Pakistan
Islamic Republic of Pakistan · پاكستان
Pakistan (PK, PAK) is a country in Southern Asia, with Islamabad as its capital. The currency is the Pakistani Rupee (PKR, PKR). The international dialling code is +92 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0301 2345678. The time zone is Asia/Karachi. Official languages: Urdu and English.
CurrencyPKRPKR
Dial code+92e.g. 0301 2345678
Time zoneKarachiUTC+05:00
LanguageUrdu+1 more
CapitalIslamabad
Population252.4M881.9K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Native name
- Pakistan · پاكستان
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- PK
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- PAK
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 586
- IOC code
- PAK
- Demonym
- Pakistani
- Capital
- Islamabad
- Region
- Asia › Southern Asia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Southern Asia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .pk
- Coordinates
- 30, 70
- Area
- 881,912 km²
- Population
- 252,364,000
- GDP
- $1.3T ($5.3K per person)
- Literacy
- 54.9%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Pakistani Rupee PKR
- Symbol
- PKR narrow Rs
- Minor units
- None (0 decimals)
- Example
- Rs 1,235
Former currencies: INR
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urdu ur | Official | 95% (239.7M) | |
| English en | Official | 50% (126.2M) | |
| Punjabi (Arabic) pa-Arab | 70% (176.7M) | ||
| Western Panjabi lah | 40% (100.9M) | ||
| Pashto ps | 16% (40.4M) | ||
| Sindhi sd | 15% (37.9M) | ||
| skr skr | 12% (30.3M) | ||
| Baluchi bal | 2.6% (6.6M) | ||
| hno hno | 1.7% (4.3M) | ||
| Brahui brh | 1.3% (3.3M) | ||
| Persian fa | 0.66% (1.7M) | ||
| Western Balochi bgn | 0.57% (1.4M) | 5% | |
| hnd hnd | 0.41% (1M) | ||
| Tajik (Arabic) tg-Arab | 0.33% (832.8K) | ||
| gju gju | 0.2% (504.7K) | ||
| bft bft | 0.18% (454.3K) | ||
| kvx kvx | 0.16% (403.8K) | ||
| Khowar khw | 0.15% (378.5K) | ||
| mvy mvy | 0.14% (353.3K) | ||
| gjk gjk | 0.11% (277.6K) | ||
| kxp kxp | 0.11% (277.6K) | ||
| Kashmiri ks | 0.069% (174.1K) | ||
| Torwali trw | 0.053% (133.8K) | ||
| btv btv | 0.019% (47.9K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Karachi | UTC+05:00 | none | Pakistan Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +92
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 8–12 digits
- Emergency number
- 15 pattern 1(?:1(?:22?|5)|[56])
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | (021) 23456789 | +92 21 23456789 | (XXX) XXXXXXXX | 9, 10 |
| Mobile | 0301 2345678 | +92 301 2345678 | XXXX XXXXXXX | 10 |
| Toll free | 0800 123 45 | +92 800 123 45 | XXXX XXX XX | 8, 11 |
| Premium rate | 0900 123 45 | +92 900 123 45 | XXXX XXX XX | 8 |
| Personal number | 1220 44444 | +92 1220 44444 | XXXX XXXXX | 9 |
| Universal access | (021) 111 825 888 | +92 21 111 825 888 | (XXX) XXX XXX XXX | 11, 12 |
Show the 8 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{2,7}) | [89]0 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{4})(\d{5}) | 1 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{6,7}) | 2(?:3[2358]|4[2-4]|9[2-8])|45[3479]|54[2-467]|60[468]|72[236]|8(?:2[2-689]|3[23578]|4[3478]|5[2356])|9(?:2[2-8]|3[27-9]|4[2-6]|6[3569]|9[25-8]) | 9(?:2[3-8]|98)|(?:2(?:3[2358]|4[2-4]|9[2-8])|45[3479]|54[2-467]|60[468]|72[236]|8(?:2[2-689]|3[23578]|4[3478]|5[2356])|9(?:22|3[27-9]|4[2-6]|6[3569]|9[25-7]))[2-9] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{7,8}) | (?:2[125]|4[0-246-9]|5[1-35-7]|6[1-8]|7[14]|8[16]|91)[2-9] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{5})(\d{5}) | 58 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{7}) | 3 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | 2[125]|4[0-246-9]|5[1-35-7]|6[1-8]|7[14]|8[16]|91 | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | [24-9] | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Dependent locality}
{City}-{Postal code}
No data.
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Sunday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also hB, H
- Calendars
- gregorian, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the Urdu (Pakistan) locale (ur-PK), amounts in PKR.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (PKR)
- Rs 1,234,568
- Accounting
- (Rs 1,234,568)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,568 پاکستانی روپیہ
- Compact short
- 12 لاکھ
- Compact long
- 12 لاکھ
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 کلومیٹر فی گھنٹہ
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- جمعہ، 27 مارچ، 2026
- Date, long
- 27 مارچ، 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 مارچ، 2026
- Date, short
- 27/3/26
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 PM
- Time, short
- 3:04 PM
- Date and time
- 27 مارچ، 2026، 3:04 PM
- Month and year
- مارچ 2026
- Weekday
- جمعہ
- Relative time
- گزشتہ کل · 3 دنوں میں · 2 گھنٹے پہلے
- List: and
- A، B، اور C
- List: or
- A، B، یا C