Hibernation

2011-05-06T00:32:00.000+05:00

A thousand apologies for falling off the face of the Earth. We're down but not out.

Until the rest of the team comes out of hibernation and we solve the identity crisis for this space, my personal blog is here: http://gattuss.blogspot.com

Thank you so much for the support and feedback.

100 Pakistanis: Summary 1.0

2009-08-14T02:31:00.016+06:00

On our 62nd Independence Day, here's the first data related post in this series. We're starting off with summary stats that can be easily emailed and we hope to build this into a more detailed version with the help of our small group of supporters.

InshaAllah, some of the next steps include converting this into a slideshow and then ultimately into an infographic video.

We'd love to hear your suggestions on what sort of data to add and how to improve and spread the message. Improving the accuracy of the data will also be an ongoing process.

Here you go:

If Pakistan were a 100 people...

Each person would symbolize 1.73 million people.
That's almost twice the population of Islamabad!

49 would be women and girls
51 would be men and boys

38 would be children under 15
58 would be adults between 15-60 years and
4 would be 60 and older

The median age would be just 21 years!

Average life expectancy would be 64 years

36 would be living in cities
59 would live in villages
4 would be settled outside Pakistan
1 would be a refugee from Afghanistan

54 would be in Punjab
22 would be in Sindh
15 would be in NWFP & FATA
5 would be in Balochistan
2 would be in Azad Kashmir
1 would be in the Northern Areas

As their first language,
44 would speak Punjabi
15 would speak Pashto
14 would speak Sindhi
10 would speak Saraiki
8 would speak Urdu
4 would speak Balochi

10 would speak English as a second language

96 would be Muslims
4 would be Christians, Hindus and from other religions

Overall, only half the population would be literate:
18 girls and women would be able to read and write; 31 would not
29 boys and men would be able to read and write; 22 would not

76 would be living under $2 a day i.e. Rs. 160 per day
Out of these, 17 will survive on just $1 a day i.e. Rs. 80 per day

3 would be addicted to drugs like Heroin, Hashish and Cannabis.

90 would have access to safe drinking water; 10 would not
58 people would have proper sanitation; 42 would not

30 would have access to vehicles like cars and motorbikes in their homes and
85 would have easy access to an all season road

75 would have access to electricity;25 would be living in darkness
Only 20 would have gas in their homes

50 would own a mobile phone
3 would have access to a fixed line phone
50 would have access to a TV set
96 would have access to a radio set

Only 12 would have internet access!

After one year, 2 people will be added to the population.
That’s 4 new cities the size of Islamabad!

REFERENCES / NOTES / CORRECTIONS:

IMPORTANT NOTE: We’ve had to average most of the percentages since there is a range of figures quoted by different sources such as the GoP, UN, CIA etc. Our aim is to simply give a broad but realistic idea of the issues at hand.

POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS:
http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/
http://www.prb.org/pdf09/09wpds_eng.pdf
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html
http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/demographic_indicators98/demographic_indicators.html
http://www.pap.org.pk/statistics/population.htm#fig1.4

LITERACY:
http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/other_tables/literacy_ratio.pdf
http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDI_2008_EN_Tables.pdf

(Correction: The percentages have been updated relative to the gender breakdown)

POVERTY:
http://www.undp.org.pk/goal-1.html
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/WDI08supplement1216.pdf
(Correction: The figure for those living on $1 a day has been updated)

DRUGS:
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=184979
http://islamabad.metblogs.com/2006/06/28/pakistan-has-highest-number-of-drug-addicts-director-anf/

WATER AND SANITATION:
http://www.wssinfo.org/pdf/country/PAK_wat.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Pakistan#cite_note-JMP-0
http://www.worldwater.org/data20062007/Table3.pdf

TRANSPORTATION
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT/EXTSARREGTOPTRANSPORT/0,,contentMDK:20694261~pagePK:34004173~piPK:34003707~theSitePK:579598,00.html
(Correction: The figure for access to an all season road has been added to clarify "access vs ownership")

UTILITIES
http://earthtrends.wri.org/searchable_db/results.php?years=2000-2000&variable_ID=1379&theme=6&cID=140&ccID=
http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:P4vJY2tDhX0J:www.pakistan.gov.pk/ministries/planninganddevelopment-ministry/prsentations/revised%2520SPEECH_IAEA.doc+how+many+people+have+access+to+natural+gas+in+pakistan&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pk

TELECOMMUNICATIONS / MEDIA
http://www.pta.gov.pk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=649&Itemid=602
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html
http://www.gallup.com.pk/News/Media%20Cyberletter%20June%2009%20(2nd%20version).pdf
http://www.radio.gov.pk/ncac.htm

(NOTE: Exact figures on ownership of TV and Radio sets are not available)

Bismillah and Acknowledgements

2009-07-26T23:40:00.001+06:00

Bismillah Ar-Rehman Ar-Rahim.
In the name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful.

I'm sure most of us have received the email about "What if the World Were 100 People!" or seen some related Powerpoint presentation or document. My effort is nothing original, it's just a modest localised attempt at presenting the same questions with Pakistani 'answers'.
I take direct inspiration from these two sites and several other similar projects. Please do visit these links. They are definitely worth the time and offer much more than my blog ever will.

www.100people.org
www.miniature-earth.com

100Pakistanis

Hibernation

100 Pakistanis: Summary 1.0

Bismillah and Acknowledgements