Pakistan - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Pakistan. Controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and India. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
The Indus River and its tributaries attract most of the settlement, with Punjab province the most densely populated
People and Society
In Pakistan, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Punjabi 44.7%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.4%, Sindhi 14.1%, Saraiki 8.4%, Muhajirs 7.6%, Baloch 3.6%, other 6.3%
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 1.82% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 25.05 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 5.79 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 0.5 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 3.25 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 1.59 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Pakistani | Pakistani(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 34.4% (male 44,330,669/female 42,529,007) |
| 15-64 years | 60.7% (male 78,321,834/female 74,833,003) |
| 65 years and over | 4.9% (2024 est.) (male 5,735,294/female 6,613,764) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 64 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 55.8 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 8.2 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 12.1 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 23.2 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 22.8 years |
| Female | 23 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 38% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 2.1% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 17.236 million Karachi, 13.979 million Lahore, 3.711 million Faisalabad, 2.415 million Gujranwala, 2.412 million Peshawar, 1.232 million ISLAMABAD (capital) (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.04 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.87 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 1.04 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 50.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 56 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 46.8 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 70.3 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 68.2 years |
| Female | 72.5 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 92.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 89.3% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 90.6% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 7.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 10.7% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 9.4% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 90.5% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 76.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 81.5% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 9.5% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 23.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 18.5% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 0.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 0.04 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Total | 15.5% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 25.7% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 5.4% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
| Women married by age 15 | 3.6% (2018) |
| Women married by age 18 | 18.3% (2018) |
| Men married by age 18 | 4.7% (2018) |
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