Pakistan

Pakistan

This article is about the country. For other uses, see Pakistan (disambiguation).

Pakistan (/ˈpækɪstæn/ ( listen) or /pɑːkɪˈstɑːn/ ( listen); Urdu: پاکستان‎‎), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریہ پاکستان‎‎), is a country in South Asia and on junction of West Asia, Central Asia and East Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country with a population exceeding 207.77 million people.[17] In terms of area, it is the 33rd-largest country spanning 881,913 square kilometres (340,509 square miles). Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and its Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China in the far northeast, respectively. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor in the north-west, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

اسلامی جمہوریہ پاكستان‎ (Urdu)
Islāmī Jumhūriyah Pākistān[1]

Flag

Emblem

Motto: Īmān, Ittiḥād, Naẓm
ایمان، اتحاد، نظم‎ (Urdu)
"Faith, Unity, Discipline" [2]

Anthem: Qaumī Tarānah
قومی ترانہ‎
"The National Anthem"[3]

Area controlled by Pakistan shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled region shown in light green

CapitalIslamabad
33°40′N 73°10′ELargest cityKarachi
24°51′36″N 67°00′36″EOfficial languages

Urdu English[4][5][6][7][8]

Recognised regional languages

Provincial level

Punjabi · Pashto ·Sindhi · Balochi · Saraiki ·Kashmiri · Brahui ·Hindko · Shina · Balti ·Khowar · Burushaski ·Kohistani · Wakhi ·Yidgha · Dameli ·Kalasha · Gawar-Bati ·Domaaki[9][10]

National languageUrdu[11][12]Ethnic groups(2016)44.68% Punjabis
15.42% Pashtuns
14.1% Sindhis
8.38% Saraikis
7.57% Muhajirs
3.57% Balochis
6.28% Others[13]Religion96.4% Islam (Official)[14]
3.6% others[13]DemonymPakistaniGovernmentFederal parliamentary constitutional republic

• President

Mamnoon Hussain

• Prime Minister

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

• Chairman of the Senate

Raza Rabbani

• Speaker of the Assembly

Sardar Ayaz Sadiq

• Chief Justice

Mian Saqib NisarLegislatureParliament

• Upper house

Senate

• Lower house

National AssemblyIndependence from the United Kingdom

• Dominion

14 August 1947

• Islamic Republic

23 March 1956Area

• Total

881,913 km2(340,509 sq mi)[a][16] (33rd)

• Water (%)

2.86Population

• 2017 census

211,819,886[17] (5th)

• Density

244.4/km2 (633.0/sq mi) (56th)GDP (PPP)2017 estimate

• Total

$1.060 trillion[18] (25th)

• Per capita

$5,374[18] (