Nepal

• Area: 147,181 sq. km (56,827 sq. mi.)
• Population: 29,033,914 (2016 est.)
• Population growth rate: 1.24% (2016 est.)
• Life expectancy: 70.7 years (2016)
• Languages: Nepali (official) 44.6%, Maithali 11.7%, Bhojpuri 6%, Tharu 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.2%, Magar 3%, Bajjika 3%, Urdu 2.6%
• Religions: Hindu 81.3%, Buddhist 9%, Muslim 4.4%, Kirant 3.1%, Christian 1.4%, other 0.5%, unspecifed 0.2%
• Formal name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
• Alternate names: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Kingdom of Nepal, Nepāl, Sanghiya Loktāntrik Ganatantra Nepāl, State of Nepal
• Government type: federal parliamentary republic
• Leaders: chief of state: President Bidhya Devi BHANDARI; head of government: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal DAHAL
• Capital: Kathmandu
• Administrative divisions: 14 zones
• GDP per capita (PPP): $2,500 (2015 est.)
• Exports: clothing, pulses, carpets, textiles, juice, jute goods
• Imports: petroleum products, machinery and equipment, gold, electrical goods, medicine
• Currency: Nepalese rupees (NPR)

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