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Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Capital Kathmandu
Languages Nepali
Currency Nepalese rupee
People 29.6 million (2025)
Neighbours 2 Greetings from
Nepal
Highest peak 8,849 m · #1 of 213 · 2026 edition 3rd lowest height of women 152.4 cm · #3 of 196 · 2019 3rd highest road deaths 56 per 100k · #3 of 185 · 2023 NPL COUNTRYDUEL
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Nepal among 213 countries & territories Each dot shows where Nepal sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
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Total area 147,181 km² 93rd of 205 2024 Coastline 0 km 168th of 213 2026 edition Highest point 8,849 m 1st of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 43.6% 67th of 207 2024 Farmland 26.1% 131st of 205 2024 Population 29.6 million 52nd of 210 2025 Population density 207 per km² 60th of 209 2025 Height of men 164.4 cm 190th of 196 2019 Height of women 152.4 cm 194th of 196 2019 Median age 24.7 years 143rd of 213 2023 Fertility rate 1.96 children per woman 103rd of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 6.6% 126th of 210 2025 Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents 0.7 per 1,000 95th of 181 2025 Economy size (GDP) $45.5 billion 104th of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$6,175 157th of 198 2025 Income inequality (Gini) 30 124th of 155 2022 Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day) 2.4% 63rd of 142 2022 Unemployment 10.5% 36th of 186 2025 Health spending per person $84 152nd of 193 2023 Military spending 1% 122nd of 161 2025 Tax revenue (central government) 13.9% 95th of 150 2023 Life expectancy 70.6 years 143rd of 210 2024 Infant mortality 22.2 per 1,000 64th of 194 2024 Doctors 1 per 1,000 118th of 190 2023 Hospital beds 0.5 per 1,000 146th of 158 2023 Suicide rate 18 per 100k 25th of 185 2023 Adult obesity 7.7% 178th of 195 2024 Smoking 28.7% 35th of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 5.15 105th of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 2 litres 147th of 195 2023 Meat supply 14.5 kg 164th of 189 2023 Daily calories 2,920 kcal 98th of 189 2023 Years of schooling 4.5 years 176th of 193 2023 Internet users 46% 163rd of 208 2024 Fixed broadband download speed 116 Mbps 114th of 197 2026 Access to electricity 97.9% 136th of 209 2024 Urban population 67% 94th of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 100 137th of 208 2024 CO₂ per person 0.6 t 160th of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 100% 1st of 201 2024 Air pollution (PM2.5) 40.7 µg/m³ 16th of 213 2024 Homicide rate 2.1 per 100k 84th of 160 2020 Road deaths 56 per 100k 3rd of 185 2023 Average temperature 13.6°C 130th of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 2,197 mm 21st of 187 2016–2025 avg Nobel laureates per 10 million people 0 79th of 160 2026 Railway network 59 km 130th of 133 2018 Air passengers per resident 0.14 98th of 165 2023 Tourists per resident 0.02 159th of 179 2022 Official languages 1 87th of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 25% 185th of 198 2025 World Heritage sites 4 84th of 195 2026 Olympic medals (all time) 0 143rd of 202 2026 edition
World twins The countries most like Nepal across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
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