Population

33,332,025 (July 2016 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 41.03% (male 6,947,939/female 6,728,983)

15-24 years: 22.49% (male 3,816,369/female 3,678,657)
25-54 years: 30.01% (male 5,095,905/female 4,907,019)
55-64 years: 3.9% (male 640,813/female 660,121)
65 years and over: 2.57% (male 396,124/female 460,095)
(2016 est.)

Dependency
ratios

total dependency ratio: 87%

youth dependency ratio: 82.3%
elderly dependency ratio: 4.6%
potential support ratio: 21.7% (2015 est.)

Median age

total: 18.6 years

male: 18.5 years
female: 18.6 years (2016 est.)

Population
growth rate

2.34% (2016 est.)

Birth rate

38.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Death rate

13.7 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Net migration
rate

-1.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 26.7% of total population (2015)

rate of urbanization: 3.96% annual rate of change (201015 est.)

Major cities population

KABUL (capital) 4.635 million (2015)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2016 est.)

Mother's mean
age at first
birth

20.1
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2010
est.)

Infant

total: 112.8 deaths/1,000 live births

mortality rate

male: 120.3 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 105 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)

Life
expectancy at
birth

total population: 51.3 years

male: 49.9 years
female: 52.7 years (2016 est.)

Total fertility
rate

5.22 children born/woman (2016 est.)

Contraceptive
prevalence
rate

21.2% (2010/11)

HIV/AIDS adult
prevalence
rate

0.04% (2015 est.)

HIV/AIDS people living

with HIV/AIDS

6,900 (2015 est.)

HIV/AIDS deaths

300 (2015 est.)

Drinking water
source

improved:
urban: 78.2% of population
rural: 47% of population
total: 55.3% of population
unimproved:
urban: 21.8% of population
rural: 53% of population
total: 44.7% of population (2015 est.)

Sanitation
facility access

improved:
urban: 45.1% of population
rural: 27% of population
total: 31.9% of population
unimproved:
urban: 54.9% of population
rural: 73% of population
total: 68.1% of population (2015 est.)

Major

degree of risk: intermediate

infectious
diseases

food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis

A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria (2016)

Nationality

noun: Afghan(s)
adjective: Afghan

Ethnic groups

Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek, other (includes smaller

numbers of Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar,
Brahui, Qizilbash, Aimaq, Pashai, and Kyrghyz)
note: current statistical data on the sensitive subject of
ethnicity in Afghanistan is not available, and ethnicity data
from small samples of respondents to opinion polls are not a
reliable alternative; Afghanistan's 2004 constitution
recognizes 14 ethnic groups: Pashtun, Tajik, Hazara, Uzbek,
Baloch, Turkmen, Nuristani, Pamiri, Arab, Gujar, Brahui,
Qizilbash, Aimaq, and Pashai (2015)

Religions

Muslim 99.7% (Sunni 84.7 - 89.7%, Shia 10 - 15%), other

0.3% (2009 est.)

Languages

Afghan Persian or Dari (official) 50%, Pashto (official) 35%,

Turkic languages (primarily Uzbek and Turkmen) 11%, 30
minor languages (primarily Balochi and Pashai) 4%, much
bilingualism, but Dari functions as the lingua franca
note: the Turkic languages Uzbek and Turkmen, as well as
Balochi, Pashai, Nuristani, and Pamiri are the third official
languages in areas where the majority speaks them

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 38.2%
male: 52%
female: 24.2% (2015 est.)

School life
expectancy
(primary to
tertiary
education)

total: 11 years
male: 13 years
female: 8 years (2014)

Child labor children ages

5-14

total number: 2,082,722

percentage: 25.3%
note: data on child labor in Afghanistan is uncertain and
may be higher than the estimated 25.3% of children ages 514 derived from 2010-11 survey results; UNICEF estimated
that 30% of children ages 5-14 in 2011 were engaged in child
labor (2010/11 est.)

Education
expenditures

NA

Maternal
mortality rate

396 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)

Health
expenditures

5.3% of GDP (2014)

Physicians
density

0.27 physicians/1,000 population (2013)

Hospital bed
density

0.5 beds/1,000 population (2012)

Obesity - adult
prevalence
rate

2.4% (2014)

Demographic of Pakistan

Population

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age
Population growth
rate
Birth rate
Death rate
Net migration rate
Urbanization
Major cities population

201,995,540 (July 2016 est.)

0-14 years: 31.99% (male 33,195,073/female 31,429,440)
15-24 years: 21.31% (male 22,194,064/female 20,845,816)
25-54 years: 36.87% (male 38,680,978/female 35,794,333)
55-64 years: 5.43% (male 5,498,126/female 5,463,453)
65 years and over: 4.4% (male 4,139,899/female 4,754,358)
(2016 est.)
total dependency ratio: 65.3%
youth dependency ratio: 57.9%
elderly dependency ratio: 7.4%
potential support ratio: 13.5% (2015 est.)
total: 23.4 years
male: 23.3 years
female: 23.4 years (2016 est.)
1.45% (2016 est.)
22.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
-1.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
urban population: 38.8% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 2.81% annual rate of change (2010-15
est.)
Karachi 16.618 million; Lahore 8.741 million; Faisalabad 3.567
million; Rawalpindi 2.506 million; Multan 1.921 million;

ISLAMABAD (capital) 1.365 million (2015)

