Pakistan’s population up by 46.9 per cent since 1998

[Abu Zolfiqar]

never really get the point why people go for 4 now days.

But the urban population is now getting aware, but the rural areas are still a sort of a problem.

2 children should be the preferred number, 3 the max.

times have changed -- in some ways for the better, in the sense that infant mortality rates are down. Mothers in 1950/60s used to have so many kids knowing 2 or 3 would die.

urban areas are becoming aware, ive heard that numbers are decreasing....but of course rural areas still face this problem. Especially in the Punjab.


the problem also is the mindset...some are chauvinistic..like that someone who would give birth to 2 girls, he or she'll not accept anything until they gets a boy.


in the old days and even today, children were viewed almost like investments....raise them feed them, they'll be the future breadwinners.....sometimes ''future'' means when they are 12.


we need to emphasize having less children, but investing MORE in those children. Investing means quality education. So many jahhil people who think its okay to have 7 children and then they cant even provide for all of them.

 

[Nothing]

More increase in rural population more support in future for jahil political parties .. we have same issue in UP, Bihar and some other states ...

 

[alphamale]

some jahils in whole subcontinent only know to give birth to children, they don't feel that there are responsibilities attached to it like giving proper education, better future & other basic facilities. these kind of ppl not only ruin the future of their children but also of their country.

 

[Nothing]

some jahils in whole subcontinent only know to give birth to children, they don't feel that there are responsibilities attached to it like giving proper education, better future & other basic facilities. these kind of ppl not only ruin the future of their children but also of their country.

As Abu Zolfiqar told they treat them as bread winner from age 12.. so more you have more money you can earn ..
Even at some places they feel more children in family more powerful you are ... that lead to farm land division and now many ppl hv such a small land that they lost interest in farming .. and that lead them to urban centers ... another side effect

 

[divya]

Kama Sutra: Sacred Hindu art of *******. At least our religion doesn't teach us this.
Now don't bring your hatred for Muslims into this thread.

and u were not born out of this? ok right yeah science has advanced test tube babies u know... i totally understand.

 

[Meengla]

An oldie likes me remember ZAB's 'Socialism' of the 70's. We had to study 'Social Studies' as a dedicated course. Then there were these govt. sponsored tv commercials: 'Aik do bacchey, khush hal gharana; aik do bacchey, lakhon khushian' (One or two kids, the household is prosperous. One or two kids, millions of joys). There was a focus on family planning right from the top. All that ended when the mullah/Taliban Zia ul Haq toppled Bhutto in 1977.
A mullah like Zia does not need to have a beard. It's his mentality which is corrosive to a nation and its people.

While I don't think 46% growth happened in a mere 14 years of time frame I think Pakistanis are just plain over reproducing. That needs to be cut down. Impose a China-like solution if we must. Or at least educate them (and remove some religious dogmas in their brain, while at that) and send them off to Russia! They (the Russians) need people.

PS. Not a week goes by when I speak with my relatives in Karachi who tell tales of people in financial misery. Often then have multiple kids. I sometimes hang up in rage.

 

[cloud_9]

^^^^^Doesn't PTV broadcast these social massage on Family planning and other things

 

[Hello_10]

Field Marshall Ayub Khan once said that if we dont solve the issue of population growth, things will get to a point where Pakistanis will begin eating eachother.


symbolically speaking, he wasnt too far off the mark.


it's not too late to raise awareness and enact reforms to control the population growth....every country has a ''carrying capacity'' -- and in our case rising pop. growth with minimal GDP growth to offset it is a recipe for disaster.


all we need to do is enact a 1 or 2 child policy the way the Chinese did.......but then the problem is the religious groups who then cry foul

Sir, this is interesting to see that total number of Pakistan’s middle class stand at around 35mil right now, and Indian middle class is estimated at around 350mil, similar in per capita income on PPP of Poland/ Argentina/ Malaysia type ‘very high HDI’ countries. But if they are still ranked among the poor countries then its only because of their overpopulation, as, at the time of freedom, population of West Pakistan and India was 34mil and 341mil respectively? Just imagine, if we could keep population of India and Pakistan to at least 600mil and 60mil respectively, they would be ranked with the countries like Poland, Argentina, Malaysia, South Africa etc right now? What is meaning of overpopulation if you can’t give them good life? Why does anyone want a kid if he can’t educate him/ her properly to make a valuable contribution in national progress? Just because of over population, government of India and Pakistan doesn’t provide enough support to newly born kids, then aren’t the parents themselves responsible for the bad upbringing of their kids? In place of having 1-2 kids and educating them enough to make them a proud civilian, how having 5-6 kids is justified if half of them may become criminals without proper care and a shame for the society?

