{"id":22777,"date":"2026-07-13T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22777"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T07:00:48","slug":"pakistans-population-continues-to-grow-rapidly-experts-say-government-measures-are-insufficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22777","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s Population Continues to Grow Rapidly, Experts Say Government Measures Are Insufficient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pakistan&#8217;s population continues to grow rapidly, while experts say government measures to control population growth remain inadequate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to experts, Pakistan&#8217;s annual population growth rate stands at 2.55 percent, with the country&#8217;s total population reaching approximately 257.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Statistics indicate that Pakistan has the highest birth rate in South Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say the country&#8217;s resources are failing to keep pace with the rapidly increasing population, leading to growing economic and social challenges.<\/p>\n<p>They added that continued population growth is placing increasing pressure on education, healthcare, employment, housing and other essential public services.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said government efforts to control population growth have not produced the desired results, while provincial population welfare departments continue to face administrative difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the Punjab Population Welfare Department is dealing with significant administrative and staff integration challenges, while basic facilities remain inadequate in several areas.<\/p>\n<p>Experts stressed the need for stronger public awareness campaigns, effective policies and expanded family planning programmes to slow population growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s population continues to grow rapidly, while experts say government measures to control population growth remain inadequate. According to experts, Pakistan&#8217;s annual population growth rate stands at 2.55 percent, with the country&#8217;s total population reaching approximately 257.2 million. Statistics indicate that Pakistan has the highest birth rate in South Asia. Experts say the country&#8217;s resources [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[10138,6678,7429,13065,9168,13064,13067,7427,13066,13068,13069,8917],"class_list":["post-22777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-birth-rate","tag-economic-challenges","tag-family-planning","tag-pakistan-demographics","tag-pakistan-news","tag-pakistan-population","tag-population-control","tag-population-growth","tag-population-welfare","tag-punjab-population-welfare-department","tag-social-issues","tag-south-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22779,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22777\/revisions\/22779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}