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| Official
Name |
: |
Nepal |
| Capital |
: |
Kathmandu |
| Official
Language |
: |
Nepali |
| Official Religion |
: |
None |
| Monetary
Unit |
: |
1
Nepalese rupee (NRs) = 100 paisa; valuation (Feb. 23, 2005)
1 U.S.$ = NRs 70.64; 1 £ = NRs 134.60 |
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| Demography |
| Population (2004) |
: |
24,797,059. |
| Density
(1998) |
: |
persons
per sq mi 386.4, persons per sq km 149.2. |
| Urban-rural (1997) |
: |
urban 15.0%; rural 85.0%. |
| Sex
Distribution (2004) |
: |
male
12406222; female 12390837 |
| Age Breakdown (1991) |
: |
under 15, 42.3%; 15-29,
25.7%; 30-44, 16.7%; 45-59, 9.7%; 60-74, 4.7%; 75 and over,
0.9% |
| Population
Projection |
: |
(2000)
23,042,000; (2010) 28,698,000. |
| Doubling Time |
: |
25 years |
| Ethnic
Composition (1991) |
: |
Nepalese
53.2%; Bihari (including Maithili and Bhojpuri) 18.4%; Tharu
4.8%; Tamang 4.7%; Newar 3.4%; Magar 2.2%; Abadhi 1.7%; other
11.6%. |
| Religious Affiliation
(1991) |
: |
Hindu 86.5%; Buddhist
7.8%; Muslim 3.5%; Kirat 1.7%; Christian 0.2%; other 0.3% |
| Major
Cities (1993 est.) |
: |
Kathmandu
535,000; Lalitpur 190,000; Biratnagar 132,000; Bhaktapur 130,000. |
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|
|
| Vital
Statistics |
| Birth Rate per 1,000
Population (2004) |
: |
31.28 |
| Death
Rate per 1,000 Population (2004) |
: |
9.22 |
| Natural Increase Rate
per 1,000 Population (1997) |
: |
25.4 (world avg. 15.7). |
| Total
Fertility Rate (avg. births per childbearing woman; 1996) |
: |
3.7 |
| Life Expectancy at Birth
(2004) |
: |
male 61.76 years; female
62.5 years. |
| Major
Causes of Death per 100,000 Population |
: |
n.a.;
however, the leading causes of mortality are infectious and
parasitic diseases, diseases of the respiratory system, and
diseases of the nervous system. |
| |
|
|
| National
Economy |
| Budget (2004-2005). Revenue |
: |
NRs 111,689,900,000 |
| Public
Debt (external, outstanding; 1996) |
: |
U.S.$2,349,000,000. |
| Land Use (1994) |
: |
forested 42.0%; meadows
and pastures 14.6%; agricultural and under permanent cultivation
17.2%; other 26.2%. |
| Tourism
(1995) |
: |
receipts
from visitors U.S.$117,000,000; expenditures by nationals abroad
U.S.$136,000,000. |
| Production (metric tons
except as noted). Agriculture, forestry, fishing (1996) |
: |
rice 3,578,830, sugarcane
1,568,700, corn (maize) 1,331,060, wheat 1,012,930, potatoes
898,350, millet 282,440, pulses 185,640; livestock (number of
live animals) 7,008,420 cattle, 5,783,140 goats, 3,302,200 buffalo,
859,000 sheep, 670,340 pigs; roundwood (1995) 20,822,000 cu
m; fish catch (1995) 21,148. Mining and quarrying (1995): limestone
350,000; salt 7,000; talc 1,500. Manufacturing (value added
in U.S.$'000,000; 1994): food products 70; textiles 70; wearing
apparel 50; tobacco products 37; nonmetal mineral products 32.
Construction: n.a. Energy production (consumption): electricity
(kW-hr; 1994) 908,000,000 (940,000,000); coal (metric tons;
1994) none (115,000); petroleum products (metric tons; 1994)
none (343,000). |
| Gross
National Product (1996) |
: |
U.S.$4,710,000,000
(U.S.$210 per capita) |
| Population Economically
Active (1991) |
: |
total 7,339,586; activity
rate of total population 39.7% (participation rates: ages 10
years and over, 57.0%; female 45.5%; unemployed [1980] 5.5%).
|
| Household
Income and Expenditure (1984-85). Average household size (1991)
5.6; income per household NRs 14,796 (U.S.$853); sources of
income: self-employment 63.4%, wages and salaries 25.1%, rent
7.5%, other 4.0%; expenditure: food and beverages 61.2%, housing
17.3%, clothing 11.7%, health care 3.7%, education and recreation
2.9%, transportation and communications 1.2%, other 2.0%. |
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| Foreign
Trade *1 |
| Imports (1994-95) |
: |
NRs 65,587,000,000 (basic
manufactured goods 38.7%; machinery and transport equipment
19.7%; chemicals 11.6%; food and live animals, chiefly for food
7.9%; mineral fuels and lubricants 7.2%; crude materials except
fuels 6.0%). Major import sources: other Asia 70.3%; European
Economic Community 15.3% *2; Oceania 5.3%. |
| Exports
(1994-95) |
: |
NRs
17,940,000,000 (basic manufactures 51.6%; miscellaneous manufactures
32.7%; food and live animals, chiefly for food 9.1%; crude materials
except fuels 2.9%; chemicals and drugs 1.7%). Major export destinations:
Germany 45.8%; U.S. 36.0%; India 13.3%{3}; Switzerland 3.3%.
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| Transport |
| Railroads (1993-94) |
: |
Route length (1996)
101 km; passengers carried 653,000; freight handled 9,151 metric
tons. |
| Roads
(1995) |
: |
Total
length 7,550 km (paved 41%) |
| Vehicles (1990-91) |
: |
passenger cars 4,949;
trucks and buses 3,363. |
| Air
transport (1993-94) |
: |
passenger-km
769,000,000; metric ton-km cargo 93,126,000; airports (1996)
with scheduled flights 24. |
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| Education
and Health |
| Educational
Attainment (1981). Percentage of population age 25 and over
having: no formal schooling 41.2%; primary education 29.4%;
secondary 22.7%; higher 6.8%. Literacy (1995): total population
age 15 and over literate 27.5%; males literate 40.9%; females
literate 14.0%. |
| Health
(1995): physicians 1,478 (1 per 13,777 persons); hospital beds
3,188 (1 per 6,387 persons); infant mortality rate per 1,000
live births (1997) 83. |
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|
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| Food
(1995) |
: |
daily
per capita caloric intake 2,367 (vegetable products 94%, animal
products 6%); 108% of FAO recommended minimum requirement. |
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| Military |
| Total Active
Duty Personnel (1996): 43,000 (army 99.5%, air force 0.5%).
Military expenditure as percentage of GNP (1995): 0.9% (world
2.8%); per capita expenditure U.S.$2. |
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| Note:
*1 - Import figures are f.o.b. in balance of trade and c.i.f.
for commodities and trading partners.
*2 - 1993-94. |
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