Census: Massive population growth in Pakistan !!!

[minionofmidas]

Birth rates have fallen in India in recent decades. They haven't in Pakistan - they're still what they were at the time of independence. That is a cultural difference, but it's not about traditional culture.

[minionofmidas]

the Muslim regions of India that border Pakistan

Uh... the Muslim regions of India do not border Pakistan. The areas of India that border Pakistan are the ones that were ethnically cleansed of Muslims. Unless you're thinking of Kashmir.

Pakistan's annual growth rate has remained broadly unchanged census-to-census except for a ridiculous 3.8% pa peak during the 60s.

[minionofmidas]

Exactly nothing has been going right for Pakistan in the past four or five decades, no new wealth whatsoever is being created (except mangoes. Yeah, getting quality sweet yellow mangoes into Europe is a relatively new development and Pakistan is where they come from), yet somehow enough comes in that people do not starve. Why should people's attitudes towards procreation change?

[minionofmidas]

Oh, I wouldn't assume that all these census data are the literal truth. They should be read as ballpark figures at best.