
Pakistan's People
Population: 159,196,336 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 40.2% (male 32,919,441;
female 31,058,929) 15-64 years:
55.8% (male 45,381,469; female 43,377,613)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 3,123,594;
female 3,335,290) (2004 est.)
Median age: total:
19.4 years
male: 19.2 years
female: 19.5 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.98% (2004 est.)
Birth rate: 31.22
births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate: 8.67
deaths/1,000 population (2004 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: 0.94 male
(s)/female
Total population: 1.05 male (s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 74.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 74.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 74 deaths/1,000 live births
(2004 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 62.61
years
male: 61.69 years
female: 63.58 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate: 4.29 children born/woman (2004 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: 45.7% male: 59.8%
female: 30.6% (2003 est.)