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Nepal

 

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 Nepal
All information: Nepal
 		 United States
All information: United States
 
Area:147,180 km² 9,831,510 km²
Population:28,609,000 328,240,000
Official language:Nepali English

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Government

Government form:Federal parliamentary republic Federal presidential republic
Independent since:1769 n.Chr. 1776 n.Chr.
Capital:Kathmandu Washington, D.C.


Population

Inhabitants per km²:194.4 33.4
Life expectancy males:69.0 years 76.1 years
Life expectancy females:71.9 years 81.1 years
Average age:22.4 years 37.4 years
Birthrate:19.89 ‰ 11.60 ‰
Deathrate:6.36 ‰ 8.60 ‰
Migrationrate:-3.10 ‰ 3.00 ‰


Quality of life

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Political stability:47 77
Civil rights:34 85
Health:34 74
Climate:59 64
Cost of Living:58 38
Popularity:27 85


Economy

Currency:Nepalese Rupee (1 NPR = 2 Mohur = 100 Paisa) US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:1.4 % 3.7 %
Inflation rate:5.57 % 1.81 %
Cost of Living:45.30 % 110.20 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:41.80 % 36.60 %
Average income:974 € 58,741 €
Corruption index:34 (bad) 69 (moderate)
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Gross domestic product:27,371 Mio €0.96 M € 19,092,826 M €58.17 M €
Gross national product:27,744 Mio €0.97 M € 19,280,405 M €58.74 M €
Exported goods:2,392 M €0.08 M € 2,231,382 M €6.80 M €
Imported goods:13,085 M €0.46 M € 2,782,006 M €8.48 M €

Infrastructure

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Roadways:27,990 km0.98 km 6,586,610 km20.07 km
Railways:59 km0.00 km 293,564 km0.89 km
Airports:470.002 13,5130.041


Energy balance

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Energy consumption:4.98 bn kWh174,177.72 kWh 3,902.00 bn kWh11.89 m kWh
Energy production:4.24 bn kWh148,346.43 kWh 4,095.00 bn kWh12.48 m kWh
Energy export:2.69 m kWh94.03 kWh 9.70 bn kWh29,536.36 kWh
Energy imports:2.18 bn kWh76,025.80 kWh 72.72 bn kWh221,545.53 kWh
CO2 emissions:9.11 m t318.27 t 5.01 bn t15,251.98 t


Telecommunication

International dialing:+977 +1
Internet domain:.np .us
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Landlines:799,36828 107,281,000327
Mobile phones:39,178,4511,369 422,000,0001,286
Internet server:41,2561 505,000,0001,539
Internet users:6,123,268214 290,488,378885



Healthcare system

Hospital beds/1000 inh.:0.30 2.90
Physicians per 1000 inh.:0.65 2.59
Diabetes sufferers:7.2 % 10.8 %
HIV sufferers:0.05 % 0.22 %
Tuberculosis sufferers:1.5 % 0.0 %
Tuberculosis cure rate:91.0 % 77.0 %
Smokers:22.8 % 21.8 %

Climate

Detailed info for: Nepal and United States

Daytime temperatures:25.7 °C 18.7 °C
Nighttime temperatures:14.1 °C 7.2 °C
Relative humidity:76 % 67 %
Absolute humidity:14 g/m³ 9 g/m³
Rain days per year:114 85.2
Sunshine hours per day:6.1 7.2


Native languages

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
Tamang:5.1 % n/a
Tharu: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 %
Italian:n/a 0.6 %
German:n/a 0.6 %
Tagalog:n/a 0.4 %
Korean:n/a 0.3 %
Polish:n/a 0.3 %
Japanese:n/a 0.2 %
Portuguese:n/a 0.2 %
Russian:n/a 0.2 %
Vietnamese:n/a 0.2 %
other:11.3 % 2.6 %


Religions

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 %