Pakistan People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 101,855.000, excluding JunSgadh, Manavadat, digit, Baltistan, and the disputed area of Jammu and Kashmir (July 1986); average annual growth rate 2.6%

Nationality, noun—Pakistani(s)· adjective— Pakistani

Ethnic divisions: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushtan (Pathan), Baluchi

Religion: 97% Muslim, 3% Christian, Hindu, and other

Language: Urdu and English (official); total spoken languages—64% Punjabi, 12% Sindhi, 8% Pushtu, 7% Urdu, 9% Baluchi and other; English is lingua franca

Infant mortality rate 119/1,000(1983)

Life expectancy: men 51, women 49

Literacy: 24%

Labor force: 25.24 million (1982 est.); extensive export of labor; 52% agriculture, 21% industry, 8% services, 19% other

Organized labor: negligible

NOTE: The information regarding Pakistan on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Pakistan 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Pakistan 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.