Pakistan is a South Asian country with total population of
216,565,318
and a land area of
770,880 (sq. km).
Total population of Pakistan cosists of
51% male and
49% female persons.
37% people live in urban areas while
63% live in rural areas.
61% people are between 15 to 64 years of age.
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines shows that
30% population lives below poverty lines.
Literacy rate is
73% among adult population over 15 years of age. Youth of 15 to 24 years of age has a literacy rate of
57%.
31% of youth population is 'NEET', not in education, employment or training.
Pakistan has a Gross Domestric Product (GDP) of USD
278,221,906,023.
GDP is composed of Agriculture (
22%), Industry (
18%) and services sector (
54%).
Initially an agriculture based country, services sector soon took over the lead in 1965. Agriculture sector is in decline ever since in terms of value addition to GDP (
see details).
Pakistan is a nuclear power country with a standing army of
935,800 personnels which is
1% of its total labor force.
Pakistan spent
4% of GDP on military expendure.
Apart from defense purposes, nuclear power is also used to generate electricity. Pakistan generates around
2% of electricity from nuclear sources.