| People | Pakistan |
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Population:
 | 167,762,040 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
 | 216 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
 | 0-14 years: 36.3% (male 31,316,803/female 29,567,622) 15-64 years: 59.4% (male 51,000,863/female 48,648,480) 65 years and over: 4.3% (male 3,409,246/female 3,819,026) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
 | total: 21.2 years male: 21 years female: 21.4 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 1.805% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 26.93 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 7.83 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | -1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 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: 0.89 male(s)/female total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
 | total: 66.95 deaths/1,000 live births male: 67.05 deaths/1,000 live births female: 66.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
 | total population: 64.13 years male: 63.07 years female: 65.24 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 3.58 children born/woman (2008 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 and malaria animal contact disease: rabies note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2008) |
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.) |
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%), 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; 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: 49.9% male: 63% female: 36% (2005 est.) |
People - note:
 | void |
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