Note: landlocked; strategic location between China and India; contains
eight of world's 10 highest peaks
@Nepal:People
Population: 21,560,869 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 43% (female 4,479,950; male 4,692,575)
15-64 years: 55% (female 5,778,107; male 5,994,147)
65 years and over: 2% (female 305,502; male 310,588) (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.44% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 37.31 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate: 12.9 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 81.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 53.09 years male: 52.86 years female: 53.34 years (1995 est.)