PROFILE

Area: 796,095 s.q k.m

Population: 127.44 million (1998 census)

138,123,359 (July 1999 est.)

0-14 years: 41% (male 29,423,876; female 27,763,774)

15-64 years: 55% (male 38,533,918; female 36,804,592)

65 years+: 4% (male 2,768,942; female 2,828,257) (1999 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.18% (1999 est.)

Ethnic groups: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir

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

Languages: Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko

2%, Brahui 1%, English, Burushaski, and other 8%

GDP . real growth rate: 5% (1998 est.)

Population below poverty line: 34% (1991 est.)

Inflation rate: 7.8%

Labor force: 37.8 million (1998)

Labor force–by occupation: agriculture 47%, mining and manufacturing 17%, services 17%, other 19%