Demographics | MCQs

Explanation

2023 national census (released on 5 August 2023)

Growth rate: 2.55 per cent

Total Pakistan population: 241.49 million

Punjab: 127.68 million

Punjab growth rate: 2.53 percent

Sindh population: 55.69 million

Sindh growth rate: 2.57 percent

Balochistan population: 14.89 million

Balochistan growth rate: 3.2 percent (highest of all)

KPK population: 40.85 million

KPK growth rate: 2.38 percent

Islamabad population: 2.36 million

Islamabad growth rate: 2.81 percent

Pakistan rural population: 61.18 percent

Pakistan Urban population: 38.82 percent

33 million population increased between 2017 and 2023 

110 million population increased between 1998 and 2023 

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Explanation

"Junior" is an adjective that describes someone as being younger or of lower status.

When using "junior" in a comparison, you use "to" instead of "than".

"By" is used to indicate the age difference (e.g., by four years). 

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 Punjabis continue to be the largest ethnic group in Pakistan, accounting for half of the country's population.

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 In 2010, the estimated population of Pakistan was approximately 173.51 

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• Person means شخص
• Persons means افراد
• People means لوگ
• Peoples means عوام

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 District has highest population in Jammu and Kashmir

District Population

Jammu 1,529,958

Srinagar 1,236,829

Anantnag 1,078,692

Baramula 1,008,039