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Nepal People 2000 Population: 24,702,119 (July 2000 est.) Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.34% (2000 est.) Birth rate: 33.83 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) Death rate: 10.41 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate: 75.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 4.68 children born/woman (2000 est.) Nationality:
Ethnic groups: Newars, Indians, Tibetans, Gurungs, Magars, Tamangs, Bhotias, Rais, Limbus, Sherpas Religions:
Hindu 90%, Buddhist 5%, Muslim 3%, other 2% (1981)
Languages: Nepali (official), over 20 other languages divided into numerous dialects Literacy:
People - note: refugee issue over the presence in Nepal of approximately 96,500 Bhutanese refugees, 90% of whom are in seven United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) camps |