Where is Pakistan?
About Pakistan
The Land
The People
Life and Death
Health, Energy and the Environment
Education and Work
Travel, Communication and the Media
Pakistan is a vast country in the centre of southern mainland Asia.
Pakistan has a border on the Arabian Sea.
The land is made up of the northern highlands, the Indus river plain in the centre and a plateau in the south and west.
The geographical coordinates for the centre of Pakistan, also known as lines of latitude and longtitude, are:-
Latitude - 30 00N
Longitude - 70 00E
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The Pakistani flag is green with a vertical white
stripe on the flag pole side. In the centre of the green part is a large white crescent and star.
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The total land area of Pakistan is 770,875 sq kms which is the 9th largest in Asia.
Pakistan has lakes, rivers and canals which total 25,220 sq kms.
Pakistan has boundaries with 4 countries
Pakistan has a coastline of 1,046 kms which is the 21st longest in Asia.
The highest point in Pakistan is K2 at 8,611 metres.
The total population of Pakistan is 201.82 million people, making it the 4th largest country in Asia by population.
Of this number 98.11 million are females and 103.71 are males.
A person from Pakistan is called a Pakistani.
To be a citizen of Pakistan, one of your parents must be a citizen of Pakistan. It is also sufficient to be born in Pakistan. You have to live in Pakistan for
4 of the previous 7 years before you can begin to apply for citizenship.
The largest five cities in Pakistan, by population are:-
The birth rate in Pakistan is 22.3 births per 1,000 of population
The death rate in Pakistan is 6.4 deaths per 1,000 people.
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the population will decrease unless immigrants arrive in the country.
There are 50.6 deaths of girls under 1 year per 1,000 of births and 57.0 deaths of boys.
The median age for females is 23.8 and for males is 23.7. The median age is that age which divides the population exactly in half so there are the same number
of people above the median age as below it.
The average age of a woman when she has her first child is 23.4.
The elderly dependency ratio is 7.4. This is the number of elderly people (ages 65+) per 100 people of working age (ages 15-64).
The potential support ratio is 13.5. This is the number of working-age people (ages 15-64) per one elderly person (ages 65+). As a population ages, the potential support ratio tends to fall, meaning there are fewer potential workers to support the elderly.
Pakistan spends 2.3% of its total income on health care.
There are 0.86 doctors per 1,000 people.
There are 0.6 hospital beds per 1,000 people.
8.6% of the population are estimated as obese.
93.9% of the urban population and 89.9% of the rural population have drinking water that is either piped into their home or they have access to a public tap, a protected borehole, well, spring or
protected rainwater collection facility.
83.1% of the urban population and 51.1% of the rural population have access to a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewer. a pit latrine (that is a
permanent hole in the ground that is looked after) or a composting toilet.
Pakistan spends 2.7% of its total income on education.
Children usually start school at age 5 in Pakistan. Primary education is for five years until age 10 and secondary education must continue till 17. This may be followed
by further education at a university or college.
Generally the school year consists of 3 terms and starts at the end of August and finishes at the end of May. There is usually a 2 week
break at Christmas and a one week break at the beginning of November and April.
45.8% of females and 69.5% of males are able to read and write by the age of 15.
6.6% of all people aged between 16 and 24 are not in work. Among females 9.4% are unemployed while with males 5.7% can't find work.
The total number of people available for work in Pakistan is 63.89 million.
They work in the following sectors.
There are 108 paved airports in Pakistan, which is the 7th highest number in Asia.
There are 11,881 kilometres of railways in Pakistan, the 7th longest in Asia.
There are 185,063 kilometres of roads in Pakistan, which means Pakistan is in 7th place for the most kilometres of roads in Asia.