Population of Nepal

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date01 Feb 2025

The current population of Nepal is 29,621,870 as of April 25, 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 projections

Year Population Growth Share (%)
1 Jan1 JulyNet Changerate (%)to World
202429,673,95029,651,054-45,791-0.1540.363
202529,628,15929,618,118-20,083-0.0680.360
202629,608,07629,629,41042,6670.1440.357
202729,650,74329,727,162152,8390.5140.355
202829,803,58229,947,585288,0050.9620.355
202930,091,58730,232,112281,0500.9300.356
203030,372,63730,509,996274,7170.9000.356
203130,647,35430,780,917267,1270.8680.357
203230,914,48131,045,414261,8670.8440.357
203331,176,34831,304,031255,3650.8160.357
203431,431,71331,555,066246,7060.7820.358
203531,678,41931,798,004239,1710.7520.358
203631,917,59032,033,716232,2530.7250.358
203732,149,84332,262,283224,8790.6970.358
203832,374,72232,484,802220,1590.6780.358
203932,594,88132,700,692211,6220.6470.359
204032,806,50332,909,537206,0670.6260.359
204133,012,57033,112,259199,3770.6020.359
204233,211,94733,309,059194,2240.5830.359
204333,406,17133,499,438186,5330.5570.359
204433,592,70433,683,328181,2480.5380.359
204533,773,95233,861,060174,2170.5150.359
204633,948,16934,032,995169,6510.4980.359
204734,117,82034,197,259158,8770.4650.359
204834,276,69734,352,079150,7650.4390.359
204934,427,46234,500,202145,4810.4220.359
205034,572,94334,642,027138,1680.3990.358
205134,711,11134,777,003131,7830.3790.358
205234,842,89434,903,233120,6780.3460.358
205334,963,57235,020,484113,8240.3250.358
205435,077,39635,129,988105,1840.2990.358
205535,182,58035,231,72498,2870.2790.358
205635,280,86735,326,89792,0600.2610.358
205735,372,92735,413,85181,8490.2310.357
205835,454,77635,492,61775,6820.2130.357
205935,530,45835,562,82564,7350.1820.357
206035,595,19335,623,03355,6800.1560.357
206135,650,87335,674,12846,5100.1300.356
206235,697,38335,717,45240,1370.1120.356
206335,737,52035,751,38927,7370.0780.355
206435,765,25735,775,84721,1800.0590.355
206535,786,43735,792,13911,4050.0320.354
206635,797,84235,799,7743,8640.0110.354
206735,801,70635,799,866-3,679-0.0100.353
206835,798,02735,792,416-11,221-0.0310.352
206935,786,80635,776,992-19,628-0.0550.352
207035,767,17835,752,366-29,624-0.0830.351
207135,737,55435,717,993-39,123-0.1100.350
207235,698,43135,676,658-43,545-0.1220.349
207335,654,88635,627,724-54,323-0.1520.348
207435,600,56335,569,137-62,851-0.1770.347
207535,537,71235,502,912-69,599-0.1960.346
207635,468,11335,429,039-78,148-0.2210.345
207735,389,96535,347,230-85,470-0.2420.344
207835,304,49535,257,624-93,742-0.2660.343
207935,210,75335,159,313-102,881-0.2930.342
208035,107,87235,053,476-108,792-0.3100.341
208134,999,08034,941,467-115,226-0.3300.340
208234,883,85434,822,895-121,918-0.3500.338
208334,761,93634,697,086-129,701-0.3740.337
208434,632,23534,563,646-137,178-0.3970.336
208534,495,05734,422,253-145,608-0.4230.335
208634,349,44934,275,648-147,602-0.4310.333
208734,201,84734,125,358-152,978-0.4480.332
208834,048,86933,969,327-159,084-0.4680.330
208933,889,78533,807,734-164,102-0.4850.329
209033,725,68333,642,041-167,284-0.4970.328
209133,558,39933,472,744-171,310-0.5120.326
209233,387,08933,299,503-175,173-0.5260.325
209333,211,91633,123,433-176,966-0.5340.323
209433,034,95032,944,447-181,006-0.5490.322
209532,853,94432,763,523-180,842-0.5520.320
209632,673,10232,581,245-183,715-0.5640.319
209732,489,38732,396,051-186,673-0.5760.317
209832,302,71432,209,128-187,172-0.5810.316
209932,115,54232,021,277-188,530-0.5890.314
210031,927,01231,831,433-191,157-0.6010.313

