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  • Medals
    • Rank 37
    • Gold 0
    • Silver 2
    • Bronze 4
    • Total 6
  • Capital City
    New Delhi
  • Official Languages
    Hindi, English, Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu
  • National Languages
    English is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 30% of the people; Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanscrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu; Hindustani is spoken widely throughout northern India
  • Total Area
    1,269,346 miles² (3,287,590 km²)
  • Population
    1,147,995,898 people
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Overall Medal Count

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Russia 24 26 32 82
4 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
5 Germany 11 19 14 44
6 Japan 7 14 17 38
7 Australia 7 16 12 35
8 France 11 11 12 34