{"id":15715,"date":"2026-08-26T11:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/pays\/india\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:03:23","slug":"india","status":"publish","type":"pays","link":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/en\/pays\/india\/","title":{"rendered":"India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Population<\/strong>: 1,295,237,138 people, or 394.02 people per square kilometer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Official languages<\/strong>: Hindi and English, as well as 22 regional languages (including French)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Form of Government<\/strong>: Federal parliamentary republic (Ram Nath Kovind)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"contenu\" data-component=\"19-contenu\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"contenu__titre\">Religion<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"contenu__filet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/filet.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The main religion in India is Hinduism, practiced by 79.8% of the population, followed by Islam (14.2%) and Christianity (2.3%). 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