Southern Asia
Nepal
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Core facts
- Capital
- Kathmandu
- Population
- 29,911,840
- Area
- 147,181 km^2
- Country code
- NPL
- Flag emoji
- 🇳🇵
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 203.2 per km^2
- Calling code
- +977
Culture and society
- Languages
- Nepali
- Religions
- Islam (27.0%), Hinduism (25.0%), Unaffiliated (21.0%), Buddhism (12.0%), Christianity (7.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Other religions (2.0%)
- Native names
- नेपाल
- Demonyms (EN)
- Nepalese / Nepalese
- Start of week
- sunday
- Driving side
- left
- Timezones
- UTC+05:45
- Alternative spellings
- NP, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Loktāntrik Ganatantra Nepāl
Geography and map
- Continents
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 28.00, 84.00
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Borders
- CHN, IND
- Border countries count
- 2
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Nepalese rupee (₨)
- Top-level domain
- .np
- FIFA code
- NEP
- Capital coordinates
- 27.72, 85.32
- Postal code format
- #####
- Gini index
- 32.8 (2010)
- Coat of arms