Republic of India

Population: 929 million

Area: 1.22 million square miles

Per capita GNP: $340 (1995)

Exports: $31 billion (mostly textile, agricultural, and engineering goods)

Imports: $35 billion (mostly oil and derivatives and machinery; chemicals represented $2.7 billion in 1996)

External debt: $94 billion

Number of university degrees in engineering and sciences awarded in 1992: 155,000

Sources: Far Eastern Economic Review (Dow Jones), National Science Foundation