Country
Nepal Greece
Leader
Population
29,890,686 10,767,827
Life Expectancy
66.510 years 80.050 years
Capital City
Kathmandu Athens
Largest city
Kathmandu (population: 1,442,270) Athens (population: 729,137)
Human Development Index
0.53 0.947 GDP per capita $1,300 US $26,600 US
Literacy Rate
48.6% 96%
Corruption Perception Index
2.7 4.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
33.2% 14.7% Wealthiest Citizens NA Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US) Unemployment Rate 46.000% 17.300%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished
Political System
federal democratic republic parliamentary republic
Independence date
1768 (unified by Prithvi Narayan SHAH) 1829 (from the Ottoman Empire) Religions Hindu 80.6%, Buddhist 10.7%, Muslim 4.2%, Kirant 3.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census) note: only official Hindu state in the world Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% Languages Nepali 47.8%, Maithali 12.1%, Bhojpuri 7.4%, Tharu (Dagaura/Rana) 5.8%, Tamang 5.1%, Newar 3.6%, Magar 3.3%, Awadhi 2.4%, other 10%, unspecified 2.5% (2001 census) note: many in government and business also speak English (2001 est.) Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French) Exports carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles External Debt $3,777,000,000 $ $583,300,000,000 US Exchange Rate Nepalese rupees (NPR) per US dollar - NA (2007), 72.446 (2006), 72.16 (2005), 73.674 (2004), 76.141 (2003) euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 1.600% 4.300% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 0 4 Location Southern Asia, between China and India Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey Area 147,181 km sq 131,957 km sq Coastline 0 km 13,676 km Climate varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
