Here is the data currently available from
Minstry of Health & Population, Nepal. It will be updated as soon as they are published from MOH.
1. General Information
Surface Area (Km2) = 147,181
Population = 23,151,423
Male = 11,563,921
Female = 11,587,502
Sex ratio = 0.997
Total Household (%)
Urban = 16.10
Rural = 83.90
Population Growth Rate (%) = 2.27
Pop. Density (Pop./Km2) = 157
Population by Ecological Belts
Mountains (Land area 35%) = 7.3
Hills (Land area 42%) = 44.3
Terai (Land area 23%) = 48.4
Literacy (Projected 2001, MOPE) = 66
2. Health Status
Service Provided
per Doctor = 18,439
per Nurse = 4,987
per Hospital Bed = 2,349
per Health Care Provider Ratio * = 2,071
As per the 9th 5 Year Plan (3rd Year Status) NPC
Life expectancy at birth = 58.95
Maternal Mortality Rate/ 100,000 live births (DHS 1996) = 539
Crude Birth Rate (CDR)/ 1000 = 33.58
Fertility (in %)
Total fertility rate/ woman = 4.4
Urban = 2.1
Rural = 4.4
* Doctor, Nurse/ANM, Health Assitant/AHW (2001 Calculation)
3. Top Ten Diseases Accounting for Morbidity* : Diseases = National Total
Skin Diseases = 5.51
Diarhoeal Diseases (CDD) = 3.35
Acute Respiratory Infection = 3.13
Inteslinal worms = 2.82
Pyrexia of unknown origin = 2.02
Gastritis = 1.95
Ear Infection = 1.40
Chronic Bronchitis = 1.06
Abdominal Pain = 0.96
Sore Eye and Complaints = 0.93
4. Family Planning Knowledge of Methods (any method): Group =in %
Ever-married women = 99.5
Currently married women = 99.5
Ever married men = 99.4
Currently married men = 99.6
Current use of contraception
Contraceptive prevalnce rate =38.9
*(Source: Nepal Demographic Health Survey 2001)
5. Maternal Health (in %) Antenatal Care
Live birth attended by health care provider * = 42.2
Delivery Care
Live birth attended by health care provider * = 12.5
TBA = 23.4
*(doctor, nurse/ANM, health assistant/ AHW/MCHW)
6. Child Health (in %)
Immunization in Children (%) (Source: Annual Report MoH/DoHS 2001)
BCG = 95
DPT 3 = 80
Polio 3 = 80
Measles = 75
Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) and Fever (%) *
Children with symptoms of ARI = 22.8
Children with fever = 32.0
Children with symptoms of ARI and Fever (sought treatment from a health facility or provider) = 24.2
Diarrhoea (%) *
Two weeks preceding the survey = 20.4
Percentage of clients taken to a health care provider = 21.8
Breastfeeding and Supplementation (%)*
Exclusively breastfed:
<6 months = 68.3
6-9 month = 10.8
Infant and Child Mortality *
Infant Mortality Rate/1000 = 64.2
Under-five Mortality Rate/1000 = 91
Source: Nepal Demographic Health Survey 2001
7. Skilled Manpower Under MOH
Doctors = 1,259
Nurse/ANM = 6,216
Paramedic/Health Assistant =5,295
Villge Health Worker = 4,015
MCHW = 3,190
Pharmacist = 21
Pharmacist Assistant = 15
Ayurvedic Physician = 391
Baidhya = 347
Health Volunteers *
Female Community Health Volunteer = 53,999
Trained Traditional Birth Attendants = 14,951
Source: Statistical Yearbook of Nepal, 2001
8. Health Facilities
Facility =Total
Under Ministry of Health
1. Specialized/Central Hospitals = 5
2. Regional Hospital = 1
3. Sub Regional Hospitals = 1
4. Zonal Hospitals = 9
5. District Hospitals = 67
6. District Health Office = 75
7. Primary Health Care Center (PHC-C) = 180
8. Health Post (HP) = 711
9. Sub Health Post (SHP) = 3,179
10. PHC Outreach Clinics = 15,548
Other Government Hospitals
11. Military Hospital = 6
12. Police Hospital = 1
13. Cancer Hospital = 1
14. Heart Hospital = 1
Teaching Hospitals
15. Government Sector = 8
16. Non-governmental Sector = 14
17. Private Health Facilities/ Nursing Home = 74
18. Community Run Hospitals = 3
Eye Hospital
19. Government/Non-government/Private =16
Ayurvedic/ Alternative Medical Institutions
20. Ayurvedic Hospital = 2
21. Vaidyakhana = 1
22. Anchal Ayurveda Aushadhalaya = 14
23. District Ayurveda Swasthya Kendra = 55
24. Ayurveda Aushadhalaya = 216
25. Homeopathy Hospital = 1
26. Yunani Chikitsalaya = 1
Updated on August 16, 2007 not yet published by MOH.
- Matarnal Mortality has reduced to 281 from 539/lakh live brith (source: Nepal demographic health survery [BY New Era, MoH, UNICEF], 2006)
- Life Expectancy has increased 61.9 (Mid term three years plan, Nepal Planning commission)
- Infant Moratlity rate has reduced to 48 from 61/thousand live birth (source: Nepal demographic health survery [BY New Era, MoH, UNICEF], 2006)
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Fact Sheet (2062-63).pdf Fact Sheet in Nepali 2062-63.pdf
New Update on
Nepal's Mortality Fact Sheet 2006 published by WHO