GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)

(Estimated 2011): $204.1 billion (US$) or (GBP)

GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)

 

GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States) 

 (Estimated 2011): $488 billion (US$) or (GBP)

GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $2,800 (US$) or (GBP)

 

Capital: Islamabad

Population (Estimated July 2012): 190,291,129

Area: 796,096km² or 307,374mi²

Currency: Pakistani Rupee (PKR)

Official Language: Urdu and English (but 48% of the population speak Punjabi the most spoken language in Pakistan)

Political Information: Federal Presidential, Parliamentary Republic

Official Religion: Islam
(approximately 95% of the population are Muslim and 5% are Christian or Hindu).

Highest Mountain: K2 at 8,611m or 28,251ft (worlds 2^nd highest)

Largest River:

Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +5:00

Wildlife:

 

 

Counties/Provinces/States: 4 provinces, 1 territory*, and 1 capital territory**; Balochistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas*, Islamabad Capital Territory**, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-West Frontier Province), Punjab, Sindh

 

Leaders: President Asif Ali Zardari; Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.

 

Additional: Gained independence from British India on the 14^th of August 1947.

 

Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.