geography /Econ stats






796096 sq miles.square miles

Area - comparative: slightly less than twice the size of California

Natural resources: land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone

Natural hazards: frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August)

Land use: arable land: 24.44%
permanent crops: 0.84%
other: 74.72% (2005)

Pakistani rupees (PKR) per US dollar -
85.27 (2010)
81.71 (2009)
70.64 (2008)
60.6295 (2007)
60.35 (2006)



agriculture: 21.8%
industry: 23.6%
services: 54.6% (2010 est.)
$2,400 (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 179
$2,400 (2009 est.)
$2,400 (2008 est.)
note: data are in 2010 US dollars


$32.71 billion (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 56
$28.53 billion (2009 est.)
US 15.87%, UAE 12.35%, Afghanistan 8.48%, UK 4.7%, China 4.44% (2009)
148 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 37
total: 101
over 3,047 m: 15
2,438 to 3,047 m: 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 39
914 to 1,523 m: 18
under 914 m: 9 (2010)
total: 47
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 25 (2010)
20 (2010)
gas 10,402 km; oil 2,011 km; refined products 787 km (2009)
total: 7,791 km
country comparison to the world: 28
broad gauge: 7,479 km 1.676-m gauge (293 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 312 km 1.000-m gauge (2007)
total: 259,197 km
country comparison to the world: 20
paved: 172,827 km (includes 711 km of expressways)
unpaved: 86,370 km (2007)
330,466 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 57
20.431 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 20





24% (FY05/06 est.)
agriculture: 43%
industry: 20.3%
services: 36.6% (2005 est.)