HIV/AIDS in Pakistan.

Pakistan is an Islamic Republic in South-Central Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea (30 00 N, 70 00 E). It is situated between HIV/AIDS high risk countries, India on the east, China in the north, and Afghanistan on the west. Its only low risk neighbor is Iran. The estimated population of Pakistan is 162,419,946, with an annual population growth rate of 2.03% (July 2005). The population is young, the median age being 19.44 years in males and 19.74 years in females. The age structure is a typical developing country pyramid with the 0-14 years constituting 39.6% of the population (male 33,104,311/female 31,244,297); the 15-64 years group forming the bulk i.e. 56.3% (male 46,759,333/female 44,685,828) and the 65+ years comprising 4.1% (male 3,189,122/ female 3,437,055) of the population. Muslims comprise 97% of the population with the Christians, Hindus, and other religions comprising 3% of the population.1,2