Population of Nepal

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	01 Feb 2025

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The current population of Nepal is 29,620,380 as of May 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Nepal is projected at 29,618,118, or 29.62 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Nepal is projected at 29,651,054, or 29.65 million people, for the year 2024.

Nepal ranks 52nd 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	0.337
1951	8,484,637	8,572,664	176,054	2.054	0.338
1952	8,660,691	8,747,294	173,206	1.980	0.339
1953	8,833,897	8,918,222	168,651	1.891	0.339
1954	9,002,548	9,087,775	170,455	1.876	0.338
1955	9,173,003	9,257,977	169,948	1.836	0.338
1956	9,342,951	9,427,891	169,880	1.802	0.337
1957	9,512,831	9,598,035	170,408	1.775	0.336
1958	9,683,239	9,766,240	166,002	1.700	0.335
1959	9,849,241	9,938,912	179,342	1.804	0.335
1960	10,028,583	10,123,658	190,151	1.878	0.336
1961	10,218,734	10,318,396	199,323	1.932	0.337
1962	10,418,057	10,521,116	206,118	1.959	0.337
1963	10,624,175	10,729,818	211,287	1.969	0.336
1964	10,835,462	10,946,392	221,860	2.027	0.335
1965	11,057,322	11,173,411	232,178	2.078	0.335
1966	11,289,500	11,408,710	238,421	2.090	0.335
1967	11,527,921	11,652,716	249,590	2.142	0.335
1968	11,777,511	11,906,266	257,511	2.163	0.336
1969	12,035,022	12,167,036	264,028	2.170	0.336
1970	12,299,050	12,436,190	274,279	2.206	0.337
1971	12,573,329	12,710,061	273,464	2.152	0.337
1972	12,846,793	12,989,099	284,611	2.191	0.338
1973	13,131,404	13,275,239	287,671	2.167	0.339
1974	13,419,075	13,568,435	298,720	2.202	0.340
1975	13,717,795	13,870,695	305,800	2.205	0.341
1976	14,023,595	14,177,649	308,109	2.173	0.342
1977	14,331,704	14,499,175	334,942	2.310	0.344
1978	14,666,646	14,839,695	346,099	2.332	0.346
1979	15,012,745	15,190,590	355,689	2.342	0.348
1980	15,368,434	15,553,105	369,343	2.375	0.350
1981	15,737,777	15,922,423	369,291	2.319	0.352
1982	16,107,068	16,297,987	381,839	2.343	0.353
1983	16,488,907	16,689,119	400,424	2.399	0.355
1984	16,889,331	17,085,242	391,822	2.293	0.357
1985	17,281,153	17,477,692	393,077	2.249	0.359
1986	17,674,230	17,868,124	387,788	2.170	0.360
1987	18,062,018	18,250,505	376,975	2.066	0.361
1988	18,438,993	18,638,661	399,336	2.143	0.362
1989	18,838,329	19,057,807	438,957	2.303	0.364
1990	19,277,286	19,524,573	494,574	2.533	0.366
1991	19,771,860	20,036,500	529,281	2.642	0.370
1992	20,301,141	20,609,707	617,132	2.995	0.374
1993	20,918,273	21,180,159	523,771	2.473	0.379
1994	21,442,044	21,717,479	550,869	2.537	0.383
1995	21,992,913	22,245,439	505,052	2.270	0.386
1996	22,497,965	22,741,862	487,794	2.145	0.389
1997	22,985,759	23,219,463	467,407	2.013	0.392
1998	23,453,166	23,680,357	454,382	1.919	0.394
1999	23,907,548	24,125,199	435,302	1.804	0.396
2000	24,342,850	24,546,509	407,318	1.659	0.398
2001	24,750,168	24,946,748	393,160	1.576	0.399
2002	25,143,328	25,328,981	371,306	1.466	0.400
2003	25,514,634	25,688,758	348,249	1.356	0.400
2004	25,862,883	26,016,656	307,546	1.182	0.400
2005	26,170,429	26,309,458	278,058	1.057	0.399
2006	26,448,487	26,565,425	233,875	0.880	0.398
2007	26,682,362	26,788,492	212,260	0.792	0.396
2008	26,894,622	26,990,037	190,830	0.707	0.394
2009	27,085,452	27,173,035	175,165	0.645	0.392
2010	27,260,617	27,341,952	162,671	0.595	0.389
2011	27,423,288	27,464,494	82,412	0.300	0.386
2012	27,505,700	27,534,915	58,430	0.212	0.382
2013	27,564,130	27,589,996	51,732	0.188	0.378
2014	27,615,862	27,672,370	113,015	0.408	0.375
2015	27,728,877	27,823,629	189,504	0.681	0.372
2016	27,918,381	27,955,462	74,162	0.265	0.370
2017	27,992,543	28,011,258	37,430	0.134	0.366
2018	28,029,973	28,079,689	99,432	0.354	0.363
2019	28,129,405	28,414,064	569,317	2.004	0.364
2020	28,698,722	28,966,574	535,705	1.849	0.367
2021	29,234,427	29,475,010	481,166	1.632	0.371
2022	29,715,593	29,715,436	-314	-0.001	0.370
2023	29,715,279	29,694,614	-41,329	-0.139	0.367

