Query: Pakistan's semi-industrialized economy is the 25th largest in purchasing power parity in the world.

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List of countries by GDP (PPP) <=SEP=> This article includes a list of countries by their forecasted estimated gross domestic product ( PPP ) . Countries are sorted by GDP PPP forecasted estimates from financial and statistical institutions in the limited period January-April 2017 , which are calculated at market or government official exchange rates . The GDP dollar ( INT$ ) data given on this page are derived from purchasing power parity ( PPP ) calculations .   Comparisons using PPP are arguably more useful than nominal when assessing a nation 's domestic market because PPP takes into account the relative cost of local goods , services and inflation rates of the country , rather than using international market exchange rates which may distort the real differences in per capita income . It is however limited when measuring financial flows between countries . PPP is often used to gauge global poverty thresholds and is used by the United Nations in constructing the human development index . These surveys such as the International Comparison Program include both tradable and non-tradable goods in an attempt to estimate a representative basket of all goods .   The first table includes estimation for the year 2017 , for all current 191 International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) members , as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan ( the official list uses `` Taiwan , Province of China '' ) . Data are in millions of international dollars and were calculated by the IMF . Figures were published in April 2017 . The second table includes data mostly for the year 2015 for 180 of the 193 current United Nations member states , as well as the two Chinese Special Administrative Regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ) . Data are in billions of international dollars and were compiled by the World Bank . The third table is a tabulation of the CIA World Factbook Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) ( Purchasing Power Parity ) data update of 2016 . The data for GDP at purchasing power parity have also been rebased using the new International Comparison Program price surveys and extrapolated to 2007 .

Pakistan <=SEP=> Pakistan ( -LSB- pɑːkᵻˈstɑːn -RSB- -LSB- ) , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( -LSB- ) , is a federal parliamentary republic in South Asia on the crossroads of Central and Western Asia . It is the sixth-most populous country with a population exceeding 201 million people . In terms of area , it is the 33rd-largest country spanning 881,913 km2 . Pakistan has a 1,046 km coastline along the Arabian Sea and its Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east , Afghanistan to the west , Iran to the southwest , and China in the far northeast , respectively . It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan 's narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north , and also shares a maritime border with Oman .   The territory that now constitutes Pakistan is considered a cradle of civilisation that was previously home to several ancient cultures , including the Mehrgarh of the Neolithic and the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilisation , and later home to kingdoms ruled by people of different faiths and cultures , including Hindus , Indo-Greeks , Muslims , Turco-Mongols , Afghans , and Sikhs . The area has been ruled by numerous empires and dynasties , including the Persian Achaemenid Empire , Alexander of Macedonia , the Indian Mauryan Empire , the Arab Umayyad Caliphate , the Delhi Sultanate , the Mongol Empire , the Mughal Empire , the Durrani Empire , the Sikh Empire , and most recently , the British Empire .   Pakistan is unique among Muslim countries in that it is the only country to have been created in the name of Islam . As a result of the Pakistan Movement led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the subcontinent 's struggle for independence , Pakistan was created in 1947 as an independent homeland for South Asian Muslims . It is an ethnically and linguistically diverse country , with a similarly diverse geography and wildlife . Initially a dominion , Pakistan adopted a constitution in 1956 , becoming an Islamic republic . An ethnic civil war in 1971 resulted in the secession of East Pakistan as the new country of Bangladesh . In 1973 Pakistan adopted a new constitution establishing , alongside its pre-existing parliamentary republic status , a federal government based in Islamabad consisting of four provinces and four federal territories . The new constitution also stipulated that all laws were to conform to the injunctions of Islam as laid down in the Quran and Sunnah .   A regional and middle power , Pakistan has the sixth-largest standing armed forces in the world and is also a nuclear power as well as a declared nuclear-weapons state , being the second in South Asia and the only nation in the Muslim world to have that status . Pakistan has a semi-industrialised economy with a well-integrated agriculture sector , and a growing services sector . The Pakistani economy is the 24th-largest in the world in terms of purchasing power and the 41st-largest in terms of nominal GDP ( World Bank ) . It is ranked among the emerging and growth-leading economies of the world , and is backed by one of the world 's largest and fastest-growing middle classes .   The post-independence history of Pakistan has been characterised by periods of military rule , and since 2008 a transition to democracy , amid conflicts with neighbouring India . The country continues to face challenging problems such as illiteracy , healthcare , and corruption , but has substantially reduced poverty and terrorism and expanded per capita income . Pakistan is a member of the United Nations , the Non-Aligned Movement , the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , the Commonwealth of Nations , the ECO , the SAARC , the Developing Eight , and the G20 developing nations , Group of 24 , Group of 77 , and ECOSOC . It is also an associate member of CERN . Pakistan is a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol , the Paris Agreement , and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights .