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Pakistan
is the world's seventh most populous country with an estimated
140 million inhabitants, of which 70% live in rural areas. The
population growth rate is 2.4 % (doubling time 30years). 61% of
the population is illiterate. Social indicators show a life expectancy
of 63 years and the infant mortality rate stands 86 per 1000.
Maternal motility is 5 per 1000, 25 % of the newborn babies have
low birth weight. 62% of children under 5 suffer from malnutrition. |
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