OFFICIAL NAME: Islamic Republic of Pakistan

DATE OF FORMATION: 1947

POPULATION: 157 million

DENSITY: 528 people per square mile

LANGUAGES: Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtu, Urdu, Baluchi, Brahui

RELIGIONS: Sunni Muslim 77%, Shi'a Muslim 20%, Hindu 2%, Christian 1%

ETHNIC MIX: Punjabi 56%, Pathan (Pashtun) 15%, Sindhi 14%, Mohajir 7%, Other 4%, Baluchi 4%

GOVERNMENT: Multiparty elections

CURRENCY: Pakistani rupee