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Population, GDP, trade, remittances and other key figures, in plain words.
Based on information as of the Pakistan Economic Survey 2024–25 and the 2023 census. These details change; check official sources for the latest.
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About 241.5 million (2023 census)
Pakistan's first digital census counted 241.49 million people, growing about 2.55% a year since 2017. It is the world's fifth most populous country.
About 61% (2023 census)
Literacy is higher in cities and among men; Pakistan has more than 20 million children out of school.
About US$411 billion (FY2024–25)
Gross Domestic Product is the total value of goods and services produced in a year. Pakistan's fiscal year runs from 1 July to 30 June.
About US$1,824 (FY2024–25)
The average income per person, a rough measure of living standards.
About 2.7% (FY2024–25, provisional)
Growth was slow as the government cut spending under an IMF programme to stabilize the economy; the provisional figure was later revised up to about 3%.
Fell to 0.3% in April 2025
After record inflation of nearly 38% in May 2023, prices rose much more slowly in 2024–25; April 2025's rate was the lowest in about six decades.
Services about 58%, agriculture about 24%, industry about 18% of GDP
Agriculture's share of output is smaller, but it employs about 37% of workers, the largest single employer.
About US$32 billion of goods (FY2024–25)
Textiles and clothing make up more than half of exports; rice, leather, sports goods (Sialkot footballs), surgical instruments and fruit are also important.
About US$58 billion of goods (FY2024–25)
The largest imports are petroleum, machinery, chemicals and edible oil. China is the biggest source of imports.
Record US$38.3 billion (FY2024–25)
Money sent home by Pakistanis working abroad, more than total goods exports. The largest sources are Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the UK and the USA.
US$7 billion Extended Fund Facility (2024)
Approved in September 2024 for 37 months; Pakistan has borrowed from the IMF more than twenty times since 1958.
About 10%
One of the lowest in the region, which limits government spending on health, education and development.
Wheat, rice, cotton, sugarcane and maize
Wheat is the staple food; cotton supplies the textile industry; Pakistan is one of the world's largest rice exporters (Basmati).
Pakistani rupee (PKR); State Bank of Pakistan
The State Bank was inaugurated by Quaid-e-Azam on 1 July 1948 and is headquartered in Karachi.
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