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GeographyLocation: Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India and Iran
Area: Land boundaries: total 6,774 km, Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km,Iran 909 km Coastline: 1,046 km
PeoplePopulation: 131,541,920 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
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 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.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Islamabad Independence: 14 August 1947 (from UK) Constitution: 10 April 1973, suspended 5 July 1977, restored with amendments 30 December 1985
EconomyNational 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:
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