Nepal

Population (million)29.39 [2011]
Urban population (%)19.00 [2010]
Labor force (million)18.000 [2009]
ICT sector workforce (million) 
Median age (years)21.6 [2011]
GDP (PPP) USD billion35.31 [2010]
GDP - per capita (PPP) USD1,200 [2010]
Exchange rates (1 USD = )72.560 Nepalese rupees (NPR) [2010]
Electricity - consumption (billion kWh)2.2 [2007]
Telecommunication services revenue 
Trade in ICT goods 
ICT industry Revenue 
ICT investment  
R&D expenditure by ICT industries 
Telephones - main lines (million)0.821 [2009]
Telephones - mobile cellular (million)7.618 [2009]
Internet hosts (million)0.044 [2010]
Internet users (million)0.578 [2009]
Broadband Users (million) 
Fixed Internet subscribers (million) 
Broadband subscribers (fixed&mobile) (million)0.016 [2009]
Business use of broadband 
Personal Computers (million) 
Households with a home computer (million) 

Area (sq km)147,181
Climatevaries from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south
Ethnic groupsChhettri 15.5%, Brahman-Hill 12.5%, Magar 7%, Tharu 6.6%, Tamang 5.5%, Newar 5.4%, Muslim 4.2%, Kami 3.9%, Yadav 3.9%, other 32.7%, unspecified 2.8% (2001 census)
ReligionsHindu 80.6%, Buddhist 10.7%, Muslim 4.2%, Kirant 3.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census)

Note: PPP - Purchasing Power Parity;
Source: The World Factbook; UNCTAD; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION;


Source: The World Factbook