Proxy Parameters

Explanatory variables

Data Sources (1970-2010)

Mortality & fertility

・ Crude Death Rate

・ Crude Birth Rate

・ Population Growth

Census Surveys, Central Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Population, Nepal

Age structure

・ Young and Working Age Population Ratio

・ Elderly and Working Age Population Ratio

Annual Reports, Ministry of Population; and Statistical Reports, Central Bureau of Statistics, Nepal

Life expectancy

・ Average life expectancy at birth

Statistical Annual Reports, Central Bureau of Statistics

Residency

・ % Population Rural & Urban

Census Surveys, Central Bureau of Statistics