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title: "Pakistan — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Pakistan: capital Islamabad, area 796,095 km², population 255,219,554 (2025), currency Pakistani rupee. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Pakistan

**Pakistan: Capital Islamabad**

796,095 km² · 255,219,554 people (2025) · Pakistani rupee

Five of the world's fourteen 8,000 m peaks stand in northern Pakistan, including K2 at 8,611 m. Outside the polar regions, this is the most heavily glaciated place on Earth: the Karakoram holds several glaciers over 50 km long, among them Siachen and Baltoro. The Indus runs about 3,200 km from Tibet to the Arabian Sea.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Islamabad
- **Largest city:** Karachi
- **Area:** 796,095 km² — 307,374 sq mi
- **Population:** 255,219,554 (2025)
- **Density:** 320.6 people per km²
- **Currency:** Pakistani rupee (PKR, ₨)
- **Official languages:** English, Urdu
- **Time zone:** UTC+05:00
- **Calling code:** +92
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** PK · PAK
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 36 of 200
- **By population:** 5 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Namibia | 824,292 | 3,092,816 |
| Mozambique | 799,380 | 35,631,653 |
| Pakistan ← | 796,095 | 255,219,554 |
| Turkey | 783,562 | 85,878,556 |
| Chile | 756,102 | 19,859,921 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Pakistan?

Islamabad

### What currency does Pakistan use?

The Pakistani rupee (PKR).

### How big is Pakistan?

796,095 km², or 307,374 square miles — 36 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Pakistan drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Namibia](https://atoneplace.net/country/namibia/)
- [Mozambique](https://atoneplace.net/country/mozambique/)
- [Turkey](https://atoneplace.net/country/turkey/)
- [Chile](https://atoneplace.net/country/chile/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)
- [Iran](https://atoneplace.net/country/iran/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]