Full Country Name: Islamic republic of Pakistan
Total area: 796,095 sq. km
(Punjab 205,344; Sindh 140,914; NWFP 74,521; Balochistan
347,190, FATA 27,220 and Islamabad 906 sq.km)
Population: 135,135,195 (July
1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.2%
(1998 est.)
Birth rate: 34.38 births/1,000
population (1998 est.)
Death rate: 10.69 deaths/1,000
population (1998 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05
male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.99 male(s)/female
(1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 93.48
deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)
Total fertility rate: 4.91
children born/woman (1998 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total
population: 59.07 years
male: 58.23 years
female: 59.96 years (1998 est.)
Literacy: definition: age 15
and over can read and write
total population: 37.8%
male: 50%
female: 24.4% (1995 est.)
Religions: Muslim 97%
Christian, Hindu, and other 3%
Nationality: noun: Pakistani(s)
adjective: Pakistani
Languages: Urdu(Official),
Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtu 8%, Balochi 3%, English (official
and lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government
ministries)& others
Government
Country name: conventional long form: Islamic Republic of
Pakistan
conventional short form: Pakistan
Data code: PK
Government type: federal republic
National capital: Islamabad
Independence: 14 August 1947
Legal system: based on English common law with provisions to
accommodate Pakistan's status as an Islamic state; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal; separate electorates
and reserved parliamentary seats for non-Muslims and tribal
areas
Judicial branch: Supreme Court, judicial chiefs are
appointed by the president; Federal Islamic (Shari'at) Court
Flag description: green with a
vertical white band (symbolizing the role of religious
minorities) on the hoist side; a large white crescent and
star are centered in the green field; the crescent, star,
and color green are traditional symbols of Islam
Economy
GDP: purchasing power parity—$344 billion (1997 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 3.1% (1997 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity—$2,600 (1997 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 24.2%
industry: 26.4%
services: 49.4% (1997)
Inflation rate - consumer price index: 11.8% (FY96/97)
Labor force: total: 37.8 million (1998)
by occupation: agriculture 47%, mining and manufacturing
17%, services 17%, other 19%
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East,
and use of child labor
Unemployment rate: NA%
Budget: revenues: $9.6 billion
expenditures: $13.6 billion, including capital expenditures
of $NA (FY96/97)
Industries: textiles, food processing, beverages,
construction materials, clothing, paper products, shrimp
Industrial production growth rate: 3.3% (FY96/97 est.)
Agriculture - products: cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane,
fruits, vegetables; milk, beef, mutton, eggs
Exports: total value: $8.2 billion (FY96/97)
commodities: cotton, textiles, clothing, rice, leather,
carpets
partners: EU, US, Hong Kong, Japan
Imports: total value: $11.4 billion (FY96/97)
commodities: petroleum, petroleum products, machinery,
transportation equipment, vegetable oils, animal fats,
chemicals
partners: EU, Japan, US, China
Debt - external: $33 billion (1997 est.)
Energy Information: Country Analysis Briefs - Pakistan
Communications
Telephones: 2.552 million (1997)
Telephone system: domestic: microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth stations—3 Intelsat (1
Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); microwave radio relay to
neighboring countries
Radio broadcast stations: AM 26, FM 8, shortwave 11
Radios: 11.3 million (1992 est.)
Televisions: 2.08 million (1993 est.)
Transportation
Railways: total: 8,163 km
Highways: total: 224,774 km
Pipelines: crude oil 250 km; petroleum products 885 km;
natural gas 4,044 km (1987)
Merchant marine: total: 24 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
totaling 416,875 GRT/684,580 DWT
ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 15, container 3, oil tanker 1
(1997 est.)
Ports and harbors: Karachi, Port Muhammad bin Qasim
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: status of Kashmir with India;
water-sharing problems with India over the Indus River (Wular
Barrage)
Illicit drugs: illicit producer of opium and hashish for the
international drug trade (cultivation in 1997—4,100
hectares, a 21% increase over 1996; potential production—85
metric tons, a 13% increase over 1996); center for
processing Afghan heroin and key transit area for Southwest
Asian heroin moving to Western markets
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