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Nepal has a population of 30 million with high birth and fertility rates but decreasing population growth rate. It is predominantly rural, Hindu, and has low education and health indicators. The government shifted from a monarchy to a multi-party federal republic and aims to improve education accessibility. While Nepal currently lacks an official population policy, the decreasing growth rate to 1.8% could allow it to reach zero growth by 2021 if maintained. However, improved development could increase the rate, requiring family planning assistance.

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Nepal has a population of 30 million with high birth and fertility rates but decreasing population growth rate. It is predominantly rural, Hindu, and has low education and health indicators. The government shifted from a monarchy to a multi-party federal republic and aims to improve education accessibility. While Nepal currently lacks an official population policy, the decreasing growth rate to 1.8% could allow it to reach zero growth by 2021 if maintained. However, improved development could increase the rate, requiring family planning assistance.

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Dan Tomlin

Mock Debate Nepal


Information:
Population: 30,094,000
Population Density (population per square km): 209
Birth rate: 21 births per 1000 population
Death rate: 7 deaths per 1000 population
Population growth rate: 1.8%
Total fertility rate: 2.3
Male life expectancy: 67.3
Female life expectancy: 69.1
Infant mortality rate per 1000: 40
Child mortality rate per 1000: 50
Maternal morbidity rate: 170 deaths per 100,000 births
Percent of population in urban areas: 17%
Percent of population in rural areas: 83%
Predominant ethic groups and sizes:
Khas-Chhetri 15.8%
Khas-Brahmln 12.7%
Magar 7.1%
Predominant religions:
Hindu 80.62%
Buddhist 10.74%
Muslin 4.2%
Immigration rate: 4 per 1000 population
GNP per capita: $2,260
Total GNP: $62.87billion
Total GDP: $19.29billion
Agricultural base: Self-sustainable
Primary exports: Knotted carpets and flavored water
Education policy: After the restoration of democracy, the government is
taking more action to implement education for all citizens and is
beginning to regulate childrens education similar to the US, while
using a much more simple curriculum.
Male literacy rate: 71.6%
Female literacy rate: 44.5%
Health care: Very limited. Private and public, but most people do not
get medical help and those who do must pay out of their pocket.
Status of women: The government prevents sexism, but because it is a
developing nation, women are still of less value than men. 33% of
parliament is women. 80% of women are in the work force. 18% of
women over 25 have a secondary education.

Form of government: Multi-party system federal republic. Three


branches like USA
Country policy on population: There is no official policy but the growth
rate would preferably be lower.
Report
Nepals government has drastically shifted from a monarchy to a
republic in the last five years. The extremely ineffective political
leaders in the past stunted the economic growth of the country,
leaving it to still be an extremely undeveloped country. With a per
capita GNP of only just over two thousand dollars, the Nepali
government has more domestic things to worry about than subverting
the population of the world. However, as the stabilization of the
economy and government grows, the Nepali government is talking
about implementing a population control system so that it does not
have to deal with the same issue that India has. Because the current
population growth rate is only 1.8% and the Nepali governments goal
was to have it down to 2.1% by 2017, the decrease in the growth rate
of population is evident. However, the 1.8% is not even close to the
zero growth rate that the UN is hoping to achieve by 2050. However, if
the growth rate continues to decrease at the same rate from 2.3% in
2012, Nepal should reach zero growth rate in 2021. As long as the
growth rate continues to decrease at the same rate as it has been,
Nepal should aid in the decrease of the world population growth.
However, if the growth rate increases as health care and living
conditions improve as the country becomes more developed, it would

require aid from other countries to implement birth control and


Planned Parenthood as India did when its population exploded. As
Nepal does not have an active population control system at this time, it
asks for the assistance of independent organizations to inform women
and families of the population situation and aid the Nepali government
in regulating population growth.

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