Population of Nepal

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	08 Sep 2024

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The current population of Nepal is 29,638,097 as of October 12, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Nepal is projected at 29,651,054, or 29.65 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Nepal is projected at 29,694,614, or 29.69 million people for the year 2023.

Nepal ranks 51st in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Nepal is ranked 20th among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Nepal population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	8,308,568	8,396,603	176,069	2.097	0.34
1951	8,484,637	8,572,664	176,054	2.054	0.34
1952	8,660,691	8,747,294	173,206	1.980	0.34
1953	8,833,897	8,918,222	168,651	1.891	0.34
1954	9,002,548	9,087,775	170,455	1.876	0.34
1955	9,173,003	9,257,977	169,948	1.836	0.34
1956	9,342,951	9,427,891	169,880	1.802	0.34
1957	9,512,831	9,598,035	170,408	1.775	0.34
1958	9,683,239	9,766,240	166,002	1.700	0.34
1959	9,849,241	9,938,912	179,342	1.804	0.34
1960	10,028,583	10,123,658	190,151	1.878	0.34
1961	10,218,734	10,318,396	199,323	1.932	0.34
1962	10,418,057	10,521,116	206,118	1.959	0.34
1963	10,624,175	10,729,818	211,287	1.969	0.34
1964	10,835,462	10,946,392	221,860	2.027	0.34
1965	11,057,322	11,173,411	232,178	2.078	0.34
1966	11,289,500	11,408,710	238,421	2.090	0.34
1967	11,527,921	11,652,716	249,590	2.142	0.34
1968	11,777,511	11,906,266	257,511	2.163	0.34
1969	12,035,022	12,167,036	264,028	2.170	0.34
1970	12,299,050	12,436,190	274,279	2.206	0.34
1971	12,573,329	12,710,061	273,464	2.152	0.34
1972	12,846,793	12,989,099	284,611	2.191	0.34
1973	13,131,404	13,275,239	287,671	2.167	0.34
1974	13,419,075	13,568,435	298,720	2.202	0.34
1975	13,717,795	13,870,695	305,800	2.205	0.34
1976	14,023,595	14,177,649	308,109	2.173	0.34
1977	14,331,704	14,499,175	334,942	2.310	0.34
1978	14,666,646	14,839,695	346,099	2.332	0.35
1979	15,012,745	15,190,590	355,689	2.342	0.35
1980	15,368,434	15,553,105	369,343	2.375	0.35
1981	15,737,777	15,922,423	369,291	2.319	0.35
1982	16,107,068	16,297,987	381,839	2.343	0.35
1983	16,488,907	16,689,119	400,424	2.399	0.36
1984	16,889,331	17,085,242	391,822	2.293	0.36
1985	17,281,153	17,477,692	393,077	2.249	0.36
1986	17,674,230	17,868,124	387,788	2.170	0.36
1987	18,062,018	18,250,505	376,975	2.066	0.36
1988	18,438,993	18,638,661	399,336	2.143	0.36
1989	18,838,329	19,057,807	438,957	2.303	0.36
1990	19,277,286	19,524,573	494,574	2.533	0.37
1991	19,771,860	20,036,500	529,281	2.642	0.37
1992	20,301,141	20,609,707	617,132	2.995	0.37
1993	20,918,273	21,180,159	523,771	2.473	0.38
1994	21,442,044	21,717,479	550,869	2.537	0.38
1995	21,992,913	22,245,439	505,052	2.270	0.39
1996	22,497,965	22,741,862	487,794	2.145	0.39
1997	22,985,759	23,219,463	467,407	2.013	0.39
1998	23,453,166	23,680,357	454,382	1.919	0.39
1999	23,907,548	24,125,199	435,302	1.804	0.40
2000	24,342,850	24,546,509	407,318	1.659	0.40
2001	24,750,168	24,946,748	393,160	1.576	0.40
2002	25,143,328	25,328,981	371,306	1.466	0.40
2003	25,514,634	25,688,758	348,249	1.356	0.40
2004	25,862,883	26,016,656	307,546	1.182	0.40
2005	26,170,429	26,309,458	278,058	1.057	0.40
2006	26,448,487	26,565,425	233,875	0.880	0.40
2007	26,682,362	26,788,492	212,260	0.792	0.40
2008	26,894,622	26,990,037	190,830	0.707	0.39
2009	27,085,452	27,173,035	175,165	0.645	0.39
2010	27,260,617	27,341,952	162,671	0.595	0.39
2011	27,423,288	27,464,494	82,412	0.300	0.39
2012	27,505,700	27,534,915	58,430	0.212	0.38
2013	27,564,130	27,589,996	51,732	0.188	0.38
2014	27,615,862	27,672,370	113,015	0.408	0.37
2015	27,728,877	27,823,629	189,504	0.681	0.37
2016	27,918,381	27,955,462	74,162	0.265	0.37
2017	27,992,543	28,011,258	37,430	0.134	0.37
2018	28,029,973	28,079,689	99,432	0.354	0.36
2019	28,129,405	28,414,064	569,317	2.004	0.36
2020	28,698,722	28,966,574	535,705	1.849	0.37
2021	29,234,427	29,475,010	481,166	1.632	0.37
2022	29,715,593	29,715,436	-314	-0.001	0.37
2023	29,715,279	29,694,614	-41,329	-0.139	0.37

