Population: 128,855,965 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.86% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 42.22 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 12.38 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -1.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 101.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 57.41 years
male: 56.79 years
female: 58.06 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.43 children born/woman (1994 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: 28.9 million
by occupation: agriculture 54%, mining and manufacturing 13%, services 33%, extensive export of labor (1987 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Pakistan on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Pakistan People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Pakistan People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.