New Estimates and Projections of Population Growth in Pakistan

Bibliographic Data

ID4122066
AuthorsGriffith Feeney (0000-0001-8348-2786, National Institute for Demographic Studies), Iqbal Alam (United Nations)
Year2003
Volume29
Issue3
Pages483-492
Publication date2003-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation and Development Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1728-4457.2003.00483.x
OpenAlexW2049989151
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited2

Pakistan's population growth rate rose steadily from about 2.6 percent per annum in the early 1960s to a high of about 3.5 percent during the late 1980s. Since then it has declined to an estimated 2.1 percent for 2003. Growth rates calculated from the population censuses, which show a very different picture, are distorted by differential accuracy of enumeration. During the period of rising growth rates, fertility was constant at just under 7 children per woman while life expectancy at birth rose by nearly 20 years. Fertility decline began in the late 1980s, bringing the population growth rate down with it. Remarkably, there appears to have been little change in life expectancy over the past 15 years

Birth rate · Family planning · Fertility · Geography · Life expectancy · Population · Population growth · Projections of population growth · Research methodology · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health

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