Pakistan
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 255.2M (2025). World rank 5 of 216; in Asia, 4 of 49. Area: 881,912 km². World rank 35 of 249; in Asia, 8 of 50. GDP per person: $1,596 (2025). World rank 181 of 210 (1 = best); in Asia, 42 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 217.3M → 255.2M, GDP $300B → $407.3B, and GDP per person $1,380 → $1,596.
State
- Official name
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Local name
- Pakistan
- Capital
- Islamabad
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Federal parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Asif Ali Zardari
- Head of government
- Shehbaz Sharif
- Independence
- August 14, 1947
- Women in parliament
- 17% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 255,219,554 2025
- Area
- 881,912 km²
- GDP
- $407.3B 2025
- GDP per person
- $1,596 2025
- Life expectancy
- 67.8 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English, Urdu
- Currency
- Pakistani Rupee (PKR)
- Time zones
- UTC+5
- Calling code
- +92
- Emergency numbers
- 15, 16, 1122
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- C, D, G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 1,046
- Neighbours
- Afghanistan, China, India, Iran
- Agricultural land
- 47.2% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- K2, 8,611 m
- Lowest point
- Arabian Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 900
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 23
- Warmest month in the capital
- June, 34°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 11°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 494 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 289.4 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.6% 2025
- Living in cities
- 39.5% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -1.2M 2025
- Born in another country
- 1.7% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 36.2% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 59.4% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 4.4% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 70.3 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 65.5 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 3.6 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 27.4 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.5 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 96.4%, Hindu 1.6%, and Christian 1.4% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 41.1 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 26.5 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 39.9 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 39.7 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 37 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $6,573 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +3.7% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $1,500 2025
- Inflation
- +3.6% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 24 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 23% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 20.1% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 50.9% 2025
- Unemployment
- 5.4% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 9.6% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 24.1% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 10% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 17.2% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -0.1% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.5% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 9.9% 2025
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 33.5 2024
- Living on under $3 a day
- 23% 2024
Education
- Adult literacy
- 58.9% 2021
- Primary school enrolment
- 83.7% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 48.3% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 10.9% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 2.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $30 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 52.9% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 1.2 2021
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 0.5 2021
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.6 2020
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 86% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 48.2 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 56 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 155 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.2% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 31.4% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 54.8% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 17.9% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 90.7% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 71.9% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 51% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 4.3 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 13 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 5.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 31.4 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes and floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 58.4 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.8 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 2.1 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 4.1% 2024
- Protected areas
- 15.2% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 226 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 110% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 57.3% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 77 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 1.5 2024
- Internet domain
- .pk
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 95.7% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 493 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 41.6% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 28.3% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 55.7% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 7,153,419 2023
- Airports
- 117 2025
- Railways, km
- 11,881 2021
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 474 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 20,519 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 480 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 2.4% 2024