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🇵🇰 Pakistan

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3PAK
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2PK
UN M49 numeric586
IOC codePAK
Official nameIslamic Republic of Pakistan
Native name(s)eng: official: Islamic Republic of Pakistan; common: Pakistan; urd: official: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاكستان; common: پاكستان
Alt spellingsPK, Pākistān, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Islāmī Jumhūriya'eh Pākistān
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionSouthern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalIslamabad
Area (km²)881,912
Lat / Lng30.0000, 70.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)AFG, CHN, IND, IRN
Top-level domain.pk
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 2

Demographics

Population (World Bank)255,219,554 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)67.799 (2024)
Languageseng: English; urd: Urdu
Demonymseng: f: Pakistani; m: Pakistani; fra: f: Pakistanaise; m: Pakistanais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)407,307,214,476.222 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,595.909 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)5.42 (2025)
CurrenciesPKR: name: Pakistani rupee; symbol: ₨

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195035,849,260
195136,581,898
195237,376,999
195338,229,654
195439,137,060
195540,098,069
195641,113,929
195742,185,137
195843,312,056
195944,495,162
196045,709,310
196146,921,277
196248,156,128
196349,447,776
196450,799,999
196552,209,010
196653,678,667
196755,214,768
196856,810,507
196958,460,939
197060,166,719
197161,847,899
197263,583,194
197365,461,912
197467,415,487
197569,461,175
197671,620,254
197773,901,827
197876,307,379
197978,997,039
198082,291,010
198185,802,049
198289,089,246
198392,227,711
198495,164,936
198598,229,285
1986101,606,764
1987105,130,717
1988108,724,739
1989112,336,629
1990116,155,576
1991120,060,406
1992123,546,848
1993127,020,117
1994130,748,083
1995134,582,253
1996138,557,092
1997142,531,804
1998146,522,356
1999150,565,377
2000154,879,127
2001159,270,907
2002163,222,549
2003167,110,248
2004171,286,000
2005175,453,212
2006179,682,690
2007184,493,231
2008189,499,113
2009194,376,534
2010199,239,047
2011203,746,065
2012207,667,125
2013211,073,978
2014214,264,647
2015217,290,883
2016220,138,869
2017223,273,967
2018226,928,892
2019230,800,899
2020235,001,746
2021239,477,801
2022243,700,667
2023247,504,495

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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