Nepal

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PROFILE
  • Area: 147,181 sq. km (56,827 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 29,033,914 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 1.24% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 70.7 years (2016)
  • Languages: Nepali (official) 44.6%, Maithali 11.7%, Bhojpuri 6%, Tharu 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.2%, Magar 3%, Bajjika 3%, Urdu 2.6%
  • Religions: Hindu 81.3%, Buddhist 9%, Muslim 4.4%, Kirant 3.1%, Christian 1.4%, other 0.5%, unspecifed 0.2%
  • Formal name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
  • Alternate names: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Kingdom of Nepal, Nepāl, Sanghiya Loktāntrik Ganatantra Nepāl, State of Nepal
  • Government type: federal parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Bidhya Devi BHANDARI; head of government: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal DAHAL
  • Capital: Kathmandu
  • Administrative divisions: 14 zones
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $2,500 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: clothing, pulses, carpets, textiles, juice, jute goods
  • Imports: petroleum products, machinery and equipment, gold, electrical goods, medicine
  • Currency: Nepalese rupees (NPR)
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