General information
Nepal | United States | |
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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 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Kathmandu | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Nepal | United States | |
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Population: | 28,609,000 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 194.4 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 69 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 72 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 22.4 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 19.89 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 6.36 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -4.12 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)Visit also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life (in german only)
Nepal | United States | |
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Political stability: | 43 | 73 |
Civil rights: | 34 | 83 |
Health: | 34 | 74 |
Climate: | 58 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 58 | 13 |
Popularity: | 24 | 86 |
Economy
Nepal | United States | |
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Currency: | Nepalese Rupee (1 NPR = 2 Mohur = 100 Paisa) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 4.4 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | 5.57 % | 1.81 % |
Cost of Living: | 33.79 % | 118.33 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 41.80 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 1,090 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 33 (bad) | 67 (moderate) |
NPL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 30,641 M US$ | 1.07 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 31,059 M US$ | 1.09 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 2,728 M US$ | 0.10 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 13,835 M US$ | 0.48 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
NPL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 27,990 km | 0.98 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 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. | |
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Energy consumption: | 4.98 bn kWh | 174,177.72 kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 4.24 bn kWh | 148,346.43 kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.48 m kWh |
Energy export: | 2.69 m kWh | 94.03 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,536.36 kWh |
Energy imports: | 2.18 bn kWh | 76,025.80 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 221,545.53 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 9.11 m t | 318.27 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 t |
Telecommunication
Nepal | United States | |
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International dialing: | +977 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .np | .us |
NPL total | NPL per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 799,368 | 28 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 39,178,500 | 1369 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 41,256 | 1 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 9,726,961 | 340 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Nepal | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 0.30 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.65 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 7.2 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.05 % | 0.22 % |
Tuberculosis: | 2.4 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 91.0 % | 79.0 % |
Smokers: | 31.9 % | 25.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Nepal and United StatesNepal | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 25.7 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 14.0 °C | 7.3 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 76 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 9.5 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 6.1 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Nepal | United States | |
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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
Nepal | United States | |
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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 % |