Pakistan

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Facts

Population: 164,741,924 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 36.9% (male 31,264,576/female 29,507,174) 15-64 years: 58.8% (male 49,592,033/female 47,327,161) 65 years and over: 4.3% (male 3,342,650/female 3,708,330) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 1.828% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 27.52 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 8 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.048 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.901 male(s)/female total population: 1.045 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 68.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 68.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 63.75 years male: 62.73 years female: 64.83 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 3.71 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 74,000 (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 4,900 (2003 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%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 3%.

Languages: Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, 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%.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 49.9% male: 63% female: 36% (2005 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $437.5 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 6.6% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,600 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 22% industry: 26% services: 52% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 48.29 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 42% industry: 20% services: 38% (2004 est.).

Population below poverty line: 24% (FY05/06 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 4.1% highest 10%: 27.6% (FY96/97).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7.9% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 6.5% plus substantial underemployment (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $20.55 billion expenditures: $25.65 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs.

Industries: textiles and apparel, food processing, pharmaceuticals, construction materials, paper products, fertilizer, shrimp.

Industrial production growth rate: 6% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 80.24 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 74.62 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).

Exports: $19.24 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: textiles (garments, bed linen, cotton cloth, yarn), rice, leather goods, sports goods, chemicals, manufactures, carpets and rugs.

Exports - partners: US 24.8%, UAE 7.8%, Afghanistan 6.6%, UK 5.7%, Germany 4.5% (2005).

Imports: $26.79 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: petroleum, petroleum products, machinery, plastics, transportation equipment, edible oils, paper and paperboard, iron and steel, tea.

Imports - partners: Saudi Arabia 11.1%, UAE 10.3%, China 9.2%, Japan 6.4%, US 6%, Kuwait 5%, Germany 4.5% (2005).

Debt - external: $42.38 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $2.4 billion (FY01/02).

Currency (code): Pakistani rupee (PKR).

Exchange rates: Pakistani rupees per US dollar - 60.35 (2006), 59.515 (2005), 58.258 (2004), 57.752 (2003), 59.724 (2002).

Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June.