ACOG - Pakistan  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India and Iran

Area:
total area: 803,940 sq km
land area: 778,720 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of California

Land boundaries: total 6,774 km, Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km,Iran 909 km

Coastline: 1,046 km


People

Population: 131,541,920 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 44% (female 28,033,354; male 29,777,818)
15-64 years: 52% (female 33,456,410; male 35,109,482)
65 years and over: 4% (female 2,556,846; male 2,608,010)

Population growth rate: 1.28% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 41.8 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 12.07 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -16.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 99.5 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 57.86 years
male: 57.18 years
female: 58.56 years

Total fertility rate: 6.35 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants fromIndia and their descendents)

Religions: Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3%

Languages: Urdu (official), English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani eliteand most government ministries), Punjabi 64%, Sindhi 12%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu7%, Balochi and other 9%

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 35%
male: 47%
female: 21%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
conventional short form: Pakistan

Type: republic

Capital: Islamabad

Independence: 14 August 1947 (from UK)

Constitution: 10 April 1973, suspended 5 July 1977, restored with amendments 30 December 1985


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $248.5 billion

National product real growth rate: 4%

National product per capita: $1,930

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 12%

Unemployment rate: 10%

Electricity:
capacity: 10,800,000 kW
production: 52.4 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 389 kWh



Olympic Factoid
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