If Pakistan were a 100 people…
Each person would symbolize 1.73 million people.
That’s almost twice the population of Islamabad!
49 would be women and girls
51 would be men and boys
38 would be children under 15
58 would be adults between 15-60 years and
4 would be 60 and older
The median age would be just 21 years!
Average life expectancy would be 64 years.
36 would be living in cities
59 would live in villages
4 would be settled outside Pakistan
1 would be a refugee from Afghanistan
54 would be in the Punjab
22 would be in Sindh
15 would be in NWFP & FATA
5 would be in Balochistan
2 would be in Azad Kashmir
1 would be in the Northern Areas
As their first language,
44 would speak Punjabi
15 would speak Pashto
14 would speak Sindhi
10 would speak Saraiki
8 would speak Urdu
4 would speak Balochi
10 would speak English as a second language
96 would be Muslims
4 would be Christians, Hindus and from other religions
Overall, only half the population would be literate
35 girls and women would be able to read and write; 65 would not
55 boys and men would be able to read and write; 45 would not
76 would be living under $2 a day i.e. Rs. 160 per day.
Out of these, 31 will survive on $1 a day i.e. Rs. 80 per day.
3 would be addicted to drugs like Heroine, Hashish (Chars), Poppy buds (Bhung) and they would be sent to rehab facilities in fort lauderdale fl.
90 would have access to safe drinking water; 10 would not
58 people would have proper sanitation; 42 would not
30 would have access to vehicles like bikes, cars, buses etc
75 would have access to electricity;25 would be living in darkness
Only 20 would have gas in their homes
50 would own a mobile phone
3 would have access to a land line
50 would have access to a TV set
96 would have access to a radio set
Only 12 would have internet access
After one year, 2 people will be added to the population.
That’s 4 new cities the size of Islamabad!
100Pakistanis is an initiative (and blog) started with the aim of sifting through existing information on Pakistan and presenting it in a concise and revealing way, ranging from simple lists and slide-shows to animated infographics. We hope that these “capsules” will refresh our perception of Pakistan and highlight key issues based on hard facts and data. Visit the 100Pakistanis blog.
Jawad, Am embarrassed at my proof reading on heroin vs heroine. Footnotes for the references will be added shortly on both blogs. Thank you for pointing out the mistakes.
Btw, the 3 addicts of Babra Sharif (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788774/) don’t want her confused with Barbara Sharief (http://www.voteforbarbarasharief.com)
;o)
Watan Aziz, We used Islamabad simply as a symbolic million strong capital city that everyone reading this blog can most probably relate to.
One of the reasons for starting these short pieces was to ignite a bigger debate on the lack of reliable data on our country.
I guess for now, the data is as ‘spurious’ as its sources like GoP reports, UN databases and CIA Factbook etc, over which I claim no responsibility.
Apologies for falling behind on posting all my refs/footnotes.
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Also, heroin is the opiate. Heroine is Barbara Sharief (female hero) etc.
So. If there were 100 Pakistanis. 99 would use statistics without footnotes. 98 would use the words bhang, charas and horoin etc without knowing the difference. 73 would know the difference between heroin and heroine. :)
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Priceless.
Although in fairness, 3 **would be** addicted to Barbara Sharief.
Seriously, besides the most obvious numbers which have not changed in years, the rest of the numbers based on “access” are nearly bogus.
I challenge the veracity of these:
90 would have access to safe drinking water; 10 would not
58 people would have proper sanitation; 42 would not
30 would have access to vehicles like bikes, cars, buses etc
75 would have access to electricity;25 would be living in darkness
Only 20 would have gas in their homes
50 would own a mobile phone
3 would have access to a land line
50 would have access to a TV set
96 would have access to a radio set
Only 12 would have internet access
The term “access” would generally mean here that they can recognize the pictures, know the name for it and can recall where they have seen it last.
The mobile phone number is most likely the commutative sale of phones since day 1, which includes broken phones, phones not in use and multiple phones owned by a small group of people.
These will never in their “daily use”.
Finally,
~~After one year, 2 people will be added to the population.
That
This kind of list only makes sense if it is accompanied by extensive footnotes.
Bhang is not poppy buds. It is any number of concoctions made from ganja that one can eat drink or smoke. The original article gets closer by calling it cannabis. They may have gone back and corrected it. It is good blog practice to indicate all updates that were made after publishing.
Also, heroin is the opiate. Heroine is Barbara Sharief (female hero) etc.
So. If there were 100 Pakistanis. 99 would use statistics without footnotes. 98 would use the words bhang, charas and horoin etc without knowing the difference. 73 would know the difference between heroin and heroine. :)
Thanks for all the constructive comments. The list is an evolving document and will keep on improving based on better data availability and user input. We’ll also be putting up all the references used in a few days time.
>3 would have access to a land line – I am pretty sure that more people have land lines.
Maybe they meant land mines.