Pakistan is one of the finest countries of the world and a population Graph Population:
147,663,429 (July 2002 est.) Age structure:0-14 years: 39.9% (male 30,321,217; female 28,581,334) 15-64 years: 56% (male 42,254,996; female 40,392,092) 65 years and over: 4.1% (male 2,984,391; female 3,129,399) (2002 est.) Population growth
rate:2.06% (2002 est.) Birth
rate:30.4 births/1,000 population (2002 est.) Death
rate:9.02 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Net migration
rate:0.79 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.) Sex ratio:at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.95 male(s)/female total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2002 est.) infant mortality
rate:78.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.) Life expectancy at birth:total population: 61.82 years female: 62.73 years (2002 est.) male: 60.96 years Total fertility
rate:4.25 children born/woman (2002 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)
