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Pakistan vs United States
How Pakistan and United States compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, United States was higher: 79.3 years against 67.7 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, United States was higher: $67,950 against $1,669
- Population · In 2023, United States was higher: 344 million people against 248 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, United States was higher: 3.12% of GDP against 2.91% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, United States was higher: 13.62 tonnes against 0.81 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyPakistan: 67.7 years in 2023United States: 79.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024United States: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023United States: 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPakistan: 50.6% in 2022United States: 97.5% in 2022
- DepressionPakistan: 3.33% in 2017United States: 4.84% in 2017
- Suicide ratePakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017United States: 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPakistan: 248 million people in 2023United States: 344 million people in 2023
- Population growthPakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023United States: 0.58% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023United States: 1.62 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPakistan: 39.5% in 2025United States: 80.2% in 2025
- Median agePakistan: 20.3 years in 2023United States: 38 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPakistan: 4.2% in 2023United States: 17.4% in 2023
- Net migration ratePakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023United States: 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025United States: 3.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPakistan: $11.5B in 2025United States: $929B in 2025
- Military spending per personPakistan: $47 in 2025United States: $2,755 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025United States: 8.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPakistan: 943,000 people in 2020United States: 1.4 million people in 2020
- National powerPakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022United States: 12.36% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020United States: 0.84% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025United States: 745 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsPakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025United States: 14 billion TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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