Pakistan

  • President:Asif Ali Zardari
  • Prime Minister:Shehbaz Sharif
  • Capital city:Islamabad
  • Languages:Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Saraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashto (alternate name, Pashtu) 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%, English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government ministries), Burushaski, and other 8%
  • Government
  • National statistics office:No data
  • Population, persons:253,202,738 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:770,880
  • GDP per capita, US$:1,365 (2023)
  • GDP, billion current US$:337.9 (2023)
  • GINI index:29.6 (2018)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:108

All datasets: G
  • G
    • February 2025
      Source: Global Democracy Ranking
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 04 March, 2025
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      The average global index score stagnated in 2022. Despite expectations of a rebound after the lifting of pandemic-related restrictions, the score was almost unchanged, at 5.29 (on a 0-10 scale), compared with 5.28 in 2021. The positive effect of the restoration of individual freedoms was cancelled out by negative developments globally. The scores of more than half of the countries measured by the index either stagnated or declined. Western Europe was a positive outlier, being the only region whose score returned to pre-pandemic levels.