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Pakistan

PK

Islamabad · pop. 241M · English, Urdu · Pakistani rupee

Metrics

  1. population
    241M
    5 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $337B
    44 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $1,360
    142 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $9B
    28 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    2.9%
    27 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    796K km²
    37 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    303 /km²
    18 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    67.6 yr
    132 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    27%
    148 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    0.81 t
    120 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanization
    39%
    136 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    3.5
    39 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    1.7%
    115 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    9.4%
    27 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. r&d % of gdp
    0.2%
    93 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. researchers per million
    474
    73 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  17. scientific articles / yr
    23K
    24 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  18. high-tech exports %
    2%
    120 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  19. gini inequality
    33.5
    57 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  20. youth unemployment
    10%
    64 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  21. adult literacy
    59%
    96 of 109
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  22. democracy (v-dem)
    0.18
    105 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  23. cpi (clean gov)
    27
    123 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  24. press freedom
    46.9
    130 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  25. human development
    0.544
    139 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  26. refugees hosted
    1.6M
    5 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  27. refugees produced
    86K
    26 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data

Recent coverage · 57

  1. Senate Backs Acid Death Penalty politics
  2. Vacant Posts Followed Fatal Fire science
  3. Cybercrime Agency Detains Journalist politics
  4. Punjab CM Blames KP politics
  5. Commission Curbs Assembly Secrecy politics
  6. Balochistan Relocates Nomads politics
  7. Khyber Pushes Back On Dowry economy
  8. Boy Burnt Alive At Kiln economy
  9. OGDCL Posts Record Profit economy
  10. Pakistan Mandates Solar Batteries science
  11. Wrong Name, Terrorist Label tech
  12. ISPR Claims 15 Killed politics
  13. EU Review Finds Mixed Reform economy
  14. Islamabad’s Plan Failed Enforcement science
  15. Ahmadi Man Shot Dead politics
  16. Pakistan Presses Iran-US Mediation politics
  17. Malnutrition Costs Pakistan Billions science
  18. Pakistan’s Rs114 Fuel Tax economy
  19. Punjab Seeks Under-16 Ban politics
  20. Pakistan’s Sanitation Undercuts Nutrition Aid science
  21. Pakistan’s Flood Warning Gap politics
  22. Squeezed Budgets Hide Hunger economy
  23. Punjab Seals Illegal Clinics economy
  24. IED Kills Three Brothers politics
  25. Punjab Drafts Faceless Trials politics
  26. Pakistan EV Target Stalls economy
  27. Six Arrested Over Khuzdar Murder politics
  28. Pakistan Apologizes For Blackouts economy
  29. KP Renames Law After Girl politics
  30. Cities Reopen Buried Streams science
  31. Party Rejects Splitting Province politics
  32. K-Electric Exits Fesco Bid economy
  33. ECP Reverses Senate Vacancy politics
  34. Pakistan Pulls Telecom Bill politics
  35. Bomb Hits Waziristan Bazaar politics
  36. Pims Fire Payout Announced politics
  37. Gunmen Kill Third Afghan politics
  38. Gilgit Auctions Markhor Permits economy
  39. Jamaat-e-Islami Calls Strike economy
  40. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tests Stunting Fix economy
  41. Pakistan Denies Munir Envoy Role politics
  42. Markhor Permits Fund Villages economy
  43. Fire Kills Newborns Islamabad politics
  44. Pakistan’s Ham Radios Stand By politics
  45. Peshawar Hospital Runs Dry economy
  46. Punjab Police Blames Drugs politics
  47. Kashmir Vote Sparks Crackdown politics
  48. Jamaat-e-Islami Threatens Shutdown economy
  49. Twenty Years Without Homeland politics
  50. Bahawalpur Constables Charged politics
  51. Adiala Denies Jailed Lawyer Care politics
  52. Pakistan Opens Bonded Fuel Tanks economy
  53. Gunmen Kill Four Labourers politics
  54. Moody’s Lifts Pakistan Rating economy
  55. Tribal Districts Bank Rainwater science
  56. Lahore Ties Fines to ID Cards tech
  57. Karachi Court Jails Hashish Crew politics