Nepal Population Statistics
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NEPAL POPULATION STATISTICS
-Nepal is the World’s 48th poorest country -It has a population of 29,519,114 people -The population growth rate is 2.095% - The population density is 184 people per square Kilometer
Nepal’s Economy Nepal is among the poorest and least developed countries in the world with almost one-third of its population living below the poverty line. Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, providing for threefourths of the population. Industrial activity mainly involved the processing of agricultural produce such as jute, sugarcane, tobacco, and grain. Because of the small size of the economy, it’s technical backwardness, it’s remoteness, it’s civil strife, and it’s susceptibly to natural disaster; foreign trade and investment are very unlikely happenings.
-16.07% of the land in Nepal is arable -Only 15.8% of the population lives in a city -76% of the labor force is agricultural -6% of the labor force is industrial -The unemployment rate is 42%
-30.9% of the population of Nepal is living below the poverty line -Most families make less then $200 yearly -Nepal has $1.927 billion in their budget -Nepal is $3.07 billion in debt
-The Life expectancy for females is 60 years, for males it is 61 years -There are 30 births per every 1,000 in the population -There are 9 deaths per every 1,000 in the population -The infant mortality rate for males is 59 per every 1,000 live births, for females it is 64 per every 1,000 live births -There are 4 children for every woman
Education in Nepal -65% of the male population is literate, while 43% of the female population is literate - It is expected for males to have 10 years of formal education, and females to have 8 years
-Nepal is the World’s 48th poorest country -It has a population of 29,519,114 people -The population growth rate is 2.095% - The population density is 184 people per square Kilometer
Nepal’s Economy Nepal is among the poorest and least developed countries in the world with almost one-third of its population living below the poverty line. Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, providing for threefourths of the population. Industrial activity mainly involved the processing of agricultural produce such as jute, sugarcane, tobacco, and grain. Because of the small size of the economy, it’s technical backwardness, it’s remoteness, it’s civil strife, and it’s susceptibly to natural disaster; foreign trade and investment are very unlikely happenings.
-16.07% of the land in Nepal is arable -Only 15.8% of the population lives in a city -76% of the labor force is agricultural -6% of the labor force is industrial -The unemployment rate is 42%
-30.9% of the population of Nepal is living below the poverty line -Most families make less then $200 yearly -Nepal has $1.927 billion in their budget -Nepal is $3.07 billion in debt
-The Life expectancy for females is 60 years, for males it is 61 years -There are 30 births per every 1,000 in the population -There are 9 deaths per every 1,000 in the population -The infant mortality rate for males is 59 per every 1,000 live births, for females it is 64 per every 1,000 live births -There are 4 children for every woman
Education in Nepal -65% of the male population is literate, while 43% of the female population is literate - It is expected for males to have 10 years of formal education, and females to have 8 years
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