Nepal

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Facts

Population: 28,901,790 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 38.3% (male 5,721,720/female 5,360,391) 15-64 years: 57.9% (male 8,597,037/female 8,134,115) 65 years and over: 3.8% (male 528,113/female 560,414) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 2.132% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 30.46 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 9.14 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.067 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.057 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.942 male(s)/female total population: 1.056 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 63.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 65.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 60.56 years male: 60.78 years female: 60.33 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 4.01 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.5% (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 61,000 (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 3,100 (2003 est.).

Nationality: noun: Nepalese (singular and plural) adjective: Nepalese.

Ethnic groups: Chhettri 15.5%, Brahman-Hill 12.5%, Magar 7%, Tharu 6.6%, Tamang 5.5%, Newar 5.4%, Muslim 4.2%, Kami 3.9%, Yadav 3.9%, other 32.7%, unspecified 2.8% (2001 census).

Religions: Hindu 80.6%, Buddhist 10.7%, Muslim 4.2%, Kirant 3.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census) note: only official Hindu state in the world.

Languages: Nepali 47.8%, Maithali 12.1%, Bhojpuri 7.4%, Tharu (Dagaura/Rana) 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.6%, Magar 3.3%, Awadhi 2.4%, other 10%, unspecified 2.5% (2001 census) note: many in government and business also speak English (2001 est.).

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 48.6% male: 62.7% female: 34.9% (2001 census).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $41.18 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 1.9% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,500 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 38% industry: 20% services: 42% (FY05/06 est.).

Labor force: 11.11 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 76% industry: 6% services: 18% (2004 est.).

Population below poverty line: 31% (FY03/04).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 39.1% (2003-2004).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8.6% (November 2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 42% (2004 est.).

Budget: revenues: $1.153 billion expenditures: $1.927 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (FY06/07).

Agriculture - products: rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, jute, root crops; milk, water buffalo meat.

Industries: tourism, carpet, textile; small rice, jute, sugar, and oilseed mills; cigarettes, cement and brick production.

Industrial production growth rate: 2.2% (FY05/06).

Electricity - production: 2.511 billion kWh (2006).

Electricity - consumption: 1.96 billion kWh (2006).

Electricity - exports: 101 million kWh (2006).

Electricity - imports: 266 million kWh (2006).

Exports: $822 million f.o.b.; note - does not include unrecorded border trade with India (2005 est.).

Exports - commodities: carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain.

Exports - partners: India 53.7%, US 17.4%, Germany 7.1% (2005).

Imports: $2 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.).

Imports - commodities: gold, machinery and equipment, petroleum products, fertilizer.

Imports - partners: India 47.7%, UAE 11.2%, China 10.8%, Saudi Arabia 4.9%, Kuwait 4.2% (2005).

Debt - external: $3.07 billion (March 2006).

Economic aid - recipient: $533 million (FY04/05).

Currency (code): Nepalese rupee (NPR).

Exchange rates: Nepalese rupees per US dollar - 72.446 (2006), 72.16 (2005), 73.674 (2004), 76.141 (2003), 77.877 (2002).

Fiscal year: 16 July - 15 July.