| Location | Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north |
| Geographic coordinates | 30 00 N, 70 00 E |
| Map references | Asia |
| Area | total: 796,095 sq km land: 770,875 sq km water: 25,220 sq km |
| Area - comparative | slightly more than five times the size of Georgia; slightly less than twice the size of California |
| Land boundaries | total: 7,257 km border countries (4): Afghanistan 2670 km, China 438 km, India 3190 km, Iran 959 km |
| Coastline | 1,046 km |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
| Climate | mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north |
| Terrain | divided into three major geographic areas: the northern highlands, the Indus River plain in the center and east, and the Balochistan Plateau in the south and west |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m mean elevation: 900 m |
| Natural resources | arable land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone |
| Land use | agricultural land: 35.2% (2018 est.) arable land: 27.6% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 1.1% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 6.5% (2018 est.) forest: 2.1% (2018 est.) other: 62.7% (2018 est.) |
| Irrigated land | 202,000 sq km (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 246.8 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Natural hazards | frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) |
| Geography - note | controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
