Pakistan

Population (million)187.34 [2011]
Urban population (%)36.00 [2010]
Labor force (million)55.770 [2008]
ICT sector workforce (million) 
Median age (years)21.6 [2011]
GDP (PPP) USD billion451.20 [2010]
GDP - per capita (PPP) USD2,400 [2010]
Exchange rates (1 USD = )85.270 Pakistani rupees (PKR) [2010]
Electricity - consumption (billion kWh)72.2 [2007]
Telecommunication services revenue 
Trade in ICT goods 
ICT industry Revenue 
ICT investment  
R&D expenditure by ICT industries 
Telephones - main lines (million)4.058 [2009]
Telephones - mobile cellular (million)103.000 [2009]
Internet hosts (million)0.330 [2010]
Internet users (million)20.431 [2009]
Broadband Users (million) 
Fixed Internet subscribers (million)3.700 [2009]
Broadband subscribers (fixed&mobile) (million)0.303 [2009]
Business use of broadband 
Personal Computers (million) 
Households with a home computer (million) 

Area (sq km)796,095
Climatemostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north
Ethnic groupsPunjabi 44.68%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.42%, Sindhi 14.1%, Sariaki 8.38%, Muhajirs 7.57%, Balochi 3.57%, other 6.28%
ReligionsMuslim 95% (Sunni 75%, Shia 20%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 5%

Note: PPP - Purchasing Power Parity;
Source: The World Factbook; UNCTAD; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION;


Source: The World Factbook