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    Nepal People 2000

      Population: 24,702,119 (July 2000 est.)

      Age structure:
      0-14 years: 41% (male 5,187,805; female 4,860,583)
      15-64 years: 56% (male 7,056,784; female 6,746,293)
      65 years and over: 3% (male 422,314; female 428,340) (2000 est.)

      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:
      at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
      under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
      15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
      65 years and over: 0.99 male(s)/female
      total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 75.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:
      total population: 57.84 years
      male: 58.3 years
      female: 57.35 years (2000 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 4.68 children born/woman (2000 est.)

      Nationality:
      noun: Nepalese (singular and plural)
      adjective: Nepalese

      Ethnic groups: Newars, Indians, Tibetans, Gurungs, Magars, Tamangs, Bhotias, Rais, Limbus, Sherpas

      Religions: Hindu 90%, Buddhist 5%, Muslim 3%, other 2% (1981)
      note: only official Hindu state in the world

      Languages: Nepali (official), over 20 other languages divided into numerous dialects

      Literacy:
      definition: age 15 and over can read and write
      total population: 27.5%
      male: 40.9%
      female: 14% (1995 est.)

      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

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