Table  5 : Population by 5 - year  age  groups and sex
Area  and  Age	Total		Male		Female
Groups	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
NEPAL
All ages	18491097	100	9220974	100	9270123	100
0  - 04    Years	2707352	14.6	1371225	14.9	1336127	14.4
05  - 09    Years	2806133	15.2	1430265	15.5	1375868	14.8
10  - 14    Years	2327286	12.6	1209803	13.1	1117483	12.1
15  - 19    Years	1792527	9.7	878035	9.5	914492	9.9
20  - 24    Years	1586763	8.6	729279	7.9	857484	9.2
25  -  29    Years	1374409	7.4	648268	7.0	726141	7.8
30  - 34    Years	1154301	6.2	552339	6.0	601962	6.5
35  - 39    Years	1027247	5.6	516229	5.6	511018	5.5
40  - 44    Years	842719	4.6	409992	4.4	432727	4.7
45  - 49    Years	734162	4.0	374362	4.1	359800	3.9
50  - 54    Years	598484	3.2	307446	3.3	291038	3.1
55  - 59     Years	465957	2.5	250040	2.7	215917	2.3
60  - 64    Years	431645	2.3	215479	2.3	216166	2.3
65  - 69    Years	270472	1.5	141707	1.5	128765	1.4
70  - 74    Years	183952	1.0	94230	1.0	89722	1.0
75  - 79    Years	89966	0.5	46300	0.5	43666	0.5
80  - 84     Years	58809	0.3	27927	0.3	30882	0.3
85  - 89    Years	20725	0.1	10116	0.1	10609	0.1
90  - 94    Years	9206	0.0	4152		5054	0.1
95  +  Years	6459		2827		3632
Not Stated	2523		953		1570