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    Nepal

    Nepal at a glance

    Capital city

    Kathmandu

    Population

    29.7 million

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    Cost of living (monthly, one person)

    $550/month (Local Data, 2025)

    Freedom score

    Partly Free, score 62/100 (Freedom House, 2024)

    Safety (Global Peace Index)

    1.95/5 — rank 81/163 (IEP, 2024)

    Language

    Nepali

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    People & culture

    Butter tea swirls with salt and yak butter in chipped ceramic mugs as the first bells of a neighborhood stupa ring through the morning mist. In the capital, commuters dodge tangled overhead wires on motorbikes, their faces shielded by masks against the thick, gritty dust that clings to everything during the long wait for paved roads.