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People
Population: 114,649,406 (July 1990), growth rate 2.2% (1990).
Birth rate: 43 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 14 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: -6 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 110 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 56 years male, 57 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 6.7 children born/woman (1990).
Nationality: noun--Pakistani(s); adjective--Pakistani.
Ethnic divisions: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch,
Muhajir (immigrants from India and their descendents).
Religion: 97% Muslim (77% Sunni, 20% Shia), 3% Christian,
Hindu, and other.
Language: Urdu and English (official); total spoken languages--
64% Punjabi, 12% Sindhi, 8% Pashtu, 7% Urdu, 9% Balochi and
other; English is lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most
government ministries, but official policies are promoting
its gradual replacement by Urdu.
Literacy: 26%.
Labor force: 28,900,000; 54% agriculture, 13% mining and
manufacturing, 33% services; extensive export of labor (1987 est.).
Organized labor: about 10% of industrial work force.