Nepal
Population 2026
29,629,406
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.04%
- Density
- 207 per km²
- Land area
- 143,350 km²
- Capital
- Kathmandu
- Currency
- Rupee (NPR)
- Official languages
- NE, EN
- Urban population
- 67.0%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 542,0472026
- Deaths
- 207,3622026
- Birth rate
- 19.0per 1,000
- Death rate
- 7.0per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.96
- Life expectancy
- 70.6At birth, years
- Median age
- 25.7
- Net migration
- -364,699
Age distribution
- 0–1428.1%
- 15–6465.3%
- 65+6.6%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $45.5B
- GDP per capita
- $1.5K
- GDP growth
- +4.4%
- Inflation
- 2.7%
- Unemployment
- 10.5%
- Exports
- $4.0B
- Imports
- $15.3B
- Tourism receipts
- 13.4%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture21.6%
- Industry12.1%
- Manufacturing5.0%
- Services54.4%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture22.9%
- Industry31.3%
- Services45.8%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | KathmanduBagmati Province | 1,442,2712019 |
| 2 | PokharaGandaki Pradesh | 600,0512026 |
| 3 | BharatpurBagmati Province | 369,3772026 |
| 4 | PātanBagmati Province | 299,2832022 |
| 5 | BirgañjMadhesh | 268,2732026 |
| 6 | BiratnagarKoshi | 244,7502022 |
| 7 | Dhangaḍhi̇̄Sudurpashchim Pradesh | 204,7882025 |
| 8 | HetaudaBagmati Province | 195,9512022 |
| 9 | JanakpurMadhesh | 195,4382026 |
| 10 | ButwālLumbini Province | 195,0542026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29,629,406 | 542K | 207K |
| 2020 | 28,966,580 | 584K | 211K |
| 2010 | 27,341,955 | 625K | 192K |
| 2000 | 24,546,509 | 760K | 205K |
| 1990 | 19,524,579 | 744K | 249K |
| 1980 | 15,553,106 | 629K | 265K |
| 1970 | 12,436,191 | 533K | 261K |
| 1960 | 10,123,664 | 454K | 250K |
| 1950 | 8,396,610 | 391K | 219K |