- Table 1.1: Population Characteristics
- Table 1.2: Selected Demographic Indicators of Pakistan
- Table 1.3: Area, Population by Sex, Sex Ratio, Population Density, Urban
Proportion, Household Size and Annual Growth Rate, 1998, Pakistan
- Table 1.4: Percentage Population by Religion, Mother Tongue, and Disability
1998, Pakistan
- Table 1.5: Percentage Population (15 Years & Above) by Sex, Age Group,
Marital Status, and Rural/Urban, 1998, Pakistan
- Table 1.6: Population of Pakistan's Major Cities & Urbanization Rate, 1998,
Pakistan
- Figure 1.1: Population Pyramid of Pakistan, 1998
- Figure 1.2: Singulate Mean Age at Marriage, 1951 to 2000, Pakistan
- Figure 1.3: Population of
Pakistan (1901-2002) from Census
- Figure 1.4: Estimated Number of Refugees in Pakistan, 1980 to Current
- Figure 1.5: Urbanization
Rate in Pakistan (1951-1998) from Censuses
- Figure 1.6: Percentage Distribution of Number of Rooms per Household by
Residence in Pakistan, 1998
Table 1.1: Population Characteristics
|
|
|
Figure 1.1: Population
Pyramid of Pakistan, 1998 |
|
Population*
|
145.5
Million
|
 |
|
World Ranking** |
6 |
|
Growth
Rate
|
2.1%
|
|
Population
Density
|
166
persons/ Sq. Km.
|
|
Urban
Population
|
32.52%
|
|
Broad
Age-Groups
|
|
|
< 15 years
|
43.4%
|
|
15-64 years
|
53.09%
|
|
> 65
|
3.5%
|
|
Population
Doubling Time
|
33
years
|
|
Sex
Ratio (Male : Female)
|
108.5 : 100 |
*Based on 2002 estimations, NIPS, Islamabad
**Population Reference
Bureau
Census Report of
Pakistan 1998, Pakistan Census Organization, GoP
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Table 1.2: Selected Demographic Indicators of Pakistan
|
|
Year |
Total |
Urban |
Rural |
Figure 1.2: Singulate Mean
Age at Marriage by Sex, (1951-2000), Pakistan |
|
Crude Birth Rate
|
1999 |
30.2 |
27.8 |
32.2 |
|
|
2000 |
29.1 |
25.8 |
31.2 |
|
Crude Death Rate |
1999 |
8.3 |
7.1 |
9.2 |
|
2000 |
7.8 |
6.7 |
8.8 |
|
Dependency Ratio
|
1999
|
88.4
|
|
|
|
2000
|
86.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Male |
Female |
|
Singulate Mean Age at
Marriage
|
1999 |
|
26.3 |
22.1 |
|
2000
|
|
26.3
|
22.1 |
|
Total Fertility Rate |
1999 |
4.5 |
|
|
|
2000 |
4.3 |
|
|
Pakistan Demographic Survey 1999 & 2000, Federal Bureau of
Statistics, Statistics Division, GoP
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Table 1.3: Area, Population by Sex, Sex Ratio, Population Density, Urban
Proportion, Household Size and Annual Growth Rate, 1998, Pakistan
|
|
Pakistan |
NWFP |
FATA |
Punjab |
Sindh |
Balochistan |
Islamabad |
|
Area (SQ. KM.) |
796,096 |
74,521 |
27,220 |
205,345 |
140,914 |
347,190 |
906 |
|
Both Sexes
|
132,352,279 |
17,743,645 |
3,176,331 |
73,621,290 |
30,439,893 |
6,565,885 |
805,235 |
|
Male |
68,873,686 |
9,088,936 |
1,652,047 |
38,094,367 |
16,097,591 |
3,506,506 |
434,239 |
|
Female |
63,478,593 |
8,654,709 |
1,524,284 |
35,526,923 |
14,342,302 |
3,059,379 |
370,996 |
|
Sex Ratio
|
108.5
|
105.0 |
108.4 |
107.2 |
112.2 |
114.6 |
117.0 |
|
Population Density (SQ. KM.) |
166.3 |
238.1 |
116.7 |
358.5 |
216.0 |
18.9 |
888.8 |
|
Urban Proportion |
32.5 |
16.9 |
2.7 |
31.3 |
48.8 |
23.9 |
65.7 |
|
Average Household Size |
6.8 |
8.0 |
9.3 |
6.9 |
6.0 |
6.7 |
6.2 |
|
Population 1981 |
84,253,644 |
11,061,328 |
2,198,547 |
47,292,441 |
