Nepal Demographics Profile 2011

Population 29,391,883 (July 2011 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 34.6% (male 5,177,264/female 4,983,864) 15-64 years: 61.1% (male 8,607,338/female 9,344,537) 65 years and over: 4.4% (male 597,628/female 681,252) (2011 est.) Median age total: 21.6 years male: 20.7 years female: 22.5 years (2011 est.) Population growth rate 1.596% (2011 est.) Birth rate 22.17 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) Death rate 6.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) Net migration rate 0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) Urbanization urban population: 19% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 4.7% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Sex ratio at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Infant mortality rate total: 44.54 deaths/1,000 live births male: 44.54 deaths/1,000 live births female: 44.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) Life expectancy at birth total population: 66.16 years male: 64.94 years female: 67.44 years (2011 est.) Total fertility rate 2.47 children born/woman (2011 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.4% (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 64,000 (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths 4,700 (2009 est.) Major infectious diseases degree of risk: high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: Japanese encephalitis, malaria, and dengue fever (2009) Nationality noun: Nepalese (singular and plural) adjective: Nepalese Ethnic groups Chhettri 15.5%, Brahman-Hill 12.5%, Magar 7%, Tharu 6.6%, Tamang 5.5%, Newar 5.4%, Muslim 4.2%, Kami 3.9%, Yadav 3.9%, other 32.7%, unspecified 2.8% (2001 census) Religions Hindu 80.6%, Buddhist 10.7%, Muslim 4.2%, Kirant 3.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census) Languages Nepali (official) 47.8%, Maithali 12.1%, Bhojpuri 7.4%, Tharu (Dagaura/Rana) 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.6%, Magar 3.3%, Awadhi 2.4%, other 10%, unspecified 2.5% (2001 census) note: many in government and business also speak English (2001 est.) Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 48.6% male: 62.7% female: 34.9% (2001 census) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 8 years (2003) Education expenditures 4.6% of GDP (2009) Maternal mortality rate 380 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) Children under the age of 5 years underweight 38.8% (2006) Health expenditures 5.8% of GDP (2009) Physicians density 0.21 physicians/1,000 population (2004) Hospital bed density 5 beds/1,000 population (2006)

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Source: CIA World Factbook Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of July 12, 2011