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King:
King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
Capital:
Kathmandu
Area:
total: 147,181 sq km
land: 143,351 sq km
water: 3,830 sq km
Land Boundaries:
total: 3,159 km
border countries (2): China 1,389 km, India 1,770 km
Climate:
varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south
Natural Resources:
severe thunderstorms; flooding; landslides; drought and famine depending on the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons
Population & its structure:

 Population: 29,033,914 (July 2016 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 30.93% (male 4,646,048/female 4,333,105)

15-24 years: 21.86% (male 3,176,158/female 3,169,721)

25-54 years: 35.99% (male 4,707,264/female 5,740,985)

55-64 years: 6.22% (male 877,288/female 927,202)

65 years and over: 5.02% (male 723,523/female 732,620) (2016 est.)
Median age:
total: 23.6 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 24.8 years (2016 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.24% (2016 est.)
Birth rate:
19.9 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
Death rate:
5.7 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
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