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Nepal: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
29.9 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+0.3%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.7%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203130.8Forecast
203030.8Forecast
202930.5Forecast
202830.2Forecast
202730.0Forecast
202629.9Forecast
202529.9
202429.8
202329.7
202229.4
202129.2
202029.4
201929.1
201828.9
201728.6
201628.3

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Penn World Table1960–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2023
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2001–2023
  • Asian Development Bank2001–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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