Short facts about people of Pakistan

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)

Source: World Factbook