Pakistan 
Facts
Population:
144,616,639 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
40.47% (male 30,131,400; female 28,391,891)
15-64 years:
55.42% (male 40,977,543; female 39,164,663)
65 years and over:
4.11% (male 2,918,872; female 3,032,270) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.11% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
31.21 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
9.26 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.96 male(s)/female
total population:
1.05 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
80.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
61.45 years
male:
60.61 years
female:
62.32 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
4.41 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.1% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
74,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
6,500 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Pakistani(s)
adjective:
Pakistani
Ethnic groups:
Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India at the time of partition and their descendants)
Religions:
Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3%
Languages:
Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official and lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8%
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
42.7%
male:
55.3%
female:
29% (1998)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $282 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
4.8% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $2,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
25.4%
industry:
24.9%
services:
49.7% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
40% (2000 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
4.1%
highest 10%:
27.7% (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
5.2% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
40 million
note:
extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 44%, industry 17%, services 39% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
6% (FY99/00 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$8.9 billion
expenditures:
$11.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY00/01 est.)
Industries:
textiles, food processing, beverages, construction materials, clothing, paper products, shrimp
Industrial production growth rate:
3.8% (1999 est.)
Electricity - production:
62.078 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
63.38%
hydro:
36.51%
nuclear:
0.11%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
57.732 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs
Exports:
$8.6 billion (f.o.b., FY99/00)
Exports - commodities:
textiles (garments, cotton cloth, and yarn), rice, other agricultural products
Exports - partners:
US 24%, Hong Kong 7%, UK 7%, Germany 6%, UAE 6% (FY99/00)
Imports:
$9.6 billion (f.o.b., FY99/00)
Imports - commodities:
machinery, petroleum, petroleum products, chemicals, transportation equipment, edible oils, grains, pulses, flour
Imports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 8%, UAE 8%, US 6%, Japan 6%, Malaysia 4% (FY99/00)
Debt - external:
$38 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$2 billion (FY99/00)
Currency:
Pakistani rupee (PKR)
Currency code:
PKR
Exchange rates:
Pakistani rupees per US dollar - 59.152 (January 2001), 52.814 (2000), 49.118 (1999), 44.943 (1998), 40.918 (1997), 35.909 (1996)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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(Urdu-language), Islamabad
http://www.alqamar.org/
(Independent, Urdu-language), Jhelum City
http://www.apnajhelum.com/
(Urdu-language daily), Islamabad
http://dailyausaf.com/
(English-language), Karachi, Lahore
http://www.brecorder.com/
(Internet magazine), Karachi
http://www.chowk.com
(Urdu-language), Rawalpindi
http://www.dailyasas.com.pk/
(Urdu-language), Gujranwala
http://www.gujranwalatimes.com/
Pakistan in the News
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At least four girls' schools have been bombed over the past 12 months, and many others, in towns across the N.W.F.P., have received threats in letters or telephone calls.
The International Crisis Group has warned of further ethnic tension in Pakistan following a wave of political violence over the weekend in the southern city of Karachi.
Lawyers continued to stage walkouts from their court duties, and members of the Save the Judiciary Committee carried out a hunger strike, as the campaign escalated in cities across Pakistan.
Opinion-makers in India and Pakistan should tell their governments to stop ruining the future of our water supplies and our weather system. Bringing the troops down from Siachen would be the first step.
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