The Republic of India (Member State)

[Area]

2.98 million square kilometers (excludes the Indian-occupied area of the Sino-Indian border and the Indian-controlled Kashmir)

[Population]

1.3 billion people (data from the World Bank in 2014)

[Ethnic Groups] There are more than 100 ethnic groups in India, of which the Hindustani ethnic group accounts for about 30 percent of the total population. Other main ethnic groups include the Marathi, Bangladeshi, Biharis, Telugu, and Tamil.

[Official Language]

Hindi and English

[Capital]

New Delhi