India

Population: 1,205,073,612 (July 2012 est.)

Languages spoken: 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%. English is widespread.

GDP (estimate): US$4.463 trillion

Average per capita income: $3700 (2011 est.)

Size of country: 3,287,263 sq km

Top five cities by population:
    - Mumbai: 12,478,447.
    - Delhi: 11,007,835
    - Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike: 8,425,970

- Hyderabad: 6,809,970

- Ahmadabad: 5,570,585

Demographic information:

Average age:
Total population: 26.2 years
Male: 25.6 years
Female: 26.9 years
(2011 est.)

Average life expectancy:
Total population: 67.14 years.
Male: 66.08 years.
Female: 68.33 years (2012 est.).

Biggest population group by age:
0-14 years: 29.7 per cent
15-64 years: 64.9 per cent
65 years and over: 5.5 per cent. (2011 est.)

Top retail companies.

Pantaloon Retail
Stores: over 1000
Staff: 36,000
Turnover: US$1.973 billion

Aditya Birla Retail
Stores: 575 ( 10 hypermarkets, 565 supermarkets)
Staff: 133,000.
Turnover: US$433.853 million

Shopper’s Stop
Stores: 97
Turnover: US$309.249 million

Lifestyle International Ltd
Stores: 300
Staff: 31,000
Turnover: US$130 million

Bharti Retail
Stores: 120
Staff: 1000
Turnover: US$179 million

Top five shopping centres by sqm.

High Street Phoenix, Mumbai - 306,580 sqm
Phoenix Market City, Mumbai - 185,806 sqm
Mantri Square Mall, Bangalore - 157,935 sqm
Felix Square, Lucknow - 148,644 sqm
Metro Junction Mall, Kalyan - 139,354 sqm