Statistical Information on Nepalese People and Society
Nepal:
People and Society
# Population (millions): 20.535 (July 1993)
# Year of last census: 1991
# Sex distribution (%): males:51.2
females: 48.8
# Population estimates and projections (millions):
1940: 7.000
1950: 8.000
1960: 9.180
1970: 11.232
1980: 14.642
1990: 19.145
2000: 23.176
2010: 27.807
# Age profile (%):
0-14: 41.4
30-44: 17.4
60-74: 4.7
15-29: 25.5
45-59: 10.0
75 and over: 1.0
# Median age (yrs): 19.0
# Youth population (% age 15-24): 18.1 (1985) 20.1 (2000)
# Total dependency ratio: 82.7 (1985)
# Annual growth rate (%):
1950-55: 1.17
1955-60: 1.61
1960-65: 1.91
1965-70: 2.10
1970-75: 2.47
1975-80: 2.67
1980-85: 2.59
1985-90: 2.48
1990-95: 2.34
1995-2000: 2.25
2000-2005: 1.97
2005-2010: 1.68
2010-2015: 1.44
2015-2020: 1.26
2020-2025: 1.11
# Hypothetical size of stationary population (millions): 61
# Assumed year of reaching net reproduction rate of 1: 2030
# Urban population (millions): 1.303 (1985)
# Urban population (%): 9 (1988), 4 (1965)
# Annual urban population growth rate (%, 1985-90): 6.86
# Annual rural population growth rate (%, 1985-90): 2.06
# Percentage of urban population in largest city: 27 (1980)
# Population density per sq. km.: 148 (571/sq. mi.)
Vital Statistics
# Crude birth rate (/1,000): 37.99 (1993); 46 (1965)
# Crude death rate (/1,000): 13.66 (1993); 24 (1965)
# Infant mortality rate (/1,000 live births): 85.8 (1993)
# Maternal mortality rate(/100,000 live births): 850 (1980)
# Life expectancy at birth (yrs)
total population:
51.98
male: 51.84
female: 52.12
# Gross reporduction rate (/woman)(1980-85): 3.05
# Total fertility rate (/woman): 5.33 (1993)
# Rate of natural increase (/1,000): 24.7 (1988)
# Average family size: 5.8
# Net migration rate: 0.0
# Women of childbearing age (15-49) (% of pop.): 47 (1988)
# Married women of childbearing age (15-49) using
contraception (%): 15
Languages
# Total number of languages spoken: 30
# Number of languages spoken by less than 1,000: 20
# % of speakers of
Nepali: 48.7
Maithili: 11.2
Tamang: 6.0
Newari: 4.7
Tharu: 4.4
Magar: 3.8
Rai: 2.9
Gurung: 2.0
Religion
# Percentage of total population who are
Hindu: 89
Buddhist: 9
Muslim: 2
Education
Indicators
# Literacy
Total (%): 26
Male (%): 38
Female (%): 13
# First level
Schools: 12,491
Students:
1,952,504
Teachers: 55,207
Student/teacher
ratio: 35.4
Net enrollment
raio: 59 (1984)
# Second level:
Schools: 5,325
Students: 579,517
Teachers: 20,662
Student/teacher
ratio: 28.0
Net enrollment
ratio: 19 (1984)
# Vocational (1986)
Schools: 5
Students: 648
Teachers: 117
Student/teacher
ratio: 5.5
# Third level (postsecondary)
Institutions: 116
(1986)
Students: 67,555
(1986)
Teachers: 4,165
(1986)
Student/teacher
raio: 16.2
Gross enrollment
ratio: 4.9 (1985)
Students (/100,000
pop.): 414
% of population
age 25 and over with postsecondary education: 6.8
# Foreign study
Students
abroad(excluding India):
2,209 (1988)of whom in
United
States: 523 (1988)
Fance: 10(1988)
Federal Republic of Germany:
23 (1988)
United
Kingdom: 91 (1987)
# Public expenditure in education (1985)
% of GNP: 2.8
% of national
budget: 10.8
Health Indicators
# Health personnel (1988)
Physicians and
dentists: 879 (persons per: 20,234)
Nurses: 601
Pharmacists: 427
Midwives: 2,062
# Hospitals (1988)
Number: 96
Number of beds
(/10,000): 2
Bed occupance rate
(%): 61.5
Average length of
stay (days): 7
# Public health expenditures
As % of national
budget: 5.7
Per capita (U.S.$):
1.70
# Population with access to safe water (%): 29
# Per capita daily food intake (calories): 1,914
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