Pakistan: People & Society#
| Population | 201,995,540 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Pakistani(s) adjective: Pakistani |
| Ethnic groups | Punjabi 44.68%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.42%, Sindhi 14.1%, Sariaki 8.38%, Muhajirs 7.57%, Balochi 3.57%, other 6.28% |
| Languages | Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Saraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashto (alternate name, Pashtu) 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8% |
| Religions | Muslim (official) 96.4% (Sunni 85-90%, Shia 10-15%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 3.6% (2010 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 31.99% (male 33,195,073/female 31,429,440) 15-24 years: 21.31% (male 22,194,064/female 20,845,816) 25-54 years: 36.87% (male 38,680,978/female 35,794,333) 55-64 years: 5.43% (male 5,498,126/female 5,463,453) 65 years and over: 4.4% (male 4,139,899/female 4,754,358) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 65.3% youth dependency ratio: 57.9% elderly dependency ratio: 7.4% potential support ratio: 13.5% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 23.4 years male: 23.3 years female: 23.4 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.45% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 22.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | the Indus River and its tributaries attract most of the settlement, with Punjab province the most densely populated |
| Urbanization | urban population: 38.8% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 2.81% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | Karachi 16.618 million; Lahore 8.741 million; Faisalabad 3.567 million; Rawalpindi 2.506 million; Multan 1.921 million; ISLAMABAD (capital) 1.365 million (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 23.4 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012/13 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 178 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 53.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 50.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 67.7 years male: 65.8 years female: 69.8 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.68 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 35.4% (2012/13) |
| Health expenditures | 2.6% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 0.83 physicians/1,000 population (2010) |
| Hospital bed density | 0.6 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 93.9% of population rural: 89.9% of population total: 91.4% of population unimproved: urban: 6.1% of population rural: 10.1% of population total: 8.6% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 83.1% of population rural: 51.1% of population total: 63.5% of population unimproved: urban: 16.9% of population rural: 48.9% of population total: 36.5% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.09% (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 102,000 (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 3,600 (2015 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria animal contact disease: rabies (2016) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 4.8% (2014) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 31.6% (2013) |
| Education expenditures | 2.7% of GDP (2015) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 57.9% male: 69.5% female: 45.8% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 8 years male: 9 years female: 7 years (2014) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 10.4% male: 9.4% female: 12.9% (2014 est.) |