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Between 1974-1975 only 1.3 million women were in the labor force compared to 17.9 million men but in 2012-2013 there were 13.3 million women in the labor force in comparison to 45.7 million men. [28] However, Pakistan still ranks low in terms of gender equality in the labor force globally.
As of 6 May 2023, a total of 241,831,019 people have been counted all over Pakistan, or 28.6 million more than during the 2017 Census. [49] As of 12 May 2023, a total of 238,659,411 people had been counted (a number that includes Islamabad Capital Territory , but excludes Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir ).
The country's urban population more than tripled between 1981 and 2017 (from 23.8 million to 75.7 million), as Pakistan's urbanisation rate rose from 28.2% to 36.4%. Even with this, the nation's urbanisation rate remains one of the lowest in the world , and in 2017, over 130 million Pakistanis (making up nearly 65% of the population) lived in ...
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At over 2000 dowry-related deaths per year, and annual rates exceeding 2.45 deaths per 100,000 women from dowry-related violence, Pakistan has the highest reported number of dowry death rates per 100,000 women in the world.
It didn't reached that level again till 1931. According to the 1998 census, Lahore's population was 6,318,745. Mid-2006 government estimates put the population at somewhere around 10 million, which makes it the second largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi. [3] It is considered to be one of the 30 largest cities of the world.
Women's Parliamentary Caucus (WPC) is a non-partisan informal forum for women parliamentarians of Pakistan. It was established on 21 November 2008 through a unanimous resolution passed by the Women Parliamentarians beyond party lines. [60] Former Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan Dr. Fehmida Mirza is the patron in-chief of the caucus. [61] Dr.
A Pakistan's girl school attainment increases by one-third to one-half more per one year of the formal mother's education. [32] Approximately half of the population in Pakistan are women; a country would not be able to advance if half of its citizens are limited to higher education. [32]