Pakistan has diverse physical features that include mountain ranges such as the Himalayas, Karakoram, Hindu Kush, and Sulaiman ranges, as well as plateaus and plains. Major rivers include the Indus River and its tributaries. Coastal areas along the Arabian Sea include the Indus River Delta. Pakistan has a population of over 204 million people, with high population growth and nearly 40% living in urban areas concentrated in cities like Karachi. The population is young, with over 30% under age 15.

1. Physical Features of Pakistan

2. Map: ItsTypes
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10. Physical Features
of
Pakistan

13.  Length of Himalaya-2430 km
 It has four ranges from India to
Pakistan
1. Sub-Himalaya/Shiwalik Hills
2. Lesser Himalaya/Pir Panjal Range
3. Great Himalaya
4. Interior Himalaya/Ladakh range
Himalaya

14.  Location: North
Kashmir and G.B
 North West of
Himalaya
 AvH: 7000 metres
 Highest Point K2:
8611 metre
 Siachin, Silk Route
and K2 highway
located in Karakoram
Mountains
 It Connects with
China
Karakoram

15.  Starts from
Western side of
Pamir Plateau
 Located in West of
Karakoram
 Greater of part of
this range is
situated in
Afghanistan
 Tirich Mir is highest
peak: 7690
Hindu Kush

16.  b/w Khyber and
Kurram Pass
 Much part is in
Pakistan
 Less Part is in
Afghanistan
 AvH: 3600 metres
 In the south of
Koh-i-Safed is
River Kurram
Koh-e-Safed

17.  Area b/w Gomal Pass and Kurram Pass
is called Waziristan Hills
 AvH: 1500-3000 metres
 Tochi, Gomal, and Kurram Rivers Pass
these Hills
 Tochi Pass leads to Ghazni
 Gomal Pass is famous for trade b/w
Pak-Afghanistan
 The Cantonment of Dis Ismail Khan and
Bannu are located is these hills.
Waziristan Hills

18.  Begins in South of
River Gomal
 Heighest Peak is
Takht-e-Sulaiman:
3487 metres
 Bolan Pass connects
Quetta with Sibi
 Quetta cantonment
situated at the end of
Bolan Pass
 A railway line passes
through this area and
move from Quetta and
Zahidan
Sulaiman Range

19.  Khirthar range is located in
South of Sulaiman range
 On the south of Khirthar range
is Hub and Liyari river
 Heighest Point is Gorakh
Khirthar Range

20. Plateaus

21.  B/w Indus and
Jehlum Located
 Starts at Tilla
Jogian
 District of
Jelhum,
Mianwali,
Rawalpindi,
Islamabad
 Height 300 to
600
 Main Rivers are
Soan and Haro
 Oil and Other
mineral are
found in this area
Potwar Plateau

22.  Salt range starts from
Tila Jogian
 Spread to Mianwali,
Banu, and D.I. Khan
 Sakessar is highest
point: 1500 metres
 gypsum, coal, and salt
are found in this area.
Salt Range

23. Baluchistan Plateau
 Located in West of
Khithar range and
Suleman range
 Height 650 metres
 Toba Kakar and
Chagai separates it
from Afghanistan
 Ziarat and Muslim
Bagh are highest
points
 Cover 40% of
Pakistan
 Rich in minerals
 Main river is Zhob

24. Plains

26. Upper Indus
 Water of Jhelum,
Chenab, and Ravi flow
into Indus near
Mithan Kot
 Part of Indus Plain
above Mithan Kot is
called upper Indus
 Height is 200 to 300
metres.

