Muslim 95% (Sunni 75%, Shia 20%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 5%
Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
Languages
Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Siraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, 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%
French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Exports
textiles (garments, bed linen, cotton cloth, yarn), rice, leather goods, sports goods, chemicals, manufactures, carpets and rugs
crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001)
External Debt
$55,980,000,000 $
$2,758,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Pakistani rupees (PKR) per US dollar - 70.64 (2008 est.), 60.6295 (2007), 60.35 (2006), 59.515 (2005), 58.258 (2004)
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 441.72 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
3.100%
1.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north
Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea
Area
796,095 km sq
267,667 km sq
Coastline
1,046 km
885 km
Climate
mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north
