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In-Depth Information
407 people per square mile (157 people/
square kilometer)
PopulationDensity
2.17 percent per year
PopulationGrowth
Rate
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
NetMigrationRate
4.01 children/woman
FertilityRate
30.46 births/1,000 population
BirthRate
9.14 deaths/1,000 population
DeathRate
Total population: 60.56 years; males, 60.78 years;
females, 60.33 years
LifeExpectancy
Total: 20.5 years; males, 20.3 years; females, 20.6 years
MedianAge
IndoﾭAryan, 70 percent; TibetoﾭBurmese, 20 percent;
other, 10 percent
EthnicGroups
Hindu, 81 percent; Buddhist, 11 percent; Muslim, 4 perﾭ
cent; Kirat, 4 percent; other, under 1 percent
Religion
Nepali is the national and official language, spoken
by 99 percent of the population. Other dominant lanﾭ
guages: Newari, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Hindi
Language
(Persons age 15 and over who can read and write) Total
population: 48.6 percent; male, 62.7 percent; female,
34.9 percent (2001)
Literacy
Economy
Nepali rupee
Currency
$41.18 billion (2006 est.)
GDPPurchasingPower
Parity(PPP)
$1,500 (2006 est.)
GDPPerCapita
11.11 million
LaborForce
42 percent (2004 est.)
Unemployment
Agriculture, 76 percent; service, 18 percent; industry,
6 percent
LaborForcebyOccupation
Rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, jute, root crops, milk,
water buffalo meat
AgriculturalProducts
Tourism, carpet, textile; small rice, jute, sugar, and oilﾭ
seed mills; cigarettes, cement and brick production
Industries
$822 million free on board (FOB); does not include
unrecorded border trade with India (2005 est.)
Exports
$2 billion FOB
Imports
111
