al:

$3.07 billion (March 2006)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$NA

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$963.5 million (2005)

Currency (code):

Nepalese rupee (NPR)

Currency code:

NPR

Exchange rates:

Nepalese rupees (NPR) per US dollar - NA (2007), 72.446 (2006),
72.16 (2005), 73.674 (2004), 76.141 (2003)

Communications
Nepal

Telephones - main lines in use:

766,400 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1.157 million (2006)

Telephone system:

general assessment: poor telephone and telegraph service; fair
radiotelephone communication service and mobile-cellular telephone
network
domestic: NA
international: country code - 977; radiotelephone communications;
microwave landline to India; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
(Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (2000)

Radios:

840,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998)

Televisions:

130,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.np

Internet hosts:

42,219 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

6 (2000)

Internet users:

337,100 (2007)

Transportation
Nepal

Airports:

47 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 10
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 37
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 30 (2007)

Railways:

total: 59 km
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:

total: 17,280 km
paved: 9,829 km
unpaved: 7,451 km (2004)

Military
Nepal

Military branches:

Nepalese Army, Armed Police Force (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age for voluntary military service; 15 years of age for
military training; no conscription (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 7,322,965
females age 16-49: 6,859,064 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 5,146,958
females age 16-49: 4,724,495 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 335,747
female: 312,297 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

1.6% of GDP (2006)

Transnational Issues
Nepal

Disputes - international:

joint border commission continues to work on contested sections of
boundary with India, including the 400