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Pakistan

Pakistan's best placing is 5th of 195 for population.

Best placing: #5Population
Top 10 placings: 1 / 17
Population: 255.2 million
Land area: 770,880 km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Pakistan is.

Population

#5 of 195

255,219,554 people

4th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Population by area

#26 of 194

331.08 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways

#20 of 135

11,881 km of railway

5th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2021

Land area

#35 of 194

770,880 km² of land

8th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

GDP

#39 of 182

407,307,214,476 US$ (current prices)

15th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Airports

#45 of 193

117 airports

8th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways by area

#56 of 133

15.41 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2021

Forest

#82 of 194

36,019 km² of forest

20th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Coastline

#74 of 151

1,046 km of coastline

20th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Airports by area

#141 of 191

1.52 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways per person

#105 of 134

46.55 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2021

Rainfall

#144 of 179

494 mm of precipitation per year

27th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Forest by area

#165 of 194

4.7 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#155 of 182

1,596 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Land area per person

#169 of 194

0.003 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#177 of 194

0.0001 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#182 of 192

0.46 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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