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	0.363
2025	29,628,159	29,618,118	-20,083	-0.068	0.360
2026	29,608,076	29,629,410	42,667	0.144	0.357
2027	29,650,743	29,727,162	152,839	0.514	0.355
2028	29,803,582	29,947,585	288,005	0.962	0.355
2029	30,091,587	30,232,112	281,050	0.930	0.356
2030	30,372,637	30,509,996	274,717	0.900	0.356
2031	30,647,354	30,780,917	267,127	0.868	0.357
2032	30,914,481	31,045,414	261,867	0.844	0.357
2033	31,176,348	31,304,031	255,365	0.816	0.357
2034	31,431,713	31,555,066	246,706	0.782	0.358
2035	31,678,419	31,798,004	239,171	0.752	0.358
2036	31,917,590	32,033,716	232,253	0.725	0.358
2037	32,149,843	32,262,283	224,879	0.697	0.358
2038	32,374,722	32,484,802	220,159	0.678	0.358
2039	32,594,881	32,700,692	211,622	0.647	0.359
2040	32,806,503	32,909,537	206,067	0.626	0.359
2041	33,012,570	33,112,259	199,377	0.602	0.359
2042	33,211,947	33,309,059	194,224	0.583	0.359
2043	33,406,171	33,499,438	186,533	0.557	0.359
2044	33,592,704	33,683,328	181,248	0.538	0.359
2045	33,773,952	33,861,060	174,217	0.515	0.359
2046	33,948,169	34,032,995	169,651	0.498	0.359
2047	34,117,820	34,197,259	158,877	0.465	0.359
2048	34,276,697	34,352,079	150,765	0.439	0.359
2049	34,427,462	34,500,202	145,481	0.422	0.359
2050	34,572,943	34,642,027	138,168	0.399	0.358
2051	34,711,111	34,777,003	131,783	0.379	0.358
2052	34,842,894	34,903,233	120,678	0.346	0.358
2053	34,963,572	35,020,484	113,824	0.325	0.358
2054	35,077,396	35,129,988	105,184	0.299	0.358
2055	35,182,580	35,231,724	98,287	0.279	0.358
2056	35,280,867	35,326,897	92,060	0.261	0.358
2057	35,372,927	35,413,851	81,849	0.231	0.357
2058	35,454,776	35,492,617	75,682	0.213	0.357
2059	35,530,458	35,562,825	64,735	0.182	0.357
2060	35,595,193	35,623,033	55,680	0.156	0.357
2061	35,650,873	35,674,128	46,510	0.130	0.356
2062	35,697,383	35,717,452	40,137	0.112	0.356
2063	35,737,520	35,751,389	27,737	0.078	0.355
2064	35,765,257	35,775,847	21,180	0.059	0.355
2065	35,786,437	35,792,139	11,405	0.032	0.354
2066	35,797,842	35,799,774	3,864	0.011	0.354
2067	35,801,706	35,799,866	-3,679	-0.010	0.353
2068	35,798,027	35,792,416	-11,221	-0.031	0.352
2069	35,786,806	35,776,992	-19,628	-0.055	0.352
2070	35,767,178	35,752,366	-29,624	-0.083	0.351
2071	35,737,554	35,717,993	-39,123	-0.110	0.350
2072	35,698,431	35,676,658	-43,545	-0.122	0.349
2073	35,654,886	35,627,724	-54,323	-0.152	0.348
2074	35,600,563	35,569,137	-62,851	-0.177	0.347
2075	35,537,712	35,502,912	-69,599	-0.196	0.346
2076	35,468,113	35,429,039	-78,148	-0.221	0.345
2077	35,389,965	35,347,230	-85,470	-0.242	0.344
2078	35,304,495	35,257,624	-93,742	-0.266	0.343
2079	35,210,753	35,159,313	-102,881	-0.293	0.342
2080	35,107,872	35,053,476	-108,792	-0.310	0.341
2081	34,999,080	34,941,467	-115,226	-0.330	0.340
2082	34,883,854	34,822,895	-121,918	-0.350	0.338
2083	34,761,936	34,697,086	-129,701	-0.374	0.337
2084	34,632,235	34,563,646	-137,178	-0.397	0.336
2085	34,495,057	34,422,253	-145,608	-0.423	0.335
2086	34,349,449	34,275,648	-147,602	-0.431	0.333
2087	34,201,847	34,125,358	-152,978	-0.448	0.332
2088	34,048,869	33,969,327	-159,084	-0.468	0.330
2089	33,889,785	33,807,734	-164,102	-0.485	0.329
2090	33,725,683	33,642,041	-167,284	-0.497	0.328
2091	33,558,399	33,472,744	-171,310	-0.512	0.326
2092	33,387,089	33,299,503	-175,173	-0.526	0.325
2093	33,211,916	33,123,433	-176,966	-0.534	0.323
2094	33,034,950	32,944,447	-181,006	-0.549	0.322
2095	32,853,944	32,763,523	-180,842	-0.552	0.320
2096	32,673,102	32,581,245	-183,715	-0.564	0.319
2097	32,489,387	32,396,051	-186,673	-0.576	0.317
2098	32,302,714	32,209,128	-187,172	-0.581	0.316
2099	32,115,542	32,021,277	-188,530	-0.589	0.314
2100	31,927,012	31,831,433	-191,157	-0.601	0.313