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<text id=93CT1084>
<title>
Pakistan--People
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Pakistan
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 125,213,732 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 2.87% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 42.59 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 12.6 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: -1.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 103.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 57.11 years</l>
<l> male: 56.54 years</l>
<l> female: 57.72 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 6.5 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Pakistani(s)</l>
<l> adjective: Pakistani</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch,
Muhajir (immigrants from India and their descendents)
</p>
<p>Religions: Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian,
Hindu, and other 3%
</p>
<p>Languages: Urdu (official), English (official; lingua franca
of Pakistani elite and most government ministries, but official
policies are promoting its gradual replacement by Urdu), Punjabi
64%, Sindhi 12%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu 7%, Balochi and other 9%
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)</l>
<l> total population: 35%</l>
<l> male: 47%</l>
<l> female: 21%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 28.9 million
</p>
<p> by occupation: agriculture 54%, mining and manufacturing
13%, services 33%, extensive export of labor (1987 est.)
</p></body></article></text>