The following figures and facts are what I would term as India's contributions towards the modern world. Many of these facts were attained from various websites such as Nation master, Wikipedia, Encyclopedia, India's Tourism Ministry and other major sources. See the below figures as what India has compared to the rest of the world in Ranking. The facts are ordered by ranks for your viewing pleasure. All credits go towards their respective sources and towards me and my websites apmastersite.com and 4awindow.com Thank You
The World's youngest population (under 25) resides in India (1 out of 10 people in India are under 25).
Largest Banana Production in the world.
The largest amount of Acquitted in the world.
Largest police force in the world.
Largest rate of murders per 1000 persons in the world.
The Largest Democracy in the world.
The largest Voter Registration numbers in the world.
The largest share of all the poor people in the world (41%)
Largest number of films produced and the largest Cinema attendance.
The largest number of independent newspaper in circulation and the most read newspapers in the world.
The largest army with regards to the number of Army Personnel.
The country with largest population in 2015.
The Largest non-Islamic and non-Arabic nation with the most amount of Muslim population
Largest contributor of United Nations peacekeepers (55,000 Indian personnel serving in thirty-five nations for peacekeeping)
The Largest percentage of victories in wars (83% victory rate).
The largest film and movie ticket sales
The largest rate of films produced per year
The largest Railroad system in the world
The Most busiest rail system networks in the world transporting 16 Million passengers and over 2 million tons of cargo daily.
The Largest Consumer and Producer of Sugar
The Largest Peninsula in the world
The most effective herbal and traditional medicinal treatment in the world (Ayurvedic, Soukya, Rajah, Homio, and other herbal treatments).
The most populous Democracy in the world.
The only nation that is a "Sub-Continent"
The only nation with the most amount of religions being founded (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism).
The home to four major religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism).
The country with the most official languages (more than 22 official languages).
The only nation to be called the "Crown Jewel" of the British Empire.
The only semi-independent founding member nation of the Non-Aligned Movement and the United Nations (as part of British India).
The only nation, despite sanctions and criticism, that consistently refused to sign the CTBT and the NPT
Home to 7.6% of all mammalian, 12.6% of all avian, 6.2% of all reptilian, 4.4% of all amphibian, 11.7% of all fish, and 6.0% of flowering plant species.
One of the largest Wildlife reservations and Wildlife Protection areas (more than five hundred wildlife sanctuaries and fourteen biosphere reserves)
The largest exporter of Software production
The most favored location for outsourcing for multinational co operations (IT Professionals and large numbers of Educated English-speaking population).
The Original founder of Chess
The most winner of "Miss World" Pageant Competition (5 times)
The Largest Conventional arms importer ($2,375,000,000.00 worth of weapons).
The largest Cricket playing nation in the world.
The longest paved Highway system in the world (1,517,080 km)
The largest Highway system in the world (3,319,640 km)
The longest unpaved Highway system in the world (1,802,570 km)
One of the 10 nations serving in the International Military Tribunal (Lord Radhabinod Pal)
The largest amount of Billionaires in Asia (42 Billionaires in India, Japan has 40 and is 2nd)
The largest collector and publisher of Information for the public
Holder of “World's most beautiful Woman” title for more than 3 years in a row (Aishwarya Rai)
The 2nd largest producer of Wheat
The 2nd largest consumer of Rice
The Nation with the 2nd largest amount of Nuclear reactors under construction.
The 2nd largest English speaking population.
The 2nd largest nation with the most English speakers per GDP $$
The 2nd largest amount of air force personnel.
The 2nd largest amount of availability of manpower for military between the ages of 15-49
The 2nd largest persons per room.
The 2nd largest Army in the world
The 2nd fastest growing economy in the world
The 2nd largest film industry after Hollywood
The 2nd most culturally, linguistically and genetically diverse geographical entity after the African continent.
The 2nd largest percentage of Hindus in a population (80.5%)
The 2nd largest paved Road system in the world (1,603,705 km)
The 2nd largest Total Road system (3,383,344 km)
The 2nd largest unpaved Road system in the world (1,779,639 km)
The 2nd largest market for Mobile Phones
