NLAID - Activity in Nepal

Information on Nepal

Birth rate 22.17 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight 38.8% (2006) country comparison to the world: 7

Climate varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south

Death rate 6.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Environment - current issues deforestation (overuse of wood for fuel and lack of alternatives); contaminated water (with human and animal wastes, agricultural runoff, and industrial effluents); wildlife conservation; vehicular emissions

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.)

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.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population 66.16 years
male 64.94 years
female 67.44 years (2011 est.)

Literacy
definition age 15 and over can read and write
total population 48.6%
male 62.7%
female 34.9% (2001 census)

Maternal mortality rate 380 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) country comparison to the world: 38

Natural resources quartz, water, timber, hydropower, scenic beauty, small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore

Population
29,391,883 (July 2011 est.)

Population growth rate 1.596% (2011 est.)

Religions Hindu 80.6%, Buddhist 10.7%, Muslim 4.2%, Kirant 3.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total 9 years
male 10 years
female 8 years (2003)

NLAID - Activity in Nepal

Information on Nepal

To finance projects concerning human rights in Nepal

humanitaire hulp in x-regio

"schokland" initiative