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===Literacy=== As of 2010, the majority of the population lies in the age group of 15β64 years, around 59.38%. Only 2.73% of the population is above 65 years of age; 37.90% is below the age of 15.<ref>{{cite web|title=POPULATION BY SELECTIVE AGE GROUPS |author=Population Census Organization, Govt. of Pakistan |url=http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/other_tables/pop_by_age_group.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827004028/http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/other_tables/pop_by_age_group.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2010 }}</ref> Islamabad has the highest literacy rate in Pakistan, at 88%.<ref name=PBS>{{cite web|title=Literacy Rate|url=http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/pslm/publications/pslm_prov2010-11/tables/2.14a.pdf|publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics|access-date=22 September 2013|archive-date=27 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927210644/http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/pslm/publications/pslm_prov2010-11/tables/2.14a.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 9.8% of the population has done intermediate education (equivalent to grades 11 and 12). 10.26% have a bachelor or equivalent degree while 5.2% have a master or equivalent degree.<ref>{{cite web|title=Population by Level of Education |author=Population Census Organization, Govt. of Pakistan |url=http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/pop_education/pop_education_rural_urban.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720044627/http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/pop_education/pop_education_rural_urban.html |archive-date=20 July 2009 }}</ref> The labour force of Islamabad is 185,213<ref>{{cite web|title=LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES |author=Population Census Organization, Govt. of Pakistan |url=http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/other_tables/labour_force.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827002727/http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/other_tables/labour_force.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2010 }}</ref> and the unemployment rate is 15.70%.<ref>{{cite web|title=UN-EMPLOYMENT RATES |author=Population Census Organization, Govt. of Pakistan |url=http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/other_tables/unemployment_rates.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827005129/http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/other_tables/unemployment_rates.pdf |archive-date=27 August 2010 }}</ref>
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