Nepal
Kathmandu · South Asia
Nepal is a country in Asia. Its capital city is Kathmandu, the official currency is the Nepalese Rupee, and the main language is Nepali.
With a population of roughly 30.9 million people spread over 147,181 km², Nepal is the 49th most populous country in the world and the 93rd largest by area. That works out at about 210 people per square kilometre.
Nepal shares land borders with China and India — 2 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Kathmandu, Pokhara and Lalitpur. The highest point in the country is Mount Everest, at 8,849 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Bangladesh, while its population is closest to that of Madagascar.
- Capital
- Kathmandu
- Region
- South Asia
- Population
- 30,900,000
- Area
- 147,181 km²
- Currency
- Nepalese Rupee
- Main language
- Nepali
- Highest point
- Mount Everest
8,849 m - Land borders
- 2
Nepal: things worth knowing
- Eight of the world's fourteen peaks above 8,000 metres lie wholly or partly in Nepal.
- Its flag is the only national flag that is not a rectangle or square.
- Nepal was never colonised, and its clocks run 45 minutes off GMT, an offset used by no other country.
Nepal in context
Asia has 48 sovereign countries in total. Nepal ranks 20th among them by population.
See the full list of Asia countries, or browse all 195 countries.