Pakistan takes on India and China

[vivek]

Re: Pakistan takes on India and China

@Atlantis

I don’t think there is any intrinsic difference between people of Pakistan and India - therefore it should be entirely possible to emulate and even compete. First things first though. As long as it is a dictatorship forget about about serious foreign investment (if that is your holy grail). Sure they may sprinkle a few millions here and there to pease a 3rd drop politico but think - will any really great company betting its future by putting critical manufacture in Pakistan without knowing what will happen after one man leaves?

If on the othe hand, competing with India or China is all you want (as the quote says “These are encouraging statistics, but if Pakistan and its population of 150m is going to sit alongside India and China it must make sure it can sustain growth.”) then all you have to do is start having a lot of fun and make a lot of babies

This might be news for you all but Pak has a higher population growth rate and birth rate than India and definitely China

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pk.html#People

People  	   Pakistan  	

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Population:
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159,196,336 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 40.2% (male 32,919,441; female 31,058,929)
15-64 years: 55.8% (male 45,381,469; female 43,377,613)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 3,123,594; female 3,335,290) (2004 est.)
Median age:
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total: 19.4 years
male: 19.2 years
female: 19.5 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
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1.98% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
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31.22 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

ttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/in.html#People

People India
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Population:
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1,065,070,607 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 31.7% (male 173,869,856; female 164,003,915)
15-64 years: 63.5% (male 349,785,804; female 326,289,402)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male 25,885,725; female 25,235,905) (2004 est.)
Median age:
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total: 24.4 years
male: 24.4 years
female: 24.4 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
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1.44% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
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22.8 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)