27.  Area South of
Mithankot is
called Lower
Indus
 Rainfall is low in
this region

28.  It became slow and
form Delta near
Thatta
 Divide into many
tributaries
 Sea tide have
changed the coastal
Areas to 40 km into
marshy land
 Coconut and
mangrove are found
in this area

29. Deserts of Pakistan

30.  Located in Mianwali,
Muzaffargarh, D.G Khan
 Irrigated by Indus
Canal
Thal

31. Cholistan
 60% of
Bahawalpur
 in the South of
East of
Bahawalpur
 Main portion is
located in India
 Covered with
Sand dune,
cluster of
thorny bushes

32. Thar and Nara
 Located in Khairpur
 South Easter part of
Tharparkar, Umerkot and
Sanghar in Sindh
 Its extension is Rajasthan
Desert
 Poor agriculture facilities

33. Chagai, Kharan Desert
 Located in North
west of Chagai and
Kharan district
 Average rainfall is
not more than 25 m
 Population density
is 4 per/km

34. Coastal/Port
Facilities

35. Demographic
of
Pakistan

36. Population 204,924,861 (July 2017 est.)
note: provisional results of Pakistan's 2017 national
census estimate the country's total population to be
207,774,000
Age structure 0-14 years: 31.36% (male 33,005,623/female 31,265,463)
15-24 years: 21.14% (male 22,337,897/female 20,980,455)
25-54 years: 37.45% (male 39,846,417/female 36,907,683)
55-64 years: 5.57% (male 5,739,817/female 5,669,495)
65 years and over: 4.48% (male 4,261,917/female 4,910,094)
(2017 est.)
Dependency ratios Total dependency ratio: 65.3
youth dependency ratio: 57.9
elderly dependency ratio: 7.4
potential support ratio: 13.5 (2015 est.)
Median age Total: 23.8 years
male: 23.7 years
female: 23.8 years (2017 est.)
Population growth rate 1.43% (2017 est.)
Birth rate 21.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Death rate 6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Net migration rate -1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Urbanization Urban population: 39.7% of total population (2017)
rate of urbanization: 2.77% annual rate of change (2015-20
est.)
Major cities - population Karachi 16.618 million; Lahore 8.741 million; Faisalabad 3.567
million; Rawalpindi 2.506 million; Multan 1.921 million;

37. Gender ratio at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth 23.4 years
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012/13 est.)
Infant mortality rate Total: 52.1 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 55.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 48.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2017 est.)
Life expectancy at birth Total population: 68.1 years
male: 66.1 years
female: 70.1 years (2017 est.)
Total fertility rate 2.62 children born/woman (2017 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate 35.4% (2012/13)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.1% (2016 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 130,000 (2016 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths 5,500 (2016 est.)
Drinking water source Improved:
urban: 93.9% of population
rural: 89.9% of population
total: 91.4% of population
unimproved:
urban: 6.1% of population
rural: 10.1% of population
total: 8.6% of population (2015 est.)

38. Sanitation facility access Improved:
urban: 83.1% of population
rural: 51.1% of population
total: 63.5% of population
unimproved:
urban: 16.9% of population
rural: 48.9% of population
total: 36.5% of population (2015 est.)
Major infectious diseases degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid
fever
vector borne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
animal contact disease: rabies (2016)
Nationality noun: Pakistani(s)
adjective: Pakistani
Ethnic groups Punjabi 44.7%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.4%, Sindhi 14.1%, Sariaki 8.4%,
Muhajirs 7.6%, Balochi 3.6%, other 6.3%
Religions Muslim (official) 96.4% (Sunni 85-90%, Shia 10-15%), other (includes
Christian and Hindu) 3.6% (2010 est.)
Languages Punjabi 48%, Sindhi 12%, Saraiki (a Punjabi variant) 10%, Pashto (alternate
name, Pashtu) 8%, Urdu (official) 8%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2%, Brahui 1%,
English (official; lingua franca of Pakistani elite and most government
ministries), Burushaski, and other 8%
Literacy Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.9%
male: 69.5%
female: 45.8% (2015 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) total: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 7 years (2015)

39. Education expenditures 2.7% of GDP (2015)
Maternal mortality rate 178 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 31.6% (2012)
Health expenditures 2.6% of GDP (2014)
Physicians density 0.81 physicians/1,000 population (2014)
Hospital bed density 0.6 beds/1,000 population (2012)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 8.6% (2016)