| People | Pakistan |
| Population: | 165,803,560 (July 2006 est.) |
| Population distribution: | | Province | Population in thousands (1998) | Population % | | Pakistan | 132352 | 100 | | Punjab | 73621 | 55.6 | | Sindh | 30440 | 23.0 | | NWFP | 17744 | 13.4 | | Balochistan | 6566 | 5.0 | | FATA | 3176 | 2.4 | | Islamabad | 805 | 0.6 | |  | |
| Age structure: | 0-14 years: 39% (male 33,293,428/female 31,434,314)
15-64 years: 56.9% (male 48,214,298/female 46,062,933)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 3,256,065/female 3,542,522) (2006 est.) |
| Median age: | total: 19.8 years
male: 19.7 years
female: 20 years (2006 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | 2.09% (2006 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 29.74 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
| Death rate: | 8.23 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) |
| Net migration rate: | -0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 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: 0.92 male(s)/female
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2006 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate: | total: 70.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 70.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 70.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth: | total population: 63.39 years
male: 62.4 years
female: 64.44 years (2006 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: | 4 children born/woman (2006 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 74,000 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths: | 4,900 (2003 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases: | degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, malaria, and cutaneous leishmaniasis are high risks depending on location
animal contact disease: rabies (2005) |
| Nationality: | noun: Pakistani(s)
adjective: Pakistani |
| Ethnic groups: | Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India at the time of partition and their descendants) |
| Religions: | Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3% |
| Languages: | Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official and lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8% |
| Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 48.7%
male: 61.7%
female: 35.2% (2004 est.) |
