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Pakistan: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 197,015,955 (2017)
Population Growth Rate 1.954 annual % (2017)
Age Dependency Ratio 64.671 % of working-age population (2017)
Urban Population 39.7 % of total (2017)
Infant Mortality Rate 64.2 per 1,000 live births (2016)
Life Expectancy at Birth 66.481 years (2016)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2017)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 105 billion kWh (2015) #33
Consumption 86 billion kWh (2015) #34
Exports 0 billion kWh (2015) #83
Imports 0.4 billion kWh (2015) #81
Renewable Electricity Generation 35 billion kWh (2015) #24

Oil

Ranking
Production 94 thousand bbl/day (2017) #49
Consumption 504 thousand bbl/day (2015) #33
Exports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #87
Imports (Refined) [3] 150.8 thousand bbl/day (2013) #35
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0.3 billion bbl (2018) #49

Natural Gas

Ranking
Consumption (Dry) 1,436 billion cu ft (2015) #23
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #47
Imports (Dry) 48 billion cu ft (2015) #51
Proved Reserves 21 trillion cu ft (2018) #31

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 151 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 136,489,014 (2016 est.)
Highways 263,942 km (2014)
Internet Users 31,338,715 (2016 est.)
Railways 11,881 km (2015)
Telephones 3,067,911 (2016 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationSouthern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north
Total Area796,095 sq. km
Land Area770,875 sq. km
Water Area25,220 sq. km
Coastline1,046 km
Climatemostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north
Terrainflat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west
Lowest PointIndian Ocean 0 m
Highest Point K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 7/6/2018
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 12/5/2017