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Nepal

Capital city — Kathmandu

  • Country population

    29,136,808
    i
    2020
    / World Bank
  • Type of government

    Parliamentary Republic
  • Human Development Index

    0.602

    (142/188)

    i
    2019
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

    2.3
    i
    2016
    / UNDP, Human Development Report
  • Name of authority in charge of the pris…

    Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Total number of prisoners

    25,758
    i
    2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…

    85
    i
    2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Prison density

    154 %
    i
    11/2019
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Total number of prison facilities

    74
    i
    2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • An NPM has been established

    no
  • Number and percentage of female prisone…

    5.4 %
    i
    2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Incarcerated minors

    3 %
    i
    11/2020
    / World Prison Brief, ICP
  • Untried prisoners

    54 %
    i
    2021
    / World Prison Brief, ICPR
  • Death penalty is abolished

    yes, since 1997
    i
    PdM
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