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Photos of Pakistan

Peridot is one of the few gemstones that occurs in only one color, olive green. The peridot pictured is a modified barrel-cut 46.16-carat stone and the largest peridot from Pakistan in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. The Egyptians first discovered the gemstone over 3,500 years ago.  (Picture courtesy of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum/Ken Larson.)

Introduction

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Geography

Area

comparison ranking: total 37

Area - comparative

Area comparison map:
Area comparison map

People and Society

Age structure

2023 population pyramid:
2023 population pyramid

Median age

comparison ranking: total 180

Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 46

Birth rate

comparison ranking: 45

Death rate

comparison ranking: 159

Net migration rate

comparison ranking: 148

Maternal mortality ratio

comparison ranking: 54

Infant mortality rate

comparison ranking: total 18

Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 40

Tobacco use

comparison ranking: total 86

Education expenditures

comparison ranking: 177

Environment

Revenue from coal

comparison ranking: 29

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

comparison ranking: 190

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 175

Labor force

comparison ranking: 6

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 105

Public debt

comparison ranking: 62

Taxes and other revenues

comparison ranking: 136

Current account balance

comparison ranking: 135

Exports

comparison ranking: 75

Imports

comparison ranking: 63

Debt - external

comparison ranking: 12

Energy

Communications

Transportation

Airports

comparison ranking: 45

Merchant marine

comparison ranking: total 113

Military and Security

Space

Terrorism

Transnational Issues