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Did you know that India is among the top 10 of the 193 UN countries in the following 31 respects.
- Irrigated Land - sq km: 663,340 (Rank 1).
- Freshwater withdrawal - cu km/yr: 761.0 (Rank 1).
- Roadways - km: 4,689,842 (Rank 2).
- Population: 1,236,344,631 (Rank 2).
- Telephones - mobile cellular: 893,862,000 (Rank 2).
- Languages: 14.0 (Rank 3).
- GDP (purchasing power parity) - $: 4,990,000,000,000 (Rank 3).
- % Irrigated land: 20.18 (Rank 3).
- Water Area - sq km: 314,070 (Rank 4).
- Land boundaries - km: 13,888 (Rank 4).
- Highest Point - meter: 8,598 (Rank 4).
- Railways - km: 63,974 (Rank 4).
- Crude oil - imports - bbl/day: 3,272,000 (Rank 4).
- Refined petroleum products - production - bbl/day: 4,216,000 (Rank 4).
- Refined petroleum products - consumption - bbl/day: 3,292,000 (Rank 4).
- Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy - MT: 1,726,000,000 (Rank 4).
- Arable Land - %: 47.87 (Rank 5).
- Electricity - production - KWh: 871,000,000,000 (Rank 5).
- Electricity - consumption - KWh: 698,800,000,000 (Rank 5).
- Electricity - installed generating capacity - KW: 199,900,000 (Rank 5).
- Refined petroleum products - exports - bbl/day: 1,247,000 (Rank 5).
- Heliports: 45.0 (Rank 6).
- Internet users: 61,338,000 (Rank 6).
- Total Area - sq km: 3,287,263 (Rank 7).
- Land Area - sq km: 2,973,193 (Rank 7).
- Total renewable water resources - cu km: 1,911 (Rank 9).
- Waterways - km: 14,500 (Rank 9).
- Airports - with paved runways: 253.0 (Rank 10).
- Natural gas - consumption - cu m: 64,490,000,000 (Rank 10).
- Imports - $: 467,500,000,000 (Rank 10).
- Telephones - main lines in use: 31,080,000 (Rank 10).