NationMaster - Nepalese People statistics

Age structure > 0-14 years	39		[58th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	57.3		[168th of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over	3.7 %		[154th of 225]
Chinese population	20,348		[39th of 127]
Gender development	0.47		[116th of 141]
Percentage living in urban areas	15%		[195th of 199]
Population in 2015	32,747		[41st of 225]
Projected population growth	110.78%		[35th of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	1.05		[34th of 223]
Urban population growth > annual %	5.1 annual %	...	[9th of 195]
Urbanization	12		[201st of 204]
Urbanization in 1975	5%		[162nd of 164]
Urbanization in 2015	17.9%		[162nd of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males	40		[143rd of 144]
Women > Antenatal care coverage %	28		[132nd of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence %	39		[110th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males	98		[174th of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported	540		[22nd of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted	740		[26th of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery %	11		[172nd of 172]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; University Libraries, Ohio University; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Nepal, Kingdom of Nepal

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