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Nepal

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Nepal is a country. The capital city is Kathmandu, located in the Southern Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 143,350 km², a population of 29,694,614 people and uses the currency Nepalese rupee. The Prime Minister is KP Sharma Oli.

Key facts

currency: Nepalese rupee
capital city: Kathmandu
region: Southern Asia
continent: Asia
land area: 143,350 km²
population: 29,694,614 people
political leader: KP Sharma Oli (Prime Minister)

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central government debt: 39.92 % of GDP
expense: 19.44 % of GDP
GDP: 40,908,073,366.85 current US$
inflation: 7.11 annual %
self-employed workers: 80.16 % of total employment
tax revenue: 17.49 % of GDP
unemployment: 10.63 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 78.67 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 112,000 people
democracy score: 5.18
democracy type: Hybrid regime
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 2 people
individuals using the Internet: 55.80 % of population
military expenditure: 1.08 % of GDP
net migration: -409,782 people
press freedom: 2.34
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 33.09 %
birth rate: 20.16 per 1,000 people
death rate: 6.65 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 65.00 current US$
health expenditure: 5.42 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.02 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 0.39 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 70
suicide mortality rate: 9.00 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 41,210.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 5.24 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 17.93 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 91.30 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 99.80 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.20 % of total
net energy imports: 16.68 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.01 births per woman
forest area: 59,620 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 15.48 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 56.83 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 20.70
methane emissions: 32.98 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 6.06 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 15,415,381 people
male population: 14,279,233 people
renewable energy consumption: 73.70 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 140,132.78 km²
rural population: 23,190,603 people
urban land area: 3,041.75 km²
urban population: 6,504,011 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

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