Population of Nepal

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Nepal is 30,638,192 as of March 30, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Nepal is projected at 29,674,920 or 29.675 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Nepal is projected at 29,136,808 or 29.137 million people for the year 2020. Nepal ranks number 49th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Nepal is ranked 20th among 51 countries in Asia.

Nepal's population peak will be 2050 with 35.32 mn people after Nepal's population will be decreased year by year. The Nepal population is projected to reach 33.39 million in 2030 and increase further to 35.32 million in 2050, and it will decrease by 23.71 million by 2100. Nepal accounts for 0.38 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 0.37% in 2043 and is projected to decline at 0.22% by 2100.

Nepal was at 41st position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 73rd in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Nepal population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	8,483,325	-	-	0.33
1951	8,663,611	180,286	2.13	0.34
1952	8,834,697	171,086	1.97	0.34
1953	8,999,188	164,491	1.86	0.34
1954	9,159,328	160,140	1.78	0.34
1955	9,316,916	157,588	1.72	0.34
1956	9,473,417	156,501	1.68	0.34
1957	9,629,864	156,447	1.65	0.34
1958	9,786,975	157,111	1.63	0.33
1959	9,945,209	158,234	1.62	0.33
1960	10,105,050	159,841	1.61	0.33
1961	10,267,264	162,214	1.61	0.33
1962	10,433,145	165,881	1.62	0.33
1963	10,604,621	171,476	1.64	0.33
1964	10,783,967	179,346	1.69	0.33
1965	10,972,912	188,945	1.75	0.33
1966	11,172,529	199,617	1.82	0.33
1967	11,382,967	210,438	1.88	0.33
1968	11,603,928	220,961	1.94	0.33
1969	11,834,654	230,726	1.99	0.33
1970	12,074,626	239,972	2.03	0.33
1971	12,323,982	249,356	2.07	0.33
1972	12,583,140	259,158	2.10	0.33
1973	12,852,206	269,066	2.14	0.33
1974	13,131,260	279,054	2.17	0.33
1975	13,420,369	289,109	2.20	0.33
1976	13,719,471	299,102	2.23	0.33
1977	14,028,536	309,065	2.25	0.33
1978	14,347,641	319,105	2.27	0.33
1979	14,676,929	329,288	2.30	0.34
1980	15,016,402	339,473	2.31	0.34
1981	15,367,230	350,828	2.34	0.34
1982	15,729,431	362,201	2.36	0.34
1983	16,100,617	371,186	2.36	0.34
1984	16,477,473	376,856	2.34	0.34
1985	16,858,310	380,837	2.31	0.35
1986	17,239,673	381,363	2.26	0.35
1987	17,623,693	384,020	2.23	0.35
1988	18,020,753	397,060	2.25	0.35
1989	18,445,028	424,275	2.35	0.35
1990	18,905,478	460,450	2.50	0.35
1991	19,405,504	500,026	2.64	0.36
1992	19,938,320	532,816	2.75	0.36
1993	20,489,975	551,655	2.77	0.37
1994	21,040,904	550,929	2.69	0.37
1995	21,576,071	535,167	2.54	0.38
1996	22,090,352	514,281	2.38	0.38
1997	22,584,775	494,423	2.24	0.38
1998	23,057,883	473,108	2.09	0.39
1999	23,509,964	452,081	1.96	0.39
2000	23,941,110	431,146	1.83	0.39
2001	24,347,106	405,996	1.70	0.39
2002	24,725,627	378,521	1.55	0.39
2003	25,080,872	355,245	1.44	0.39
2004	25,419,344	338,472	1.35	0.39
2005	25,744,500	325,156	1.28	0.39
2006	26,066,693	322,193	1.25	0.39
2007	26,382,581	315,888	1.21	0.39
2008	26,666,576	283,995	1.08	0.39
2009	26,883,535	216,959	0.81	0.39
2010	27,013,212	129,677	0.48	0.39
2011	27,041,220	28,008	0.10	0.38
2012	26,989,163	-52,057	-0.19	0.38
2013	26,916,793	-72,370	-0.27	0.37
2014	26,905,978	-10,815	-0.04	0.37
2015	27,015,031	109,053	0.41	0.37
2016	27,263,433	248,402	0.92	0.37
2017	27,632,681	369,248	1.35	0.37
2018	28,095,714	463,033	1.68	0.37
2019	28,608,710	512,996	1.83	0.37

