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Nepal: map and facts
Nepal is in Southern Asia. It has about 29.6 million people (2025), the 52nd largest population. It covers 147,181 km², the 93rd largest by area. That is about 201 people per km². Its highest point is Mount Everest, at 8,849 m. The longest river on its map is the Gandak, 630 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 29,618,118 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 147,181 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Kathmandu
- Highest point: Mount Everest, 8,849 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 43.6% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Nepal, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Gandak: 630 km
Also on the map: Ghaghara and Kosi.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Mount Everest: 8,849 m (its highest point)
- Kanchenjunga: 8,586 m
- Dhaulagiri: 8,167 m
Mountain ranges: Himalayas and Siwalik Hills.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): mixed forest 21.3%, wooded savanna 17.6%, grassland 16.7%, farmland 14.1%, savanna 10.5%, bare ground 8.3%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 47%, high mountains 34%, plains 12.6%, hills 6.3%.
Forests covered 43.6% of its land in 2024, up from 40.2% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Nepal shares land borders with China and India on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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