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Table 1 UK versus Pakistan – country data

From: Ethnic minority entrepreneurship: an examination of Pakistani entrepreneurs in the UK

Full name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Full name: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Population: 179 million (UN, 2012)

Population: 62.8 million (UN, 2012)

Capital: Islamabad

Capital: London

Area: 796,095 sq km (307,374 sq miles), excluding Pakistani-administered Kashmir (83,716 sq km/32,323 sq miles)

Area: 242,514 sq km (93,638 sq miles)

Major languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi

Major language: English

Major religion: Islam

Major religion: Christianity

Life expectancy:

Life expectancy:

65 years (men), 67 years (women) (UN)

78 years (men), 82 years (women) (UN)

Main exports: Textile products, rice, cotton, leather goods

Main exports: Manufactured goods, chemicals, foodstuffs

GNI per capita: US $1,020 (World Bank, 2011)

GNI per capita: US $37,780 (World Bank, 2011)

  1. Source: BBC (2014a, 2014b).