ACOG - Nepal  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southern Asia, between China and India

Area:
total area: 140,800 sq km
land area: 136,800 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Arkansas

Land boundaries: total 2,926 km, China 1,236 km, India 1,690 km

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 21,560,869 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 43% (female 4,479,950; male 4,692,575)
15-64 years: 55% (female 5,778,107; male 5,994,147)
65 years and over: 2% (female 305,502; male 310,588)

Population growth rate: 2.44% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 37.31 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 12.9 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 81.2 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 53.09 years
male: 52.86 years
female: 53.34 years

Total fertility rate: 5.15 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Newars, Indians, Tibetans, Gurungs, Magars, Tamangs, Bhotias, Rais,Limbus, Sherpas

Religions: Hindu 90%, Buddhist 5%, Muslim 3%, other 2% (1981)

Languages: Nepali (official), 20 languages divided into numerous dialects

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
total population: 26%
male: 38%
female: 13%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Kingdom of Nepal
conventional short form: Nepal

Type: parliamentary democracy as of 12 May 1991

Capital: Kathmandu

Independence: 1768 (unified by Prithvi Narayan Shah)

Constitution: 9 November 1990


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $22.4 billion

National product real growth rate: 5%

National product per capita: $1,060

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9.6%

Unemployment rate: NA%; note - there is substantial underemployment

Electricity:
capacity: 280,000 kW
production: 920 million kWh
consumption per capita: 41 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July).