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Jun 15, 1996 | From the print edition
If the present birth rate continues, Pakistan's population will grow
by leaps and bounds and by the year
2050, it will rank third behind China
and India. This has been projected by a
study carried out by Washington-based
Population Action International. The
present population will triple to 381 million in just over 50 years unless a dramatic change occurs
in the social and sexual attitudes of the people. Lack of
access to family planning and health care and the low status of women account for the high growth rate, says the
study.
