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.
Nice Summary!
Wow, that’s great. I think mobile phone users would be greater than 50.
Shehryar, I was not trying to shame you. And thank you for being a good sport. Its funny that there is a Barbara Sharief running for office, and that “our” Babra is in IMDB as “Babra”. I always thought I was mispronouncing her name.
Gardezi is right too. Your numbers are interesting even if there is no context. I hope you stick with the effort and the blog.
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Please DO NOT add references (except maybe in very fine print as footnotes somewhere or in separate post on your blog. You will mess up an otherwise very good effort if you do. The kerray nikalnay wallas will do what they always do – produce nothing themselves and find faults in others. Just ignore them.
References will just mess this up. The point of these broad numbers is that they are broad they give a snapshot, a 30,000 feet view. Footnotes will only imply they are somehow exact. And they are not. Plus this is for the general casual reader and the purpose is to grasp attention, it is NOT an academic paper (if it was, then even with footnotes it would fail). Its an attention grabber so leave it like an attention grabber. Don’t listen to the bad advice being given by some. If they want the details they can go and search for it. In fact, that should be the point. The attention grabber should grab attention enough for them to get off their bum and do some digging themselves.
You will defeat the purpose if you get into too many details.
Good job, by the way.