!!!Nepal: People & Society
||Population|29,033,914 (July 2016 est.)
||Nationality|''noun'': Nepali (singular and plural) \\ ''adjective'': Nepali \\ 
||Ethnic groups|Chhettri 16.6%, Brahman-Hill 12.2%, Magar 7.1%, Tharu 6.6%, Tamang 5.8%, Newar 5%, Kami 4.8%, Muslim 4.4%, Yadav 4%, Rai 2.3%, Gurung 2%, Damai/Dholii 1.8%, Thakuri 1.6%, Limbu 1.5%, Sarki 1.4%, Teli 1.4%, Chamar/Harijan/Ram 1.3%, Koiri/Kushwaha 1.2%, other 19% \\ ''__note__'': 125 caste/ethnic groups were reported in the 2011 national census (2011 est.) \\ 
||Languages|Nepali (official) 44.6%, Maithali 11.7%, Bhojpuri 6%, Tharu 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.2%, Magar 3%, Bajjika 3%, Urdu 2.6%, Avadhi 1.9%, Limbu 1.3%, Gurung 1.2%, other 10.4%, unspecified 0.2% \\ ''__note__'': 123 languages reported as mother tongue in 2011 national census; many in government and business also speak English (2011 est.) \\ 
||Religions|Hindu 81.3%, Buddhist 9%, Muslim 4.4%, Kirant 3.1%, Christian 1.4%, other 0.5%, unspecifed 0.2% (2011 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.) \\ 
||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 61.8% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 52.9% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 9% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 11.1% (2015 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.)
||Net migration rate|-1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Urbanization|''urban population'': 18.6% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 3.18% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ 
||Major urban areas - population|KATHMANDU (capital) 1.183 million (2015)
||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.07 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 0.82 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.95 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.86 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.95 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ 
||Mother's mean age at first birth|20.1 \\ ''__note__'': median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011 est.) \\ 
||Maternal mortality rate|258 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 28.9 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 30.2 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 27.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ 
||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 70.7 years \\ ''male'': 70.1 years \\ ''female'': 71.3 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Total fertility rate|2.18 children born/woman (2016 est.)
||Contraceptive prevalence rate|49.7% (2011)
||Health expenditures|5.8% of GDP (2014)
||Hospital bed density|5 beds/1,000 population (2006)
||Drinking water source|''improved'':  \\ urban: 90.9% of population \\ rural: 91.8% of population \\ total: 91.6% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 9.1% of population \\ rural: 8.2% of population \\ total: 8.4% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||Sanitation facility access|''improved'':  \\ urban: 56% of population \\ rural: 43.5% of population \\ total: 45.8% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 44% of population \\ rural: 56.5% of population \\ total: 54.2% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.21% (2015 est.)
||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|39,400 (2015 est.)
||HIV/AIDS - deaths|2,300 (2015 est.)
||Major infectious diseases|''degree of risk'': high \\ ''food or waterborne diseases'': bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever \\ ''vectorborne diseases'': Japanese encephalitis, malaria, and dengue fever (2016) \\ 
||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|2.9% (2014)
||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|30.1% (2014)
||Education expenditures|3.7% of GDP (2015)
||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 63.9% \\ ''male'': 76.4% \\ ''female'': 53.1% (2015 est.) \\ 
||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 12 years \\ ''male'': 12 years \\ ''female'': 13 years (2013) \\ 
||Child labor - children ages 5-14|''total number'': 2,467,549 \\ ''percentage'': 34% (2008 est.) \\ 
||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 3.5% \\ ''male'': 4.2% \\ ''female'': 2.9% (2008 est.) \\