SOUTH AFRICAN
HIGH COMMISSION
ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN

COMPARATIVE FACTS AND FIGURES

 
 

Comparative facts and figures
Official name REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN
  
 
Capital Pretoria (administrative) Islamabad  
Bloemfontein (judicial)    
Cape Town (legislative)    
     
 
(Copyright: SATOUR)    
Area 1,219,900 square kilometres 796,095 square kilometres  
     
Population 44,000,000 (2000 estimate) 147,900,000 (2000 estimate)  
       
Urbanization 51% urban - 49% rural (1999) 40% urban - 60% rural (1999)  
       
Literacy rate 81.9% (male) - 81.7% (female) 58% (male) - 32.2 % (female) (1999)  
       
Languages 11 official languages. Most widely spoken are Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Pedi and English. Others: Sotho, Tswana, Swati, Venda, Tsonga, Ndebele. Urdu (official), English (official, commonly used by Pakistani elite and government ministries), Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Baluchi  
       
Ethnic divisions Black 77%, White 11%, Mixed 9%, Indian 2.5%

Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtun (Pathan), Baluch, Muhajir (immigrants from India and their descendants)

  
       
Religions Christian (68%), indigenous beliefs (28.5%) Muslim (2%), Hindu (1.5%) Sunni Muslim (80%), Shi'ite Muslim (16%), Christian, Hindu and other (4%)  
       
National Day 27 April (Freedom Day) 14 August (Independence Day)  
       
GDP US$ 112 billion(2000) US$66.25 billion (1999)  
     
GDP per capita US$ 3200 (1999) US$498 (1999)  
     
GDP by category Agriculture 5%, Industry 35%, Services 60% Agriculture 26%, Industry 25%, Services 50%  
National budget Total revenue US$ 27 billion (2000-01) Total revenue US$10 billion (1998-99)  
       
Natural resources Gold, diamonds, chromium, coal, platinum,iron ore, manganese, vanadium, antimony, vermiculite, limestone, asbestos, fluospar, lead, zink, uranium, copper, nikkel, tin, silver, phosphate, gypsum, mica, salt Extensive natural gas reserves, limited petrolium,low-grade coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone  
   

South African diamonds. (Copyright: SATOUR)

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Telephone lines 5.075 million 2.861 million  
Mobile phones 2 million 158,000  
 
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