With a population of about 27 million, there are more than 30 ethnic groups including Lai, Limbu, Suhaier, Damang, magal, Gulong, Selba, Nevard and Taru. Nepali is the national language, and English is widely used in the upper class. 86.2% of the residents believe in Hinduism, 7.8% in Buddhism, 3.8% in Islam and 2.2% in other religions.

Kathmandu, the capital, has a population of about 70 1.9 million (2006,5438+0). The monthly average maximum temperature is 29℃ (July) and the monthly average minimum temperature is 2℃(65438+ 10 month).

Economic and agricultural country, economically backward, one of the least developed countries in the world. Since the early 1990s, the market-oriented free economic policy has been implemented, but due to the changeable political situation and weak infrastructure, it has not achieved good results. It relies heavily on foreign aid, and one third of its budget expenditure comes from foreign donations and loans. The foreign exchange reserve is 253.36 billion rupees (about 3.47 billion US dollars) and the foreign debt is 386.8 billion rupees (about 5.3 billion US dollars).

Gross domestic product (fiscal year 2009/20 10):162 billion USD.

Per capita GDP (fiscal year 2009/20 10): US$ 562.

GDP growth rate (fiscal year 2009/20 10): 3.5%

Currency name: Nepalese rupee.

Exchange rate: 1 USD =73 rupees.

Inflation rate (fiscal year 2009/20 10): 10.4%

(Source: Economic Overview of Nepal in fiscal year 2009/20 10)

(Note: The fiscal year of Nepal begins on July 16 of the previous year and ends on July 15 of the next year. )