ISLAMABAD (Xinhua) -- Pakistan will become fourth largest nation on earth in terms of population by 2050, local media reported on Monday.

Pakistan will have a total population of 210.1 million in 2020, according to the Pakistan Economic Survey 2009-10.
Pakistan is the sixth largest populous country in the world, with an estimated population of 169.9 million at the end of June 2009.
The survey showed that Pakistan, also a ""young"" country, has approximately 104 million people below 30 years old.
The proportion of population residing in cities has risen to 36 percent which is seven times higher than that in 1950 just after its foundation in August 1947.
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of the country began declining rapidly in the decade of 1991-2000, falling from 6.3 to 4.8, and the subsequent decade 2000-2009 has seen a slowing of the fertility transition with a fall from 4.8 to about 4.
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