19,028,666 |
4,332,376 |
340,286 |
|
1981-1998 Average Annual Growth
Rate |
2.69 |
2.82 |
2.19 |
2.64 |
2.80 |
2.47 |
5.19 |
Census Report of Pakistan 1998, Pakistan Census Organization,
GoP
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Figure 1.3: Population of Pakistan (1901-2002)
from Census |
|
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Table 1.4: Percentage Population by Religion, Mother Tongue, and Disability
1998, Pakistan
|
|
Muslim |
Christian |
Hindu (Jati) |
Qadiani |
Scheduled Cast |
Others |
|
All Areas |
96.16 |
1.69 |
1.40 |
0.35 |
0.33 |
0.06 |
|
Rural
|
96.49 |
1.10 |
1.80 |
0.18 |
0.34 |
0.08 |
|
Urban |
95.51 |
2.82 |
1.22 |
0.34 |
0.06 |
0.04 |
|
|
Urdu |
Punjabi |
Sindhi |
Pushto |
Balochi |
Saraiki |
Others |
|
All Areas |
7.57 |
44.15 |
14.10 |
15.42 |
3.57 |
10.53 |
4.66 |
|
Rural
|
1.48 |
42.51 |
16.46 |
18.06 |
3.99 |
12.97 |
4.53 |
|
Urban |
20.22 |
47.56 |
9.20 |
9.94 |
2.69 |
5.46 |
4.93 |
|
|
All |
Blind |
Deaf & Mute |
Crippled |
Insane |
Mentally Retarded |
Having More than one
Disability |
|
Both Sexes (Urban) |
2.59 |
8.32 |
7.24 |
15.81 |
7.82 |
8.15 |
8.22 |
|
Male
|
2.88 |
7.93 |
7.02 |
16.83 |
7.18 |
7.50 |
7.25 |
|
Female |
2.26 |
8.88 |
7.56 |
14.34 |
7.44 |
9.62 |
9.60 |
|
Both Sexes (Rural) |
2.52 |
7.92 |
7.53 |
20.52 |
5.94 |
7.32 |
8.23 |
|
Male
|
2.83 |
7.44 |
7.40 |
21.40 |
5.72 |
6.78 |
7.37 |
|
Female |
2.19 |
8.59 |
7.71 |
19.30 |
6.23 |
8.07 |
9.41 |
Census Report of Pakistan 1998, Pakistan Census Organization,
GoP
*State
of World Refugees and UNHCR Global Report 2002, UNHCR
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Figure 1.4: Estimated Number of Refugees in
Pakistan, 1980 to Current* |
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Table 1.5: Percentage Population (15 Years & Above) by Sex, Age Group,
Marital Status, and Rural/Urban, 1998, Pakistan
|
|
Pakistan |
Rural |
Urban |
|
Both Sexes |
Never Married |
Married |
Widowed |
Divorced |
Never Married |
Married |
Widowed |
Divorced |
Never Married |
Married |
Widowed |
Divorced |
|
15 & Above |
31.2 |
63 |
5.4 |
0.3 |
28.5 |
65.6 |
5.6 |
0.4 |
36.3 |
58.4 |
5 |
0.3 |
|
15 -- 19 |
86.5 |
13.1 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
83.5 |
16.1 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
91.8 |
7.9 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
|
20 -- 24 |
54.4 |
44.9 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
48.2 |
51 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
65.3 |
34.2 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
|
25 -- 29 |
26.9 |
71.9 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
22.5 |
76.2 |
1 |
0.4 |
34.7 |
64.3 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
|
30 -- 34 |
12.3 |
85.8 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
10.7 |
87.3 |
1.6 |
0.5 |
15 |
83.3 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
|
35 -- 39 |
6.4 |
90.7 |
2.4 |
0.5 |
5.8 |
91.2 |
2.5 |
0.5 |
7.3 |
90 |
2.2 |
0.5 |
|
40 -- 44 |
4.5 |
90.9 |
4.1 |
0.5 |
4.3 |
91.1 |
4.1 |
0.5 |
4.9 |
90.7 |
4 |
0.5 |
|
45 -- 49 |
3.2 |
89.9 |
6.4 |
0.5 |
3.1 |
90.2 |
6.2 |
0.5 |
3.5 |
89.4 |
6.7 |
0.4 |
|
50 -- 54 |
3.6 |
85.3 |
10.7 |
0.5 |
3.4 |
85.8 |
10.2 |
0.5 |
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