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Pakistan

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  • Pakistan has a population of about 255.2M; its total GDP of $407.3B ranks #39 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 875,287 km² is about 4.6× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Population stands out most against the median: 255.2M — rank #5 of 169 countries with data.

Pakistan: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 255.2M (2025) #5 / 169 median 11.5M · 22×
Population growth 1.6% (2025) #62 / 169 median 1.1% · 1.4×
Urban population share 39.5% (2025) #137 / 169 median 63.8% · 62%
Population aged 65+ 4.4% (2025) #115 / 169 median 7.4% · 59%
Fertility rate 3.5 (2024) #40 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.7×
Birth rate 27.4‰ (2024) #39 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.7×
Death rate 6.4‰ (2024) #108 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 90%
Net migration -1.2M (2025) #169 / 169 N/A
Surface area 875,287 km² #35 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 4.6×
Population density derived 292/km² (2025) #19 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 4.0×
Economy
GDP (total) $407.3B (2025) #39 / 168 median $80.7B · 5.0×
GDP per capita $1,596 (2025) #136 / 168 median $6,834 · 23%
GNI per capita $1,500 (2025) #138 / 168 median $6,350 · 24%
GDP growth (annual) 3.7% (2025) #71 / 168 median 3.1% · 1.2×
Inflation rate 3.5% (2025) #74 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.1×
Unemployment rate 5.4% (2025) #78 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.1×
Gini index 33.5 (2024) #96 / 153 median 35.3 · 95%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 23.0% (2024) #38 / 153 median 2.5% · 9.2×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 10.0% (2025) #157 / 163 median 35.0% · 29%
Imports share of GDP 17.2% (2025) #151 / 163 median 40.2% · 43%
Agriculture share of GDP 23.0% (2025) #26 / 168 median 7.2% · 3.2×
Manufacturing share of GDP 13.0% (2025) #63 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.2×
International tourist arrivals 966K (2012) #89 / 162 median 1.1M · 85%
Tourism receipts $765M (2020) #81 / 165 median $705M · 1.1×
Health & education
Life expectancy 67.8 years (2024) #127 / 169 median 73.8 years · 92%
Infant mortality 48.2‰ (2024) #14 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 3.7×
Under-five mortality 56.0‰ (2024) #24 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 3.6×
DPT immunization 87.0% (2024) #100 / 166 median 90.5% · 96%
Hospital beds 0.6 per 1,000 (2020) #146 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 31%
Health spending share of GDP 2.5% (2023) #160 / 165 median 6.5% · 39%
Secondary school enrollment 48.3% (2024) #140 / 167 median 90.5% · 53%
Education spending share of GDP 1.9% (2023) #153 / 165 median 4.1% · 47%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.544 (2023) #140 / 165 median 0.754 · 72%
Internet users 57.3% (2024) #119 / 169 median 81.5% · 70%
Mobile subscriptions 76.9 per 100 (2024) #134 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 66%
Fixed broadband 1.5 per 100 (2024) #126 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 12%
Electricity access 95.7% (2024) #109 / 169 median 99.9% · 96%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 0.8 t (2024) #121 / 165 median 2.6 t · 31%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 204 Mt (2024) #28 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 9.6×
Renewable electricity share 28.3% (2021) #92 / 169 median 34.1% · 83%
Renewable energy consumption 41.6% (2021) #56 / 169 median 26.9% · 1.5×
Forest area 4.7% (2023) #145 / 169 median 32.4% · 14%
Agricultural land 46.7% (2023) #66 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.1×
Arable land 39.3% (2023) #13 / 168 median 11.0% · 3.6×
PM2.5 exposure 58.4 µg/m³ (2023) #7 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 2.9×
Military spending 2.7% (2024) #37 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.5×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Pakistan's true-shape outline

Pakistan's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 875,287 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).