Pakistan 
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.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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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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Obama's new AfPak policy cannot succeed unless the poverty upon which the militants prey is addressed.
By spearheading a movement for the reinstatement of the nation’s judges, the opposition has weakened the incumbent president.
The United States can play a major role in resolving the decades-long struggle.
Pakistan and Turkey stand at a crossroads in their political evolutions. Both the PPP and the AKP have promised to bring about much needed political and economic reform, but their sincerity and ability to undertake such initiatives is very much disputed.
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