RECENT DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS

Demography:

Demography is the study of the population in its static and dynamic aspects. The static aspects include
characteristics such as composition by age, sex, race, marital status, economic characteristics. The
dynamic aspects are fertility, mortality, nuptiality, and migration.

Demographic parameters:

Socioeconomic characteristics of a population expressed statistically, such as age, sex, education level,
income level, marital status, occupation, religion, birth rate, death rate, average size of a family, average
age at marriage are all demographic parameters.

Population:

Pakistan's latest estimated population is 207,774,520 (excluding the autonomous regions of Azad
Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan). This makes Pakistan the world's sixth-most-populous country.
Including Azad Kashmir, the population would be 211.819 million. Gilgit-Baltistan region has an
additional estimated population of 1.8 million.

Age structure 0-14 years: 31.36% (male 33,005,623/female 31,265,463)

15-24 years: 21.14% (male 22,337,897/female 20,980,455)
25-54 years: 37.45% (male 39,846,417/female 36,907,683)
55-64 years: 5.57% (male 5,739,817/female 5,669,495)
65 years and over: 4.48% (male 4,261,917/female 4,910,094) (2017 est.)

Dependency total dependency ratio: 65.3

ratios youth dependency ratio: 57.9
elderly dependency ratio: 7.4
potential support ratio: 13.5 (2015 est.)

Population 1.43% (2017 est.)

growth rate

Birth rate 21.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

Death rate 6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)

Net migration -1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)

rate

Urbanization urban population: 39.7% of total population (2017)

rate of urbanization: 2.77% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Major cities -  Karachi 16.618 million
population  Lahore 8.741 million
 Faisalabad 3.567 million
 Rawalpindi 2.506 million
 Multan 1.921 million
 ISLAMABAD (capital) 1.365 million (2015)

Sex ratio at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2016 est.)

Mother's mean 23.4 years

age at first birth note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012/13 est.)

Infant mortality total: 52.1 deaths/1,000 live births

rate male: 55.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 48.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.)

Life expectancy total population: 68.1 years

at birth male: 66.1 years
female: 70.1 years (2017 est.)

Total fertility rate 2.62 children born/woman (2017 est.)

Contraceptive 35.4% (2012/13)

prevalence rate

HIV/AIDS - adult 0.1% (2016 est.)

prevalence rate

HIV/AIDS - 130,000 (2016 est.)

people living with
HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - 5,500 (2016 est.)

deaths
Drinking water improved:
source urban: 93.9% of population
rural: 89.9% of population
total: 91.4% of population
unimproved:
urban: 6.1% of population
rural: 10.1% of population
total: 8.6% of population (2015 est.)

Sanitation facility improved:

access urban: 83.1% of population
rural: 51.1% of population
total: 63.5% of population
unimproved:
urban: 16.9% of population
rural: 48.9% of population
total: 36.5% of population (2015 est.)

Major infectious degree of risk: high

diseases food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and
typhoid fever
vector borne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
animal contact disease: rabies (2016)

Ethnic groups  Punjabi 44.7%

 Pashtun (Pathan) 15.4%
 Sindhi 14.1%
 Saraiki 8.4%
 Muhajirs 7.6%
 Balochi 3.6%

other 6.3%

Religions  Muslim (official) 96.4% (Sunni 85-90%, Shia 10-15%), other (includes
Christian and Hindu) 3.6% (2010 est.)

Languages Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Saraiki 10%, Pashto 8%, Urdu 8%, Balochi 3%,
Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official), Burushaski, and other 8%

Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 57.9%
male: 69.5%
female: 45.8% (2015 est.)
Maternal 178 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
mortality rate

Children under 31.6% (2012)

the age of 5
years
underweight

Obesity - adult 8.6% (2016)

prevalence rate