India

"I will answer them before they even call to Me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers!"

Isaiah 65:24

Population:

1,189,172,906

country comparison to the world: 2

Area:

slightly more than one-third the size of the US (US population 307,006,550)

Age Structure:

0-14 years: 29.7%

15-64 years: 64.9%

65 years and over: 5.5%

Major Cities - Population:

New Delhi (capital) 21.72 million

Mumbai 19.695 million

Kolkata 15.294 million

Chennai 7.416 million

Bangalore 7.079 million

People living with HIV/AIDS:

2.4 million

Religion:

Hindu 80.5%

Muslim 13.4%

Christian 2.3%

Sikh 1.9%

other 1.8%

unspecified 0.1%

"The numbers, reported from a conference in India on human trafficking, literally defy belief: more than 1.2 million children in India are caught up in human trafficking as child prostitutes. Worse, as many as 100 million people in India — soon to be the world’s most populous country — are involved in trafficking-related activities.

The shocking statistics confirm what many human rights activists long have contended: that if there’s a “ground zero” for contemporary slavery, it is the Indian sub-continent."

Information taken from www.freedomcenter.org and www.cia.gov. Some photos from www.reasonpad.com.