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Population: |
165,803,560 (July 2006 est.)
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Age structure: |
0-14 years: 39% (male
33,293,428/female 31,434,314)
15-64 years: 56.9% (male
48,214,298/female 46,062,933)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male
3,256,065/female 3,542,522) (2006 est.) |
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Median age: |
total: 19.8 years
male: 19.7 years
female: 20 years (2006 est.) |
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Population growth rate: |
2.09% (2006 est.) |
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Birth rate: |
29.74 births/1,000 population
(2006 est.) |
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Death rate: |
8.23 deaths/1,000 population
(2006 est.) |
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Net migration rate: |
-0.59 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2006 est.) |
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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: 0.92
male(s)/female
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2006
est.) |
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 70.45
deaths/1,000 live births
male: 70.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 70.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) |
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 63.39
years
male: 62.4 years
female: 64.44 years (2006
est.) |
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Total fertility rate: |
4 children born/woman (2006
est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.1% (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
74,000 (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
4,900 (2003 est.) |
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Major infectious diseases: |
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A
and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever,
malaria, and cutaneous leishmaniasis are high risks depending on location
animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly
pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified among birds in this
country or surrounding region; it poses a negligible risk with extremely
rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds
(2007) |
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Nationality: |
noun: Pakistani(s)
adjective: Pakistani |
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Ethnic groups: |
Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun
(Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India at the time of partition
and their descendants) |
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Religions: |
Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a
20%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 3% |
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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% |
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Literacy: |
definition: age 15 and
over can read and write
total population: 48.7%
male: 61.7%
female: 35.2% (2004 est.)
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