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India vs Pakistan
Government structure comparison · Side by side
Capital
New Delhi
Islamabad
Continent
Asia
Asia
Population
1.42B
257.0M
GDP
$14244.0B
$1390.0B
Area
3,287,263 km²
796,095 km²
Languages
Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6%; English is the subsidiary official language but is the most important one for national, political, and commercial communication (2011 est.)
Punjabi 38.8%, Pashto (alternate name, Pashtu) 18.2%, Sindhi 14.6%, Saraiki (a Punjabi variant) 12.2%, Urdu 7.1%, Balochi 3%, Hindko 2.4%, Brahui 1.2%, other 2.4%
Currency
Indian rupees (INR) per US dollar -
Pakistani rupees (PKR) per US dollar -
Government
federal parliamentary republic
federal parliamentary republic
Head of State
Droupadi Murmu
Asif Ali Zardari
Head of Government
Narendra Modi
Shehbaz Sharif