INDIA Vs. CHINA – A Statistical Comparison By CA.V.SUDHARSAN 1

SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS 2

Population - Millions 3

Population Increase - Millions/p.a 4

Population Growth Rate - % of total population 5

Birth Rate – Number per

Death Rate - Rate per 1000 people 7

Life Expectancy – Years 8

Median Age - Years 9

Poverty line – Nos % / Nos. in million 10

Infant Mortality - Death rate per 1000 births 11

Fertility rate – Children born / woman 12

Labour Force - millions 13

Labour Composition – Agriculture% /Industry% / Service % 14

Unemployment rate - % of workforce 15

Literacy Rate - % of population > 15 years 16

People living with HIV/AIDS - ‘000 (2003) 17

Tourists Arrivals - millions/p.a (2010) 18

Total Area - Millions of Sq.Kms (Water availability%) 19

Arable Land - Millions of Sq.Kms 20

Irrigated Land – Millions of Sq.Kms 21

Coastline – Kms 22

INFRASTRUCTURE 23

Railways Length – kms ‘000 24

Roadways Length – kms ‘000 25

Waterways Length – kms ‘000 26

Natural Gas (Proved Reserves) – billion cu m 27

Oil (Proved Reserves) – billion bbl 28

Airports – Numbers 29

Telephone lines connected – millions 30

TV sets in households – millions 31

Internet users – millions 32

TV Broadcast Stations - Numbers 33

Radio Broadcast Stations - Numbers (AM / FM / SW) 34

Mobile Phones – millions 35

INDUSTRIES 36

Steel Production – million tons per year 37

Food grains Production – million tons per year 38

Cement Production – million tons per year 39

Crude Oil Production – million tons per year 40

Coal Production – million tons per year 41

Power Generation – billions of KWs 42

Power Tariff – US $ / 100 KWs 43

Transmission & Distribution Loss – as % of Total Power 44

ECONOMIC INDICATORS 45

Per capita Income – US$ p.a 46

Cost of Commercial Borrowings – % interest per year 47

Government Budget (Revenue / Expenditure) – US $ billions 48

Defense Expenditure – US $ millions (% of GDP) 49

Foreign Trade - US$ billion/p.a 50

External Debt - US$ billion/p.a 51

Exports - US$ billion/p.a 52

Imports - US$ billion/p.a 53

FDI Inflow - US$ Billion/p.a 54

Forex Reserves – US$ Billion / p.a 55

GDP - US $ Billions/p.a 56

GDP Growth (2006) - In % rate over last year 57

Investment – % of GDP 58

Inflation - % 59

Public Debt - % of GDP 60