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 Pakistan

 

 
Factfile  
Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Date of formation: 1947
Capital: Islamabad
Population: 149.9 million
Density: 186.5 people per sq km
Total area: 803,940 sq km
Languages: Urdu*, Punjabi, Sindhi, other
Government: federal republic
Life expectancy: 60.8 years
Infant mortality: 83 deaths/1,000 live births

Rural population:

66.3% of total
Urban population: 33.7% of total
Under age 15: 41.5% of total
Over age 65: 3.7% of total

* Official language

Source:
UNDP - Human development report 2004
www.hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/
CIA - The World Factbook 2004
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html




Population density (inhabitant/Km2)

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Source: UNEP/GRID geneva 

 
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