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
Sex ratio
25-54 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female
total population: 0.87 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
23.4
Mother's mean age at
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012/13
first birth
est.)
total: 53.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Infant mortality rate male: 57 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 50.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
total population: 67.7 years
Life expectancy at
male: 65.8 years
birth
female: 69.8 years (2016 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.68 children born/woman (2016 est.)
Contraceptive
35.4% (2012/13)
prevalence rate
HIV/AIDS - adult
0.09% (2015 est.)
prevalence rate
HIV/AIDS - people
102,000 (2015 est.)
living with HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS - deaths
3,600 (2015 est.)
improved:
urban: 93.9% of population
rural: 89.9% of population
total: 91.4% of population
Drinking water source
unimproved:
urban: 6.1% of population
rural: 10.1% of population
total: 8.6% of population (2015 est.)
improved:
urban: 83.1% of population
rural: 51.1% of population
Sanitation facility
total: 63.5% of population
access
unimproved:
urban: 16.9% of population
rural: 48.9% of population
total: 36.5% of population (2015 est.)
Major infectious
degree of risk: high
diseases
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and
E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria

animal contact disease: rabies (2016)

noun: Pakistani(s)
Nationality
adjective: Pakistani
Punjabi 44.68%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.42%, Sindhi 14.1%, Sariaki
Ethnic groups
8.38%, Muhajirs 7.57%, Balochi 3.57%, other 6.28%
Muslim (official) 96.4% (Sunni 85-90%, Shia 10-15%), other
Religions
(includes Christian and Hindu) 3.6% (2010 est.)
Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Saraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%,
Pashto (alternate name, Pashtu) 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi
Languages
3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of
Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and
other 8%
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.9%
Literacy
male: 69.5%
female: 45.8% (2015 est.)
School life
total: 8 years
expectancy (primary male: 9 years
to tertiary education) female: 7 years (2014)
Education
2.5% of GDP (2014)
expenditures
Maternal mortality
178 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
rate
Children under the
age of 5 years
31.6% (2013)
underweight
Health expenditures 2.6% of GDP (2014)
Physicians density
0.83 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
Hospital bed density 0.6 beds/1,000 population (2012)
Obesity - adult
4.8% (2014)
prevalence rate
Demographic of india

Population

Age structure

Dependency ratios
Median age

1,266,883,598 (July 2016 est.)

0-14 years: 27.71% (male 186,420,229/female 164,611,755)
15-24 years: 17.99% (male 121,009,850/female 106,916,692)
25-54 years: 40.91% (male 267,203,029/female 251,070,105)
55-64 years: 7.3% (male 46,398,574/female 46,105,489)
65 years and over: 6.09% (male 36,549,003/female 40,598,872)
(2016 est.)
total dependency ratio: 52.4%
youth dependency ratio: 43.9%
elderly dependency ratio: 8.6%
potential support ratio: 11.7% (2015 est.)
total: 27.6 years

male: 26.9 years

female: 28.3 years (2016 est.)
Population growth
rate
Birth rate
Death rate
Net migration rate

1.19% (2016 est.)

19.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)

7.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
urban population: 32.7% of total population (2015)
Urbanization
rate of urbanization: 2.38% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
NEW DELHI (capital) 25.703 million; Mumbai 21.043 million;
Major cities Kolkata 11.766 million; Bangalore 10.087 million; Chennai 9.62
population
million; Hyderabad 8.944 million (2015)
at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.13 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.13 male(s)/female
Sex ratio
25-54 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
total population: 0.9 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
Mother's mean age 19.9
at first birth
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2005/06 est.)
total: 40.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Infant mortality rate male: 39.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 41.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
total population: 68.5 years
Life expectancy at
male: 67.3 years
birth
female: 69.8 years (2016 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.45 children born/woman (2016 est.)
Contraceptive
54.8% (2007/08)
prevalence rate
HIV/AIDS - adult
0.26% (2013 est.)
prevalence rate
HIV/AIDS - people
2,118,100 (2015 est.)
living with HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS - deaths 67,600 (2015 est.)
improved:
urban: 97.1% of population
rural: 92.6% of population
Drinking water
total: 94.1% of population
source
unimproved:
urban: 2.9% of population
rural: 7.4% of population
total: 5.9% of population (2015 est.)
Sanitation facility
improved:
access
urban: 62.6% of population

rural: 28.5% of population

total: 39.6% of population
unimproved:
urban: 37.4% of population
rural: 71.5% of population
total: 60.4% of population (2015 est.)
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and
E, and typhoid fever
Major infectious
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, and
diseases
malaria
water contact disease: leptospirosis
animal contact disease: rabies (2016)
noun: Indian(s)
Nationality
adjective: Indian
Ethnic groups
Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000)
Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and
Religions
unspecified 2% (2011 est.)
Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%,
Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya
3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9%
note: English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but
is the most important language for national, political, and
commercial communication; Hindi is the most widely spoken
Languages
language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14
other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu,
Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese,
Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of
Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an
official language (2001 census)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 71.2%
Literacy
male: 81.3%
female: 60.6% (2015 est.)
School life
total: 12 years
expectancy (primary male: 11 years
to tertiary education) female: 12 years (2013)
Child labor - children total number: 26,965,074
ages 5-14
percentage: 12% (2006 est.)
Education
3.8% of GDP (2012)
expenditures
Maternal mortality
174 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
rate
Children under the 43.5% (2006)
age of 5 years

underweight
Health expenditures
Physicians density
Hospital bed density
Obesity - adult
prevalence rate

4.7% of GDP (2014)

0.7 physicians/1,000 population (2012)
0.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)
4.7% (2014)