Country Resource - Pakistan
- Population.......................................................................242,923,845 (2022 est.)
- Population growth rate .............................................................1.95% (2022 est.)
- Birth rate.......................................................26.48 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
- Death rate.....................................................6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
- Net migration rate..................................-0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
- Ethnic groups......................Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Saraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashto (alternate name, Pashtu) 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8%
Note: Results of Pakistan's 2017 national census estimate the country's total population to be 207,684,626
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