Nepal population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	29,673,950	29,651,054	-45,791	-0.154	0.36
2025	29,628,159	29,618,118	-20,083	-0.068	0.36
2026	29,608,076	29,629,410	42,667	0.144	0.36
2027	29,650,743	29,727,162	152,839	0.514	0.36
2028	29,803,582	29,947,585	288,005	0.962	0.35
2029	30,091,587	30,232,112	281,050	0.930	0.36
2030	30,372,637	30,509,996	274,717	0.900	0.36
2031	30,647,354	30,780,917	267,127	0.868	0.36
2032	30,914,481	31,045,414	261,867	0.844	0.36
2033	31,176,348	31,304,031	255,365	0.816	0.36
2034	31,431,713	31,555,066	246,706	0.782	0.36
2035	31,678,419	31,798,004	239,171	0.752	0.36
2036	31,917,590	32,033,716	232,253	0.725	0.36
2037	32,149,843	32,262,283	224,879	0.697	0.36
2038	32,374,722	32,484,802	220,159	0.678	0.36
2039	32,594,881	32,700,692	211,622	0.647	0.36
2040	32,806,503	32,909,537	206,067	0.626	0.36
2041	33,012,570	33,112,259	199,377	0.602	0.36
2042	33,211,947	33,309,059	194,224	0.583	0.36
2043	33,406,171	33,499,438	186,533	0.557	0.36
2044	33,592,704	33,683,328	181,248	0.538	0.36
2045	33,773,952	33,861,060	174,217	0.515	0.36
2046	33,948,169	34,032,995	169,651	0.498	0.36
2047	34,117,820	34,197,259	158,877	0.465	0.36
2048	34,276,697	34,352,079	150,765	0.439	0.36
2049	34,427,462	34,500,202	145,481	0.422	0.36
2050	34,572,943	34,642,027	138,168	0.399	0.36
2051	34,711,111	34,777,003	131,783	0.379	0.36
2052	34,842,894	34,903,233	120,678	0.346	0.36
2053	34,963,572	35,020,484	113,824	0.325	0.36
2054	35,077,396	35,129,988	105,184	0.299	0.36
2055	35,182,580	35,231,724	98,287	0.279	0.36
2056	35,280,867	35,326,897	92,060	0.261	0.36
2057	35,372,927	35,413,851	81,849	0.231	0.36
2058	35,454,776	35,492,617	75,682	0.213	0.36
2059	35,530,458	35,562,825	64,735	0.182	0.36
2060	35,595,193	35,623,033	55,680	0.156	0.36
2061	35,650,873	35,674,128	46,510	0.130	0.36
2062	35,697,383	35,717,452	40,137	0.112	0.36
2063	35,737,520	35,751,389	27,737	0.078	0.36
2064	35,765,257	35,775,847	21,180	0.059	0.35
2065	35,786,437	35,792,139	11,405	0.032	0.35
2066	35,797,842	35,799,774	3,864	0.011	0.35
2067	35,801,706	35,799,866	-3,679	-0.010	0.35
2068	35,798,027	35,792,416	-11,221	-0.031	0.35
2069	35,786,806	35,776,992	-19,628	-0.055	0.35
2070	35,767,178	35,752,366	-29,624	-0.083	0.35
2071	35,737,554	35,717,993	-39,123	-0.110	0.35
2072	35,698,431	35,676,658	-43,545	-0.122	0.35
2073	35,654,886	35,627,724	-54,323	-0.152	0.35
2074	35,600,563	35,569,137	-62,851	-0.177	0.35
2075	35,537,712	35,502,912	-69,599	-0.196	0.35
2076	35,468,113	35,429,039	-78,148	-0.221	0.35
2077	35,389,965	35,347,230	-85,470	-0.242	0.34
2078	35,304,495	35,257,624	-93,742	-0.266	0.34
2079	35,210,753	35,159,313	-102,881	-0.293	0.34
2080	35,107,872	35,053,476	-108,792	-0.310	0.34
2081	34,999,080	34,941,467	-115,226	-0.330	0.34
2082	34,883,854	34,822,895	-121,918	-0.350	0.34
2083	34,761,936	34,697,086	-129,701	-0.374	0.34
2084	34,632,235	34,563,646	-137,178	-0.397	0.34
2085	34,495,057	34,422,253	-145,608	-0.423	0.33
2086	34,349,449	34,275,648	-147,602	-0.431	0.33
2087	34,201,847	34,125,358	-152,978	-0.448	0.33
2088	34,048,869	33,969,327	-159,084	-0.468	0.33
2089	33,889,785	33,807,734	-164,102	-0.485	0.33
2090	33,725,683	33,642,041	-167,284	-0.497	0.33
2091	33,558,399	33,472,744	-171,310	-0.512	0.33
2092	33,387,089	33,299,503	-175,173	-0.526	0.32
2093	33,211,916	33,123,433	-176,966	-0.534	0.32
2094	33,034,950	32,944,447	-181,006	-0.549	0.32
2095	32,853,944	32,763,523	-180,842	-0.552	0.32
2096	32,673,102	32,581,245	-183,715	-0.564	0.32
2097	32,489,387	32,396,051	-186,673	-0.576	0.32
2098	32,302,714	32,209,128	-187,172	-0.581	0.32
2099	32,115,542	32,021,277	-188,530	-0.589	0.31
2100	31,927,012	31,831,433	-191,157	-0.601	0.31