Information about people/combinations of different kinds of people of Islamabad
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According to 1998 (official count of everyone who lives in a country, city, etc.), the mother tongue of most of the population is Punjabi at 68%, and the major language is Pothohari, 15% of people/of the group are Pashto speakers, while 18% speak other languages. (in almost the same way) according to 1998 (official count of everyone who lives in a country, city, etc.), the total traveling worker population of the city is 1 million, with the majority (691,977) coming from Punjab. Around 210,614 of the moved population came from Sindh and rest from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Kashmir. Smaller (groups of people/animals/things) moved (out of a country) from Balochistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Most of the population lies in the age group of 15-64 years, around 59.38%. Only 2.73% of people/of the group is above 65 years of age; 37.90% is below the age of 15. Islamabad has the highest reading and writing ability rate in Pakistan, at 88%.9.8% of people/of the group has done (middle-position) education (equal to grades 11 and 12). 10.26% have an (unmarried man) or equal degree while 5.2% have a master or equal degree.The labour force of Islamabad is 185,213 and the (percent of people who want to work but cannot find a job) is 15.70%.
Historical populationYear Pop.
1972 77,000
1981 204,000
1998 529,180
2017 1,014,825
Islam is the largest religion in the city, with 95.53% of people/of the group Muslim. In areas away from cities this percentage is 98.80%. Per 1998 (official count of everyone who lives in a country, city, etc.) in city-based areas the percentage of Muslims is 97.83%. The second largest religion is Christianity, with 4.07% of people/of the group, 0.94% in areas away from cities and 5.70% in the city. Hinduism accounts for 0.02% of people/of the group, and other minorities 0.03%.
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