Middle East & North Africa
A life that begins in Pakistan
One in every 19 babies in the world is born here: about 6,996,078 a year, 13 a minute.
- Population
- 255,219,554
- Births a year
- 6,996,078
- Life expectancy
- 67.9
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 56
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
70.3
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
65.5
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
48.2
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
56
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
155
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.2
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
18
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
0.08
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
13
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
4.3
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
3.55
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
18
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
68
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
48
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
11
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
13
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$5,617
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
34
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
23
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
5.4
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
36
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
24
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
53
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
40
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
96
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
91
World: 91
Internet users (%)
57
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
4.87
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.69
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.04
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 44 → 2026: 67.6 → 2050: 71.4
World
1960: 253 → 2026: 54 → 2050: 27
World
1960: 6.8 → 2026: 3.5 → 2050: 2.6
World
1960: 22 → 2026: 40 → 2050: 47
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Pakistan comes up about once in every 19 lives.
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Other countries in Middle East & North Africa
All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.