Nepal population estimates

Year Population Growth Share (%)
1 Jan1 JulyNet Changerate (%)to World
19508,308,5688,396,603176,0692.0970.337
19518,484,6378,572,664176,0542.0540.338
19528,660,6918,747,294173,2061.9800.339
19538,833,8978,918,222168,6511.8910.339
19549,002,5489,087,775170,4551.8760.338
19559,173,0039,257,977169,9481.8360.338
19569,342,9519,427,891169,8801.8020.337
19579,512,8319,598,035170,4081.7750.336
19589,683,2399,766,240166,0021.7000.335
19599,849,2419,938,912179,3421.8040.335
196010,028,58310,123,658190,1511.8780.336
196110,218,73410,318,396199,3231.9320.337
196210,418,05710,521,116206,1181.9590.337
196310,624,17510,729,818211,2871.9690.336
196410,835,46210,946,392221,8602.0270.335
196511,057,32211,173,411232,1782.0780.335
196611,289,50011,408,710238,4212.0900.335
196711,527,92111,652,716249,5902.1420.335
196811,777,51111,906,266257,5112.1630.336
196912,035,02212,167,036264,0282.1700.336
197012,299,05012,436,190274,2792.2060.337
197112,573,32912,710,061273,4642.1520.337
197212,846,79312,989,099284,6112.1910.338
197313,131,40413,275,239287,6712.1670.339
197413,419,07513,568,435298,7202.2020.340
197513,717,79513,870,695305,8002.2050.341
197614,023,59514,177,649308,1092.1730.342
197714,331,70414,499,175334,9422.3100.344
197814,666,64614,839,695346,0992.3320.346
197915,012,74515,190,590355,6892.3420.348
198015,368,43415,553,105369,3432.3750.350
198115,737,77715,922,423369,2912.3190.352
198216,107,06816,297,987381,8392.3430.353
198316,488,90716,689,119400,4242.3990.355
198416,889,33117,085,242391,8222.2930.357
198517,281,15317,477,692393,0772.2490.359
198617,674,23017,868,124387,7882.1700.360
198718,062,01818,250,505376,9752.0660.361
198818,438,99318,638,661399,3362.1430.362
198918,838,32919,057,807438,9572.3030.364
199019,277,28619,524,573494,5742.5330.366
199119,771,86020,036,500529,2812.6420.370
199220,301,14120,609,707617,1322.9950.374
199320,918,27321,180,159523,7712.4730.379
199421,442,04421,717,479550,8692.5370.383
199521,992,91322,245,439505,0522.2700.386
199622,497,96522,741,862487,7942.1450.389
199722,985,75923,219,463467,4072.0130.392
199823,453,16623,680,357454,3821.9190.394
199923,907,54824,125,199435,3021.8040.396
200024,342,85024,546,509407,3181.6590.398
200124,750,16824,946,748393,1601.5760.399
200225,143,32825,328,981371,3061.4660.400
200325,514,63425,688,758348,2491.3560.400
200425,862,88326,016,656307,5461.1820.400
200526,170,42926,309,458278,0581.0570.399
200626,448,48726,565,425233,8750.8800.398
200726,682,36226,788,492212,2600.7920.396
200826,894,62226,990,037190,8300.7070.394
200927,085,45227,173,035175,1650.6450.392
201027,260,61727,341,952162,6710.5950.389
201127,423,28827,464,49482,4120.3000.386
201227,505,70027,534,91558,4300.2120.382
201327,564,13027,589,99651,7320.1880.378
201427,615,86227,672,370113,0150.4080.375
201527,728,87727,823,629189,5040.6810.372
201627,918,38127,955,46274,1620.2650.370
201727,992,54328,011,25837,4300.1340.366
201828,029,97328,079,68999,4320.3540.363
201928,129,40528,414,064569,3172.0040.364
202028,698,72228,966,574535,7051.8490.367
202129,234,42729,475,010481,1661.6320.371
202229,715,59329,715,436-314-0.0010.370
202329,715,27929,694,614-41,329-0.1390.367