Where is Nepal?
Nepal is a landlocked country in Southern Asia, bordered by China and India.
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Crazy but True
Nepal has the only national flag on Earth that is not a rectangle. It is made of two stacked pennants, and its exact proportions are defined in the constitution by a lengthy geometric construction. Nepal also contains eight of the world's ten highest mountains.
Nepal facts
- Capital
- Kathmandu
- Population
- 29,618,118 (2025)
- Area
- 147,181 km²
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- Southern Asia
- Currency
- Nepalese rupee (NPR)
- Languages
- Nepali
- Coordinates
- 28°, 84°
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Country code
- NP · NPL
How Nepal compares
- Nepal is the 94th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Bangladesh and larger than Tajikistan.
- It is the 52nd most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 2 countries.
- It is landlocked, one of 40 landlocked countries on our map.
- Within Asia, it is the 27th largest of 45 countries by area.