Nepal

Capital city — Kathmandu

Country population
28,087,871
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.579
(147/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.2
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Home Affairs
Total number of prisoners
23,775
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11/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
79
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11/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
154 %
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11/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
74
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2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
no
Female prisoners
7.3 %
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10/2014
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
-
Percentage of untried prisoners
58.9 %
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03/2009
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1997
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Special populations

Female prisoners

7.3 %

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10/2014

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Incarcerated minors

-

not disclosed

Percentage of untried prisoners

58.9 %

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03/2009

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1997

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