Nepal population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	29,136,808	528,098	1.85	0.37
2021	29,674,920	538,112	1.85	0.38
2022	30,225,582	550,662	1.86	0.38
2023	30,769,713	544,131	1.80	0.38
2024	31,285,689	515,976	1.68	0.39
2025	31,757,446	471,757	1.51	0.39
2026	32,175,304	417,858	1.32	0.39
2027	32,539,191	363,887	1.13	0.39
2028	32,855,383	316,192	0.97	0.39
2029	33,135,731	280,348	0.85	0.39
2030	33,389,536	253,805	0.77	0.39
2031	33,617,129	227,593	0.68	0.39
2032	33,816,618	199,489	0.59	0.39
2033	33,993,045	176,427	0.52	0.39
2034	34,152,475	159,430	0.47	0.39
2035	34,299,617	147,142	0.43	0.39
2036	34,437,129	137,512	0.40	0.38
2037	34,565,531	128,402	0.37	0.38
2038	34,684,510	118,979	0.34	0.38
2039	34,792,724	108,214	0.31	0.38
2040	34,889,292	96,568	0.28	0.38
2041	34,974,739	85,447	0.24	0.38
2042	35,050,222	75,483	0.22	0.38
2043	35,116,128	65,906	0.19	0.37
2044	35,172,857	56,729	0.16	0.37
2045	35,220,641	47,784	0.14	0.37
2046	35,259,670	39,029	0.11	0.37
2047	35,289,882	30,212	0.09	0.37
2048	35,310,963	21,081	0.06	0.37
2049	35,322,449	11,486	0.03	0.36
2050	35,323,921	1,472	0.00	0.36
2051	35,315,334	-8,587	-0.02	0.36
2052	35,296,578	-18,756	-0.05	0.36
2053	35,267,187	-29,391	-0.08	0.36
2054	35,226,563	-40,624	-0.12	0.36
2055	35,174,280	-52,283	-0.15	0.35
2056	35,110,129	-64,151	-0.18	0.35
2057	35,034,155	-75,974	-0.22	0.35
2058	34,946,556	-87,599	-0.25	0.35
2059	34,847,636	-98,920	-0.28	0.34
2060	34,737,666	-109,970	-0.32	0.34
2061	34,616,700	-120,966	-0.35	0.34
2062	34,484,725	-131,975	-0.38	0.34
2063	34,341,832	-142,893	-0.41	0.33
2064	34,188,125	-153,707	-0.45	0.33
2065	34,023,705	-164,420	-0.48	0.33
2066	33,848,702	-175,003	-0.51	0.33
2067	33,663,258	-185,444	-0.55	0.32
2068	33,467,459	-195,799	-0.58	0.32
2069	33,261,348	-206,111	-0.62	0.32
2070	33,045,058	-216,290	-0.65	0.32
2071	32,818,788	-226,270	-0.68	0.31
2072	32,582,773	-236,015	-0.72	0.31
2073	32,337,198	-245,575	-0.75	0.31
2074	32,082,268	-254,930	-0.79	0.30
2075	31,818,210	-264,058	-0.82	0.30
2076	31,545,382	-272,828	-0.86	0.30
2077	31,264,158	-281,224	-0.89	0.29
2078	30,974,914	-289,244	-0.93	0.29
2079	30,678,069	-296,845	-0.96	0.29
2080	30,374,081	-303,988	-0.99	0.28
2081	30,063,388	-310,693	-1.02	0.28
2082	29,746,525	-316,863	-1.05	0.28
2083	29,424,217	-322,308	-1.08	0.27
2084	29,097,289	-326,928	-1.11	0.27
2085	28,766,492	-330,797	-1.14	0.27
2086	28,432,382	-334,110	-1.16	0.26
2087	28,095,458	-336,924	-1.19	0.26
2088	27,756,422	-339,036	-1.21	0.26
2089	27,416,013	-340,409	-1.23	0.25
2090	27,074,868	-341,145	-1.24	0.25
2091	26,733,526	-341,342	-1.26	0.25
2092	26,392,387	-341,139	-1.28	0.24
2093	26,051,790	-340,597	-1.29	0.24
2094	25,712,040	-339,750	-1.30	0.24
2095	25,373,425	-338,615	-1.32	0.23
2096	25,036,245	-337,180	-1.33	0.23
2097	24,700,790	-335,455	-1.34	0.23
2098	24,367,414	-333,376	-1.35	0.22
2099	24,036,432	-330,982	-1.36	0.22
2100	23,708,199	-328,233	-1.37	0.22