Pakistan
/ Population
The population
of the country as on 1st January, 1994, is estimated at about
124.45 million with its male/female ratio of 52.50:47.50 per cent.
The current growth rate of 3.0 per cent is the highest among nine
most populous countries of the world.
The population
is expected to reach 150 million by the year 2000. Density per
square kilometre is 156 persons. Literacy rate is estimated to
be 36.8 per cent. Of the four provinces, with 25.8 per cent of
land area of the country, Punjab has 56.5 per cent of the total
population; Sindh, with 17.7 per cent of land area, has 22.6 per
cent: NWFP, (including FATA) with 12.8 per cent of land area,
has 15.7 per cent; Balochistan, with 43.6 per cent of land area,
has 5.1 per cent.
Thus, Punjab
is the most densely (240 persons per sq km) populated province,
followed by Sindh and NWFP. Balochistan is the least populated
province, with 19 persons per square kilomatre. The overall population
density of the country is 156 persons per square kilometre as
estimated in 1994. Sindh is the urbainised province with 43 per
cent of the people living in urban areas including Karachi City.
The urban population of Punjab is 28 per cent followed by NWFP,
21 per cent, and Balochistan 16 per cent.
About 67
per cent of the total urban population of the country lives in
28 cities with population of 100,000 and above, while 57 per cent
of the total urban population lives in 12 cities with population
lives in 12 cities with population of 200,000 and above.
Age Composition
According to the Labour Force Survey, 1990-91, 46.93 of the population
is under 15 years of age; 49.66 per cent is between the age groups
of 15 and 64 years, while 3.41 per cent comprises persons 65 years
old and above.
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