Admin unit Population (mn) Urban share % Sex ratio Growth rate %

male(s)/f emale
Pakistan 207.77 36.38 1.05 2.40
KPK 30.52 18.77 1.02 2.89
FATA 5.00 2.84 1.04 2.41
Punjab 110.01 36.71 1.03 2.13
Sindh 47.89 52.02 most 1.08 2.41
urbanized
Baluchistan 12.34 27.55 1.10 3.37
ICT 2.00 50.58 1.11 4.91
57% increase in overall population since 1998
146.6% increase in overall population since 1981
Population
Urbanization
urban population rate of urbanization
37.2% of total population 2.53% annual rate of change

Major urban areas - population

Karachi Lahore Faisalabad Rawalpindi Gujranwala ISLAMABAD
(capital)
16.094 million 12.642 million 3.462 million 2.237 million 2.229 million 1.129 million

Religion
Muslim Christians Hindu others
Sunni Shi’a 1.57% 1.85% 0.30%
76.28% 20%
Ethnic groups
Punjabi Pashtun Sindhi Saraiki Muhajirs Balochi other
44.7% 15.4% 14.1% 8.4% 7.6% 3.6% 6.3%

Languages
Punjabi Sindhi Saraiki Pashto Urdu Balochi Hindko Brahui 1%
48% 12% 10% 8%, (national) 3% 2%
8%
English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries),
Burushaski, and other 8%

Age structure
0-14 years 15-24 years 25-54 years 55-64 years 65 years and
over
36.01% 19.3% 34.7% 5.55% 4.44%

Dependency ratios
 total dependency youth dependency elderly dependency potential support
ratio ratio ratio ratio
64.4 57.2 7.1 14

Median age
total male female
22 years 21.9 years 22.1 years

Country comparison to the world: 180

Net migration
Population Birth rate Death rate
growth rate rate

27.4 births/1,000 -0.9 migrant(s)/1,000

6.2 deaths/1,000
population (2020 est.) population (2020 est.)
2.07% Country comparison
population (2020 est.)
Country comparison
Country comparison
to the world: 41 to the world: 140
to the world: 156

Health
Maternal mortality rate
140 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 61

Infant mortality rate

total male female
52.3 deaths/1,000 live births 55.9 deaths/1,000 live births 48.5 deaths/1,000 live births

Country comparison to the world: 20

Life expectancy
total population male female
69.2 years 67.2 years 71.3 years

Country comparison to the world: 171

Total fertility rate Current Health Physicians density Hospital bed

Expenditure density
3.6 children 2.8% (2016) 0.98 physicians/1,000 0.6 beds/1,000
born/woman (2020 est.) population (2015) population (2014)
Country comparison
 to the world: 40

HIV/AIDS
0.1% (2018 est.)
adult prevalence rate Country comparison to
the world: 131

160,000 (2018 est.)

people living with Country comparison to
HIV/AIDS the world: 34

6,400 (2018 est.)

Deaths

Drinking water source :

Improved:
urban rural total
93.9% of population 89.9% of population 91.4% of population

Unimproved:
urban rural total
6.1% of population 10.1% of population 8.6% of population

Education expenditures
2.9% of GDP (2017)
Country comparison to the world: 142

Literacy:
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 59.1%
Male: 71.1%
Female: 46.5% (2015)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total: 8 years
 Male: 9 years
Female: 8 years (2017)
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
Total: 7.8%
Male: 8.2%
Female: 6.8% (2018 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 148

Fertility (Wanted fertility) by region 2017-18

Region Fertility rate

Urban 2.9 (2.4)
Rural 3.9 (3.2)
Overall 3.6 (2.9)
ICT Islamabad 3.0 (2.2)
Punjab 3.4 (2.8)
Sindh 3.6 (3.0)
Azad Kashmir 3.5 (2.7)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4.0 (3.2)
Balochistan 4.0 (3.1)
Gilgit HYPERLINK 4.7 (3.7)
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Baltistan"-Baltistan
FATA 4.8

Human Freedom Personal Freedom Economic Freedom

140th 143rd 132nd

5.66 5.32 6

Occupation-Provinces (%)
KPK Punjab Sindh Balochistan
Labour force participation rate
Both sex 42.7 55.1 50 49.4
Male 75.7 82 81.9 82.5
Female 13.2 29.6 14 9.7
Employment-to-population ratio
Both sex 39.6 52 47.5 47.5
 Male 70.5 77.9 78.7 80.2
Female 11.9 27.3 12.3 8
Unemployment rate
Both sex 7.3 5.7 5 4
Male 6.9 5 4 2.7
Female 9.2 7.7 11.8 17.3
Share of industry in total employment
Both sex 26 25 22.2 13.4
Male 28.2 28 23 13.3
Female 14 17 16.2 14.2
Share of agriculture in total employment
Both sex 31.7 39 35.8 39
Male 24.8 29 31.9 37
Female 67.9 66.3 64.1 63.5
Share of services in total employment
Both sex 42.4 35.9 42 47.6
Male 47 43 45.1 49.7
Female 18.1 16.7 19.7 22.2
Share of wage and salaried workers in total employment
Both sex 43.5 40.6 49.3 40.3
Male 48.2 44.8 51.2 41.7
Female 19 29 35.7 23.5
Share of own account workers in total employment
Both sex 38.3 35.8 33.5 40
Male 39.3 41.3 36.8 42.2
Female 33 21.1 10.1 13.6
Share of EMP in the informal sector
Both sex 77.3 73.2 64.7 66.4
Male 78.8 73.1 64.9 66.9
Female 59.1 74 61.6 57