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Pakistan People 1996

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) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.28% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

41.8 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

12.07 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

-16.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

99.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

57.86 years

male:

57.18 years

female:

58.56 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

6.35 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Pakistani(s)

adjective:

Pakistani

Ethnic divisions:

Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India 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 elite and most government ministries), Punjabi 64%, Sindhi 12%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu 7%, Balochi and other 9%

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

total population:

35%

male:

47%

female:

21%

Labor force:

36 million

by occupation:

agriculture 46%, mining and manufacturing 18%, services 17%, other 19%

note:

extensive export of labor

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