| Pakistan |
| Geography | | Location: | Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between Indiaon the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in thenorth | | Geographiccoordinates: | 30 00 N, 70 00 E | | Area: | Total: 803,940 sq km
Land: 778,720 sq km
Water: 25,220 sq km | | Area- comparative: | Slightly less than twice the size of California | | Land boundaries | Total: 6,774 km
Border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km,Iran 909 km | | Coastline: | 1,046 km | | Maritime claims: | Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin | | Climate: | Mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north |
| People | | Population: | 164,741,924 (July 2007 est.) | | Age structure: | 0-14 years: 36.9% (male 31,264,576/female 29,507,174)
15-64 years: 58.8% (male 49,592,033/female 47,327,161)
65 years and over: 4.3% (male 3,342,650/female 3,708,330) (2007 est.) | | Median age: | Total: 20.9 years
Male: 20.7 years
Female: 21 years (2007 est.) | | Population growthrate: | 1.828% (2007 est.) | | Birth rate: | 27.52 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Death rate: | 8-deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Net migration rate: | -1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Sex ratio: | At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
Under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.048 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.901 male(s)/female
Total population: 1.045 male(s)/female (2007 est.) | | Infant mortality rate: | Total: 68.84 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 68.94 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 68.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) | | Life expectancy atbirth: | Total population: 63.75 years
Male: 62.73 years
Female: 64.83 years (2007 est.) | | Total fertility rate: | 3.71 children born/woman (2007 est.) | | HIV/AIDS - adult prevalencerate: | 0.1% (2001 est.) | | HIV/AIDS - peopleliving with HIV/AIDS: | 74,000 (2001 est.) | | HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 4,900 (2003 est.) | | Nationality: | Noun: Pakistani(s)
Adjective: Pakistani | | Ethnic groups: | Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India at thetime of partition and their descendants) | | Religions: | Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 3% | | Languages: | Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu(official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; linguafranca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski andother 8% | | Literacy: | Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 49.9%
male: 63%
female: 36% (2005 est.) |
| Goverment | | Country name: | Conventional long form: Islamic Republicof Pakistan
Conventional short form: Pakistan
Local long form: Jamhuryat Islami Pakistan
Local short form: Pakistan
Former: West Pakistan | | Government type: | Federal republic | | Capital: | Name: Islamabad
geographic coordinates: 33 42 N, 73 10 E
time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DCduring Standard Time) | | Administrativedivisions: | 4 provinces, 1 territory*, and 1 capital territory; Balochistan, FederallyAdministered Tribal Areas, Islamabad Capital Territory, North-West FrontierProvince, Punjab, Sindh
| | Independence: | 14 August 1947 | | National holiday: |
Republic Day, 23 March (1956) | | Constitution: | 12 April 1973; suspended 5 July 1977, restored with amendments 30 December1985; suspended 15 October 1999, restored in stages in 2002; amended 31December 2003 | | Legal system: | Based on English common law with provisions to accommodate Pakistan'sstatus as an Islamic state; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction withreservations | | Suffrage: | 18 years of age; universal; joint electorates and reserved parliamentaryseats for women and non-Muslims |
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