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Pakistan in 5 numbers: people, income, life expectancy
Each one ranked among every country
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Source: World Bank (2025 data) · November 2026
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How to read this chart: Each figure is the World Bank's latest year for that country (the year is on the card), and its rank counts only the countries that reported that year, so the totals differ. The bar under a card runs from the lowest country to the highest, with the world figure marked. Income uses a log scale, because the richest country has hundreds of times the income of the poorest. More on country profile charts.
The data
The numbers
| # | Figure | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| People | 255,219,554 | 2025 · #5 of 217 countries | |
| Land area | 770,880 km² | 2024 · #35 of 214 countries | |
| Income per person | $1,596 | 2025 · #159 of 186 countries | |
| Life expectancy | 67.8 years | 2024 · #169 of 217 countries | |
| Use the internet | 57.3% | 2024 · #140 of 182 countries |
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Read straight from World Bank. These numbers were pulled from the publisher’s own data service on Nov 2, 2026, not retyped.
How we counted (an estimate)
How we counted: each figure is from the latest year enough countries have reported to rank Pakistan against all of them (the year is on screen), and its rank counts only the countries that reported that year. A newer figure may already exist for a few countries. The people, income per person and life expectancy figures are estimates the World Bank compiles from the UN and other agencies, not a count.
20 figures checked: 19 found at the source, 1 worked out from them
- Population 255,219,554 (2025), '255 million' in hook/intro/bodyAt the source
- Population rank 5th of 217At the source
- World population 8,215,424,893 (2025)At the source
- Land area 770,880 km² (2024)At the source
- Land area rank 35th of 214At the source
- World land 129,763,686 km² (2023)At the source
- GDP per person $1,596 (2025)At the source
- GDP per person rank 159th of 186At the source
- World GDP per person $14,406At the source
- 'About a tenth of the world average'Worked out
- Life expectancy 67.8 years (2024), spoken as 68At the source
- Life expectancy rank 169th of 217At the source
- World life expectancy 73.5; Pakistan belowAt the source
- Internet users 57.3% (2024), spoken as 57 percentAt the source
- Internet rank 140th of 182At the source
- World internet use 71.2% (2024)At the source
- Chart range income $234 to $147,252At the source
- Chart range life expectancy 54.6 to 86.5At the source
- Chart range internet 8.6% to 100%At the source
- 'As of November 2026'; asOf November 2026; volatile trueAt the source
Every figure was checked against its source on November 2, 2026.
- World BankPrimary source · read by APIPopulation, total, Pakistan 2025: 255219554 (#5 of 217 countries; World 8215424893)
Population, total
data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=PK - World BankPrimary source · read by APILand area (sq. km), Pakistan 2024: 770880 (#35 of 214 countries; World 129763686)
Land area (sq. km)
data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.TOTL.K2?locations=PK - World BankPrimary source · read by APIGDP per capita (current US$), Pakistan 2025: 1596 (#159 of 186 countries; World 14406)
GDP per capita (current US$)
data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations=PK - World BankPrimary source · read by APILife expectancy at birth, total (years), Pakistan 2024: 67.8 (#169 of 217 countries; World 73.5)
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN?locations=PK - World BankPrimary source · read by APIIndividuals using the Internet (% of population), Pakistan 2024: 57.3 (#140 of 182 countries; World 71.2)
Individuals using the Internet (% of population)
data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=PK
- Credit
- The World Bank: Population, total; Land area (sq. km); GDP per capita (current US$); Life expectancy at birth, total (years); Individuals using the Internet (% of population): World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
- Music
- “squirrel hunter” by septahelix (CC BY 3.0), edited for length. All music credits
- Period
- As of November 2026. Figures like these change over time; see the accuracy and disclaimer.
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Source: World Bank (2025 data). As of November 2026.
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What the numbers show
Pakistan is home to 255,219,554 people, according to the World Bank's figure for 2025. That makes it the 5th most populous of the 217 countries in the World Bank's data, out of about 8.22 billion people worldwide. This clip looks at Pakistan through five World Bank indicators, each ranked against every country that reported a figure for the same year.
The country's land covers 770,880 square kilometres, the figure for 2024. The World Bank counts land only, leaving out lakes and rivers, and ranks Pakistan 35th of 214 countries. The world's land adds up to 129,763,686 square kilometres, so Pakistan holds only a small part of it. Its people rank much higher than its land, 5th against 35th.
Income per person, measured as gross domestic product per person in current US dollars, was 1,596 dollars in 2025. That places Pakistan 159th of the 186 countries with a 2025 figure, against a world figure of 14,406 dollars. Pakistan's figure is far below the world figure. GDP per person is an average. It divides the whole economy by the whole population and says nothing about how income is shared.
Life expectancy at birth was 67.8 years in 2024: how long a newborn would live if the death rates of that year held for its whole life. The world figure is 73.5 years, so Pakistan is below it and ranks 169th of 217 countries. Population is the highest place Pakistan takes on this list, and the number the clip ends on.
The internet figure counts people who used the internet in the last three months. In Pakistan that was 57.3 percent in 2024, against a world figure of 71.2 percent, which puts the country 140th of the 182 countries with data for that year. A country can sit near the top of one list and far down another, which is why the clip shows five numbers rather than one.
How we counted: each figure is from the latest year enough countries have reported to rank Pakistan against all of them, read from the World Bank's open data API in November 2026. Each rank counts only the countries that reported a value for that same year, which is why the totals differ from one number to the next. The population, income and life expectancy figures are estimates that the World Bank compiles from national and international agencies, not a head count. All data: World Bank, World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Transcript
255 million people. Here is Pakistan in 5 numbers, as of November 2026.
Pakistan is home to 255 million people, the 5th most of any country. Its land covers 770,880 square kilometres, the 35th biggest. In 2025, income per person was 1,596 dollars, about a tenth of the world average. A baby born in 2024 could expect to live 68 years, below the world average. And in 2024, 57 percent of people used the internet. Five numbers, one country of 255 million people.
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Source & method
- SourceFigures from World Bank (2025 data).
- PeriodAs of November 2026. Figures like these change over time; see the accuracy and disclaimer.
- ChartRendered as a country profile chart.
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