 10 |
| 19. |
Cost of commercial borrowing |
as % interest/ year |
6 - 7 |
8 - 16 |
| 20. |
Telephone lines connected |
millions |
311 |
67 |
| 21. |
TV sets in households |
millions |
500 |
85 |
| 22. |
Mobile/cellular phones |
millions |
400 |
100 |
| 23. |
Internet users |
millions |
111 |
51 |
| 24. |
Foreign trade (China+HongKong) |
US$ billions/year |
1038+923=1961 |
260 |
| 25. |
External debt (China+Hong Kong) |
US$ billions |
242+416= 658 |
120 |
| 26. |
Exports (China+HongKong) |
US$ billions/year |
752+286= 1038 |
120 |
| 27. |
Imports (China + HongKong) |
US$ billions/year |
632+291= 923 |
138 |
| 28. |
Tourist Arrivals |
millions/year |
87 |
4 |
| 29. |
TV broadcast stations |
numbers |
3240 |
562 |
| 30. |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM/FM/short wave |
369/259/49 |
153/91/68 |
| 31. |
FDI inflow (China + Hong Kong) |
US$ billions/year |
106 |
8 |
| 32. |
Forex Reserves (China+Hong Kong) |
US$ billions |
1017+122= 1,139 |
175 |
| 33. |
GDP (China+Hong Kong) |
US$ billions |
2102+179= 2,281 |
750 |
| 34. |
GDP Growth (2006) |
in % rate over last year |
9.3 |
7.9 |
| 35. |
Labour Composition |
Agriculture %/Industry %/ Services % |
49/22/29 |
60/17/23 |
| 36. |
Population |
millions |
1,314 |
1,095 |
| 37. |
Population increase per year |
millions |
7.2 |
15.3 |
| 38. |
Birth rate |
Numbers per 1000 |
13 |
22 |
| 39. |
Per Capita income |
US$ per year/person |
1,498 |
658 |
| 40. |
Life expectancy |
Years |
74 |
64 |
| 41. |
Investment |
% of GDP |
44 |
25 |
| 42. |
Poverty line - numbers |
%/Numbers in millions |
10/131 |
25/273 |
| 43. |
Inflation Rate |
% |
1.9 |
4.6 |
| 44. |
Median age |
Numbar of years |
33 |
25 |
| 45. |
Population Growth Rate |
% of population |
0.59 |
1.38 |
| 46. |
Infant mortality rate |
Death Rate per 1,000 |
23 |
55 |
| 47. |
GDP (PPP) |
US$ billions |
8,182 |
3,699 |
| 48. |
GDP (PPP) per person |
US$ per person/year |
6,300 |
3,400 |
| 49. |
Fertility Rate |
children born/woman |
1.73 |
2.73 |
| 50. |
Literacy Rate - Definied as age 15 and over |
can read & write - % of Pop |
91 |
60 |
| 51. |
Death Rate |
Rate per 1,000 pop |
6.97 |
8.18 |
| 52. |
Public Debt |
% of GDP |
29 |
82 |
| 53. |
Unemployment rate |
% of workforce |
20 |
30 |
| 54. |
Labour force |
in millions |
797 |
496 |
| 55. |
People living with HIV/AIDS |
'000 (2003) |
840 |
5110 |
| 56. |
Government budget Revenues/Expenditure |
US$ billions |
392/424 |
111/126 |
1 billion = 1000 million, 1 million = 10 lacs, 1 crore = 100 lacs = 10 million
**As per official figures
For certain line numbers we do not have any data about India. Readers are requested to help us to complete the data.
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