Nepal's population rose from 22.7M in 1996 to 29.6M in 2025.
Nepal · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Nepal's population growth fell from 2.2 % in 1996 to -0.1 % in 2025.
Nepal's population density rose from 151.9 in 1994 to 207.1 in 2023.
Nepal's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.4 % in 1996 to 52.3 % in 2025.
Nepal's urbanisation rose from 25.3 % in 1996 to 67.0 % in 2025.
Nepal's urban population rose from 5.75M in 1996 to 19.8M in 2025.
Nepal's rural population fell from 17M in 1996 to 9.77M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.2 %106th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.0 %80th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.6 %124th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.0 %173rd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs146th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts81st of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts90th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts133rd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.6 pts128th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts131st of 217
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- Net migrationup +9.1 %214th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts162nd of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +0.1 %82nd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.3 yrs150th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs156th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.3 yrs139th of 217