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Kingdom of Nepal
Ruler: King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva (1972)
Prime Minister: Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1999)
Area: 54,463 sq. mi. (140,800 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 24,302,653 (average annual rate of natural growth: 2.51%); birth rate: 35.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 73.6/1000; density per sq. mi.: 446
Capital and largest city (1993): Kathmandu, 535,000
Other large cities: Lalitpur, 190,000; Biratnagar, 132,000
Monetary unit: Nepalese rupee
Languages: Nepali (official), Newari, Bhutia, Maithali
Ethnicity/race: Newars, Indians, Tibetans, Gurungs, Magars, Tamangs, Bhotias, Rais, Limbus, Sherpas
Religions: Hindu, 90%; Buddhist, 5%; Islam, 3%
Literacy rate: 26%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $26.2 billion; $1,100 per capita. Real growth rate: 4.9%. Inflation: 7.8%. Unemployment: n.a.; substantial underemployment (1996). Arable land: 17%. Agriculture: rice, corn, wheat, sugarcane, root crops; milk, water buffalo meat. Labor force: (1996 est.) 10 million; agriculture, 81%; services, 16%; industry, 3% (note: severe lack of skilled labor). Industries: tourism, carpet, textile; small rice, jute, sugar, and oilseed mills; cigarette; cement and brick production. Natural resources: quartz, water, timber, hydropower potential, scenic beauty, small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore. Exports: $394 million (f.o.b., 1997 est., but does not include unrecorded border trade with India): carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain. Imports: $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1997 est.): petroleum products, fertilizer, machinery. Major trading partners: India, U.S., Germany, U.K., Singapore, Japan.
