Nepal
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal · नेपाल
Nepal (NP, NPL) is a country in Southern Asia, with Kathmandu as its capital. The currency is the Nepalese Rupee (NPR, NPR). The international dialling code is +977 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 984-1234567. The time zone is Asia/Kathmandu. Official language: Nepali.
CurrencyNPRNPR
Dial code+977e.g. 984-1234567
Time zoneKathmanduUTC+05:45
LanguageNepali
CapitalKathmandu
Population31.1M147.2K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
- Native name
- नेपाल
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- NP
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- NPL
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 524
- IOC code
- NEP
- Demonym
- Nepalese
- Capital
- Kathmandu
- Region
- Asia › Southern Asia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Southern Asia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .np
- Coordinates
- 28, 84
- Area
- 147,181 km²
- Population
- 31,122,400
- GDP
- $144.3B ($4.6K per person)
- Literacy
- 57.4%
- Landlocked
- Yes
Currency
Nepalese Rupee NPR
- Symbol
- NPR narrow Rs
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- नेरू १,२३४.५०
Former currencies: INR
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali ne | Official | 44% (13.7M) | |
| Maithili mai | 11% (3.4M) | ||
| Bhojpuri bho | 6.8% (2.1M) | ||
| Newari new | 3.3% (1M) | ||
| jml jml | 3.2% (995.9K) | ||
| English en | 3% (933.7K) | ||
| dty dty | 2.5% (778.1K) | ||
| Awadhi awa | 2.2% (684.7K) | ||
| thl thl | 2% (622.4K) | ||
| bap bap | 1.5% (466.8K) | ||
| tdg tdg | 1.3% (404.6K) | ||
| thr thr | 1.2% (373.5K) | ||
| lif lif | 1.1% (342.3K) | ||
| mgp mgp | 1.1% (342.3K) | ||
| thq thq | 1% (311.2K) | ||
| mrd mrd | 0.83% (258.3K) | ||
| bfy bfy | 0.54% (168.1K) | ||
| xsr xsr | 0.52% (161.8K) | ||
| rjs rjs | 0.44% (136.9K) | ||
| taj taj | 0.43% (133.8K) | ||
| Hindi hi | 0.42% (130.7K) | ||
| gvr gvr | 0.29% (90.3K) | ||
| Tibetan bo | 0.24% (74.7K) | ||
| tkt tkt | 0.24% (74.7K) | ||
| suz suz | 0.13% (40.5K) | ||
| tdh tdh | 0.12% (37.3K) | ||
| Bangla bn | 0.094% (29.3K) | ||
| unr-Deva unr-Deva | 0.018% (5.6K) | ||
| lep lep | 0.0091% (2.8K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Kathmandu | UTC+05:45 | none | Nepal Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +977
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 8–11 digits
- Emergency number
- 100 pattern 1(?:0[0-3]|12)
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 01-4567890 | +977 1 4567890 | XX-XXXXXXX | 8 |
| Mobile | 984-1234567 | +977 984 1234567 | XXX-XXXXXXX | 10 |
| Toll free | 16600101234 | +977 16600101234 | XXXXXXXXXXX | 11 |
Show the 4 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d)(\d{7}) | 1[2-6] | $1-$2 | $1-$2 |
(\d{2})(\d{6}) | 1[01]|[2-8]|9(?:[1-59]|[67][2-6]) | $1-$2 | $1-$2 |
(\d{3})(\d{7}) | 9 | $1-$2 | $1-$2 |
(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{5}) | 1 | $1-$2-$3 | $1-$2-$3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City} {Postal code}
No data.
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{5}- Examples
- 44601
- Post office lookup
- https://gpo.gov.np/pages/postal-code-1259614658/
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Sunday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 24-hour (0–23), also h, hB
- Calendars
- gregorian
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the Nepali (Nepal) locale (ne-NP), amounts in NPR.
- Number
- १२,३४,५६७.८९१
- Percent
- ४५.७%
- Currency (NPR)
- नेरू १२,३४,५६७.८९
- Accounting
- -नेरू १२,३४,५६७.८९
- Currency, name
- १२,३४,५६७.८९ नेपाली रूपैयाँ
- Compact short
- १२ लाख
- Compact long
- १.२ करोड
- Scientific
- १.२३५E६
- Speed
- ८८ किलोमिटर प्रति घण्टा
- Temperature
- २१.५°से
- Date, full
- २०२६ मार्च २७, शुक्रबार
- Date, long
- २०२६ मार्च २७
- Date, medium
- २०२६ मार्च २७
- Date, short
- २६/३/२७
- Time, medium
- १५:०४:०५
- Time, short
- १५:०४
- Date and time
- २०२६ मार्च २७, १५:०४
- Month and year
- २०२६ मार्च
- Weekday
- शुक्रबार
- Relative time
- हिजो · ३ दिनमा · २ घण्टा पहिले
- List: and
- A, B र C
- List: or
- A, B, वा C