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General Information |
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| President |
Parvez
Musharraf |
| Capital |
Islamabad
(Islamabad Capital Territory). |
| Area |
total:
803,940 sq km
land: 778,720 sq km
water: 25,220 sq km |
| Climate |
Generally
arid; hot summers, cool or cold
winters; wide variations of
temperature in given locale and
between coastal area on Arabian
Sea and glacial regions of
northern areas; little rainfall. |
| Natural
Resources |
Land,
extensive natural gas reserves,
limited petroleum, poor quality
coal, iron ore, copper, salt,
limestone |
| Environment-international
agreements |
party
to: Biodiversity, Climate
Change, Desertification,
Endangered Species,
Environmental Modification,
Hazardous Wastes, Law of the
Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone
Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Wetlands signed, but
not ratified: Marine Life
Conservation |
| Government
and Politics |
Government
and Politics |
| Population |
1138,123,359
(Approx.) |
| Age
Structure |
10-14
years: 41% (male 29,423,876;
female 27,763,774)
15-64 years: 55% (male
38,533,918; female 36,804,592)
65 years and over: 4% (male
2,768,942; female 2,828,257)
(Approx.) |
| Population
growth rate |
2.18%
(1999 est.) |
| Birth
rate |
33.51
births/1,000 population (1999
est.) |
| Death
rate |
10.45
deaths/1,000 population (1999
est.) |
| Net
migration rate |
11.3
migrant(s)/1,000 population
(1999 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: 0.98 male(s)/female
total population: 1.05 male(s)/female
(1999 est.) |
| Health
and Welfare |
Substandard
housing, inadequate sanitation
and water supply, and widespread
malnutrition contribute to
spread of disease and to high
infant, childhood, and maternal
mortality. Leading causes of
death gastroenteritis,
respiratory infections,
congenital abnormalities,
tuberculosis, malaria, and
typhoid fever. |
| Religion |
About
97 percent of Pakistanis are
Muslim, 77 percent of whom are
Sunnis and 20 percent Shia;
remaining 3 percent of
population divided equally among
Christians, Hindus, and other
religions. |
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| Legislative
Body |
Parliament |
| Legal
System |
Legal
System |
| Official
Language |
Urdu
official language, but English in general use in
government, military, business, and higher education.
Urdu spoken as native tongue by only 8 percent of
population, Punjabi by about 48 percent, the Punjabi
variant Siraiki by 10 percent, Sindhi by about 12
percent, Pakhtu or Pashto by about 8 or 9 percent,
Balochi, 3 percent, Hindko, 2 percent, and Brahui, 1
percent. Native speakers of other languages, including
English and Burushaski, account for 8 percent of
population. |
| Literacy |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write total population:
37.8%
male: 50%
female: 24.4% (1999 est.) |
| Major
Industrial Cities |
Lahore,
Karachi |
| Currency |
Rupee
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| Inflation |
7.8%
(FY97/98) |
| GDP
- real growth rate |
5%
(1999 est.) |
| GDP
- per capita |
purchasing
power parity-$2,000 (1999 est.) |
| GDP
- Composition by sector |
agriculture:
24.2%
industry: 26.4%
services: 49.4% (1999) |
| Economy
Overview |
Low-income
country with promising growth but transition to
middle-income nation held back by chronic problems
including rapidly rising population, sizable government
deficits, heavy dependence on foreign aid, large
military expenditures, and recurrent governmental
instability. |
| Industries |
Textiles,
food processing, beverages, construction materials,
clothing, paper products, shrimp |
| Industrial
production growth rate |
2%
(FY97/98) |
| Agriculture |
Agriculture |
| Energy |
Firewood,
bagasse, and dung major energy sources. Small crude oil
production; over 90 percent of petroleum requirements
imported. Natural gas, oil, and hydroelectric power
major domestic commercial energy sources. Substantial
deposits of poor-quality coal. Energy supplies constrain
industrialization in mid-1990s. |
| Exports |
$8.5
billion (FY97/98) |
| Exports-commodities |
cotton,
textiles, clothing, rice, leather, carpets |
| Exports-partners |
United
States, Japan, Germany, Britain and Saudi Arabia |
| Imports |
$10.1
billion (FY97/98) |
| Imports-commodities |
Petroleum,
petroleum products, machinery, transportation equipment,
vegetable oils, animal fats, chemicals |
| Imports-partners |
EU,
Japan, US, China |
| Telecommunication |
Telecommunication |
| Transportation |
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| Railways |
total:
8,163 km
broad gauge: 7,718 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified;
1,037 km double track)
narrow gauge: 445 km 1.000-m gauge (1998 est.) |
| Roads-
Highways |
total:
224,774 km
paved: 128,121 km
unpaved: 96,653 km (1998 est.) |
| Ports |
Karachi,
Port Muhammad bin Qasim, Gwadar, and Pasni. |
| Tax
Rates |
Taxation |
| International
Membership |
AsDB,
C, CCC, CP, ECO, ESCAP, FAO, G-19, G-24, G-77, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS,
IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC,
IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MONUA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC,
OPCW, PCA, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO,
UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNMOP, UNOMIG, UNOMIL, UNOMSIL,
UNPREDEP, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO,
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