Country
Nigeria Nepal
Leader
Population
170,123,740 29,890,686
Life Expectancy
52.050 years 66.510 years
Capital City
Abuja Kathmandu
Largest city
Lagos (population: 9,000,000) Kathmandu (population: 1,442,270)
Human Development Index
0.499 0.53 GDP per capita $2,600 US $1,300 US
Literacy Rate
68% 48.6%
Corruption Perception Index
2.7 2.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
7.3% 33.2% Wealthiest Citizens Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US) NA Unemployment Rate 21.000% 46.000%
Death Penalty
Legal Abolished
Political System
federal republic federal democratic republic
Independence date
1 October 1960 (from UK) 1768 (unified by Prithvi Narayan SHAH) Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10% 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 Languages English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani 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.) Exports petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain External Debt $10,430,000,000 $ $3,777,000,000 US Exchange Rate nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004) Nepalese rupees (NPR) per US dollar - NA (2007), 72.446 (2006), 72.16 (2005), 73.674 (2004), 76.141 (2003) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 1.500% 1.600% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 4 0 Location Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon Southern Asia, between China and India Area 923,768 km sq 147,181 km sq Coastline 853 km 0 km Climate varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south
