While on the surface a country like Pakistan usually does not come up when the topic of population control is brought up, they have been seeing a boom in the increase of their population, stemming mainly from their birth rates. It is interesting to see how a country like Pakistan, with its strong religious beliefs attempts to put in place policies to bring their population growth rate under control.

In the year 2010, the Pakistani government revised their National Population Policy, aimed at bringing stability to their population growth. Their overall goal is to bring the fertility rate of the country to 2.1 in the next ten years, so they would probably be observing whether they achieved their target this year.

The government is also promoting the use of contraception, most notably condoms and IUD, which was met with resistance with the citizens over the concern of not staying true to their religious beliefs. All in all, I think Pakistan makes for a very interesting case of population control and I will keep my eye out for the data they release and see how successful their policies were.

Source:

(n.d) Gender Aware Policy Appraisal, Government of Pakistan.Retrieved on February 5, 2021. Accessed on UNDP. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj969b709PuAhUFheAKHbH8CJUQFjABegQIBBAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.undp.org%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fundp%2Fdocuments%2Fprojects%2FPAK%2Fgapa.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0lQpzVMsXpc7AI_NrdLfw4