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Pakistan People 1999
Population: 138,123,359 (July 1999 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.18% (1999 est.) Birth rate: 33.51 births/1,000 population (1999 est.) Death rate: 10.45 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.) Net migration rate: -1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)
Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate: 91.86 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 4.73 children born/woman (1999 est.)
Nationality:
Ethnic groups: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baloch, Muhajir (immigrants from India and their descendants) Religions: Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3% Languages: Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashtu 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official and lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8%
Literacy:
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