Proud To Be a Pakistani

Pakistan had an estimated population of 172,800,000 as of July 2008,^[1] making it the world's sixth most-populous country, behind Brazil and ahead of Russia. By the year 2020, the country's population is expected to reach 208 million, owing to a relatively high growth rate.^[34] Population projections for Pakistan are relatively difficult, however, because of the apparent differences in the accuracy of each census and the inconsistencies between various surveys related to the fertility rate, but it is likely that the rate of growth peaked in the 1980s and has since declined significantly.^[35] The population was estimated at 162,400,000^[36] on 1 July 2005, with a fertility rate of 34 per thousand, a death rate of 10 per thousand, and the rate of natural increase at 2.4%. Pakistan also has a high infant mortality rate of 70 per thousand births.^[37]

Cities by population

Rank	City	Province	Population					view • talk • edit Karachi, Sindh Lahore, Punjab
1	Karachi	Sindh	12,461,423
2	Lahore	Punjab	6,747,238
6	Hyderabad	Sindh	3,496,163
3	Faisalabad	Punjab	2,708,944
4	Rawalpindi	Punjab	1,877,580
5	Multan	Punjab	1,528,075
7	Gujranwala	Punjab	1,484,172
8	Peshawar	North-West Frontier	1,344,967
9	Quetta	Balochistan	825,889
10	Islamabad	Islamabad Capital Territory	657,788