Country comparison Nepal : United States

General information

	Nepal	United States
Region:	South Asia	North America
Area:	147,180 km²	9,831,510 km²
Official language:	Nepali	English
Government form:	Federal parliamentary republic	Federal presidential republic
Independent since:	1769 AD	1776 AD
Capital:	Kathmandu	Washington, D.C.

Population

	Nepal	United States
Population:	29,137,000	329,484,000
Inhabitants/km²:	198.0	33.5
Life expectancy males:	Ø 70 years	Ø 75 years
Life expectancy females:	Ø 73 years	Ø 80 years
Average age:	Ø 25.3 years	Ø 38.5 years
Birthrate:	19.58 ‰	11.40 ‰
Deathrate:	6.32 ‰	8.70 ‰
Migrationrate:	-4.12 ‰	3.03 ‰

Quality of life

Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life

	Nepal	United States
Political stability:	53	63
Civil rights:	35	81
Health:	34	71
Climate:	56	66
Cost of Living:	60	38
Popularity:	29	67

Economy

	Nepal	United States
Currency:	Nepalese Rupee (1 NPR = 2 Mohur = 100 Paisa)	US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:	5.1 %	5.5 %
Inflation rate:	4.09 %	4.70 %
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%)	28.06 %	100.00 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:	41.80 %	36.60 %
Average income:	1,190 US$	64,140 US$
Corruption index:	33 (bad)	67 (moderate)

	NPL: total	per 1000 inh.	USA: total	per 1000 inh.
Gross domestic product:	33,657 M US$	1.16 M US$	20,953,030 M US$	63.59 M US$
Gross national product:	34,728 M US$	1.19 M US$	21,261,523 M US$	64.53 M US$
Exported goods:	2,495 M US$	0.09 M US$	2,134,445 M US$	6.48 M US$
Imported goods:	16,957 M US$	0.58 M US$	2,811,124 M US$	8.53 M US$

Infrastructure

	NPL: total	per 1000 inh.	USA: total	per 1000 inh.
Roadways:	27,990 km	0.96 km	6,586,610 km	19.99 km
Railways:	59 km	0.00 km	293,564 km	0.89 km
Airports:	47	0.002	13,513	0.041

Energy balance

	NPL: total	per 1000 inh.	USA: total	per 1000 inh.
Energy consumption:	4.98 bn kWh	171,020.79 kWh	3,902.00 bn kWh	11.84 m kWh
Energy production:	4.24 bn kWh	145,657.68 kWh	4,095.00 bn kWh	12.43 m kWh
Energy export:	2.69 m kWh	92.32 kWh	9.70 bn kWh	29,424.79 kWh
Energy imports:	2.18 bn kWh	74,647.85 kWh	72.72 bn kWh	220,708.66 kWh
CO2 emissions:	12.03 m t	412.88 t	4.98 bn t	15,118.48 t

Telecommunication

	Nepal	United States
International dialing:	+977	+1
Internet domain:	.np	.us

	NPL total	NPL per 1000 inh.	USA total	USA per 1000 inh.
Landlines:	799,368	27	103,052,000	313
Mobile cellulars:	39,178,500	1345	442,457,000	1343
Internet server:	41,256	1	505,000,000	1533
Internet users:	9,906,515	340	294,658,590	894
Broadband Internet:	1,270,000	44	121,176,000	368

Healthcare system

	Nepal	United States
Hospital beds per 1000 pop.:	0.30	2.87
Physicians per 1000 inh.:	0.65	2.59
Diabetes:	7.2 %	10.8 %
HIV:	0.04 %	0.20 %
Tuberculosis:	2.4 %	0.0 %
Tuberculosis cure rate:	89.0 %	75.0 %
Smokers:	31.5 %	23.4 %

Climate

Detailed info for: Nepal and United States

	Nepal	United States
Daytime temperatures:	24.8 °C	18.7 °C
Nighttime temperatures:	13.7 °C	7.2 °C
Rel. humidity:	78 %	67 %
Rain days:	9.5	7.1
Sunshine hours per day:	6.0	7.2

Native languages

	Nepal	United States
English:	n/a	82.1 %
Nepali:	44.6 %	n/a
Maithili:	11.7 %	n/a
Spanish:	n/a	10.7 %
Bhojpuri:	6.0 %	n/a
Tharu:	5.1 %	n/a
Tamang:	5.1 %	n/a
Newari:	3.2 %	n/a
Bajjika:	3.0 %	n/a
Magar:	3.0 %	n/a
Urdu:	2.6 %	n/a
Avadhi:	1.9 %	n/a
Limbu:	1.3 %	n/a
Gurung:	1.2 %	n/a
Chinese:	n/a	0.9 %
French:	n/a	0.7 %
German:	n/a	0.6 %
Italian:	n/a	0.6 %
Tagalog:	n/a	0.4 %
Korean:	n/a	0.3 %
Polish:	n/a	0.3 %
Vietnamese:	n/a	0.2 %
Japanese:	n/a	0.2 %
Portuguese:	n/a	0.2 %
Russian:	n/a	0.2 %
Eskimo:	n/a	0.0 %
other:	11.3 %	2.6 %

Religions

	Nepal	United States
Hinduism:	81.3 %	1.0 %
Christianity:	1.4 %	78.5 %
Buddhism:	9.0 %	0.7 %
Islam:	4.4 %	1.1 %
Kirant:	3.1 %	n/a
Jewry:	n/a	1.8 %
Sikhism:	n/a	1.6 %
other:	0.8 %	15.3 %