Some self revealing basic, economic and other facts of Pakistan are listed below.
Basic Facts
Area- 796096 square kilometers
Population - I48.723 million
Location - South Asia bordering the Arabia Sea between India in the east and Iran and Afghanistan in the west and China in the North.
Coastline - 1046 Km
Climate - Hot Dry temperature in North West and arctic in north.
Terrain - Flat Indus plain in east mountains in north and north west plateau in west and desert in south.
Elevations Extremes - Lowest point- Arabian Sea 0m and highest point- Mt Godwin Austin 8611m.
Other Facts
Independence - 14 th August 1947.
National Day - 23 rd March
Government Type - Parliamentary
Capital - Islamabad
Administrative Divisions - 4 provinces (Punjab ,Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan), Islamabad Capital Territory , Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas.
National Language - Urdu
Official Language - Urdu and English
Economic Facts
GDP
purchasing power parity- $ 282 billion
GDP
real growth rate- 3.1%
GDP
per capita purchasing power parity - $ 2000
GDP composition by sector,
Agriculture -25.2%,
Industry – 26.6%
Services - 48.2%
Population below poverty line - 34%
Inflation rate - 6%
Unemployment rate - 7%
Labor Force - 38.6 million, agriculture- 44%, Industry- 17%, Services- 39%
Budget : Revenue- $ 10 billion. Expenditure- $ 11.7 million.
Exports - $ 8.4 billion
Imports - $ 9.8 billions
Currency : 1 Pakistani Rupee = 100 paisa.
Fiscal year : 1 st July to 30 th June.
Population Facts :
Population: 165803560 (July 2006)
Age Structure : 0-14 years 39%
15- 64 years 56.9%
65 years and above 4.1%
Population Growth Rate : 2.09%
Birth Rate : 29.74 births/ 1000 population
Death Rate : 8.23 deaths/ 1000 population
Total Fertility Rate : 4 children born/ woman
Fertility decline rate : 1.8 children/ woman per decade
Infant mortality rate : 70.45 deaths per 1000 live births.
Life expectancy : Total Population 63.9 years
Male 62.4 years.
Female 64.44 years
Sex Ratio : At Birth 1.05 male/ female
Under 15 years 1.06 male per female
!5-64 years 1.05 male per female
65 years and above 0.92 male per female
Total Population 1.05 male per female
Literacy : Those who can read and write and are above 15 years of age
Total population 48.7%
Male- 61.7%
Female- 35.2%
Religion : 97% of the population is Muslims of which 77% are Sunnis and 20% are Shias. The remaining 3% of the population belong to the minority i.e. Hindus and Christians.