 

[Pakistanisage]

Population shoots up by 47 percent since 1998 - thenews.com.pk


Population shoots up by 47 percent since 1998


LAHORE: Balochistan witnessed the highest and the Punjab the lowest increase in population from 1998 to 2011, with the country's overall population shooting up to an alarming 46.9 percent.

Households witnessed an increase of 50.4 percent during the period, according to preliminary results of housing listing 2011.

As compared to the population of 130,857,717 in 1998, the overall population was recorded at 192,288,944 in 2011 all over Pakistan, excluding three districts of Balochistan (Khuzdar, Kech and Panjgur) Agency of Fata (South Waziristan) as well as Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) and Gilgit-Baltistan.

However, with the inclusion of population of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan, the population of the country would reach 197,361,691 in 2011 against 134,714,017 in 1998, showing an increase of 46.5 percent.

The highest increase in population was witnessed in Balochistan, followed by Sindh, Fata, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the federal capital while the Punjab province witnessed the lowest increase in population as compared to the other provinces.

In terms of percentage, the highest 139.3 percent increase in population was witnessed in Balochistan (from 5,501,164 to 13,162,222) followed by Sindh where the population increased by 81.5 percent (from 30,439,893 to 55,245,497).

Similarly, the population of Fata has increased by 62.1 percent (from 2,746,490 to 4,452,913), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by 51.6 percent (from 17,743,645 to 26,896,829), federal capital Islamabad by 43 percent (from 805,235 to 1,151,868) while the population of Punjab witnessed the lowest 24.1 percent increase (from 73,621,290 to 91,379,615).

The population of Azad Jammu and Kashmir witnessedan increase of just 1.54 percent from 2,972,501 in 1998 to 3,631,224 in 2001 whereas the population of Gilgit Baltistan increased by 63.1 percent from 883,799 to 1,441,523.

On the other hand, the number of households throughout the country increased from 18,934,880 in 1998 to 28,478,642 in 2011, showing an increase of 50.4 percent.

The highest increase of 109.2 percent in households was witnessed in Balochistan where the number of households increased from 760,633 to 1,609,995, followed by Sindh where the households increased from 4,997,134 to 9,191,907, showing an increase of 83.5 percent.

The number of households in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa increased by 45.8 percent (from 2,210,455 to 3,223,371), followed by the federal capital, Islamabad, where the number of households increased by 36.9 percent from (128,753 to 176,280).

Similarly, the number of households in the Punjab increased from 10,537,323 to 13,911,812 (32 percent) whereas in Fata the households increased from 291,582 to 365,277 (25.3%).

In the AJK, the number of households increased by 38.1 percent from 406,033 to 560,720 and in Gilgit Baltistan by 49.9 percent from 109,318 to 163,887.

As far as population proportion is concerned, 13.99 percent of the total population of the country has been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2011, 2.32 in Fata, 47.52 in the Punjab, 28.73 percent in Sindh, 6.85 percent in Balochistan and 0.60 percent in Islamabad.

According to the 1998 census, the population in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was 13.41 percent of the total population, 2.40 percent in Fata, 55.60 percent in the Punjab, 22.9 percent in Sindh, 4.9 percent in Balochistan and 0.6 percent in Islamabad, the data revealed.

According to data, average household size has decreased from 6.9 in 1998 to 6.8 in 2011.The average of household size decreased from 7.0 to 6.6 in the Punjab, from 6.1 to 6.0 in Sindh.

However, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it increased from 8.0 in 1998 to 8.3, in Fata from 9.4 to 12.2, in Balochistan from 7.1 to 8.2 whereas the average household size increased from 6.3 to 6.5 in capital Islamabad.

Population shoots up by 47 percent since 1998 - thenews.com.pk

Those estimated numbers don't seem right. Here are some other estimates:

World Development Indicators and Global Development Finance - Google Public Data Explorer


pakistan's population - Google Search

 

[somebozo]

so what is the problem?

 

[Edevelop]

Yo, according to CIA fact file, this July will bring Pakistan's population upto 190 Million. Whats the problem? NO WATER, NO ELECTRICITY, MORE DEMAND FOR RESOURCES, MORE POVERTY, SMALL COUNTRY, INFLATION UP BY 13%!!!!

 

[Karachiite]

Very sad news. No family planning whatsoever in this country. Just more people being born into poverty, crime etc. We don't have enough resources for 180 million people and we expect to hold more people in the future.

 

[mjnaushad]

Govt plan to decease it 50% is already in progress.....


Bomb blasts..
Honor killings
Mafia Violence
Political killing
Street crimes


And thats not all... God also send donation as Earthquakes and Floods.....




i am glad our families never talk about birth control because its not islamic... And why should we do brith control when we have so many other ways of decreasing population......

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

I've been advocating colonizing India, Iran and Afghanistan for years now. You could spread the population out that way.

 

[Edevelop]

Some ways to solve this issue:

1.) One child Policy
2.) The government should give condoms to men!
3.) Legalize Gay rights