Pakistan: Population Overview
- Pakistan: Total Population: 241.5 Million
- Global Ranking: 5th Most Populous Country
- Maternal & Child Health
- Maternal Mortality: About 11,000 women die each year during pregnancy or childbirth.
- Child Mortality Rate: Out of every live births,62 children die before they reach one year old.
- School Attendance: One out of three students aged between five to sixteen years old do not go to school.
Water Scarcity
- Global Ranking: Amongst the top three countries experiencing severe water scarcity worldwide including Pakistan.
Future Needs
- Housing: By 2040, Pakistan will require 15.5 million new houses.
- Employment Opportunities Available By 2040: 104 million jobs will be created within this period.
Malnutrition
Affected Children:18%of children are malnourished.
Provincial Population Statistics
- Punjab:127.7million
- Sindh:55.69million
- Balochistan :14 .9 million
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa :49 million
Implications Of Census Data For Different Sectors Of Society
Health Sector
Because maternal mortality rates and infant death rates are high, there is an urgent need for improvement in healthcare particularly maternal health services and child wellness schemes which can only be achieved through strengthening health infrastructure while improving access to quality hospitals together with enhancing public knowledge on hygiene issues among other things related to community welfare programs targeting vulnerable groups such as pregnant mothers living below poverty line etc..
Education Sector
We urgently need to invest in education because a third of children are not attending school. We must develop strategies to increase school enrollment and improve the quality of education. This will encourage all families to send their children to school, regardless of gender or socio-economic background. Every child deserves equal opportunities, no matter where they come from. We need to create a supportive learning environment in both urban and rural areas, aiming to meet global standards set by developed countries like the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Although we have made some progress, more work is needed to ensure every child receives a good education.
Water Resources
Due to the extreme shortage of water in Pakistan, immediate action needs to be taken to conserve it use efficiently develop sustainable sources term planning is required to deal with the challenges of availability growing population increasingly becoming larger and more diverse over time especially considering climate change impacts are already being felt in many parts of region adversely supply streams rivers lakes wetlands aquifers recharge zones, etc.
Economic Development Housing
Robust economic planning development needed to meet future demands of housing jobs highlighted policies focusing on creation skills and development of housing projects necessary to achieve these ends.
Critical insights into demographic socio-economic challenges facing Pakistan provided by the census conducted last year should inform comprehensive approaches to coordinate efforts in different sectors of health care education water management economic development encompassing all aspects of life and society enabling to us build a better tomorrow our children and grandchildren generations come thereafter forevermore who will inherit this earth after us when we’re gone beyond recognition due irreparable damage caused climate change biodiversity loss pollution depletion resources conflict wars etc.
