# Population in Nepal

Population in Nepal was 29.62 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `np`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/nepal
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/nepal.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=np

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 29,618,118 |
| 2024 | 29,651,054 |
| 2023 | 29,694,614 |
| 2022 | 29,715,436 |
| 2021 | 29,475,010 |
| 2020 | 28,966,574 |
| 2019 | 28,414,064 |
| 2018 | 28,079,689 |
| 2017 | 28,011,258 |
| 2016 | 27,955,462 |
| 2015 | 27,823,629 |
| 2014 | 27,672,370 |
| 2013 | 27,589,996 |
| 2012 | 27,534,915 |
| 2011 | 27,464,494 |
| 2010 | 27,341,952 |
| 2009 | 27,173,035 |
| 2008 | 26,990,037 |
| 2007 | 26,788,492 |
| 2006 | 26,565,425 |
| 2005 | 26,309,458 |
| 2004 | 26,016,656 |
| 2003 | 25,688,758 |
| 2002 | 25,328,981 |
| 2001 | 24,946,748 |
| 2000 | 24,546,509 |
| 1999 | 24,125,199 |
| 1998 | 23,680,357 |
| 1997 | 23,219,463 |
| 1996 | 22,741,862 |
| 1995 | 22,245,439 |
| 1994 | 21,717,479 |
| 1993 | 21,180,159 |
| 1992 | 20,609,707 |
| 1991 | 20,036,500 |
| 1990 | 19,524,573 |
| 1989 | 19,057,807 |
| 1988 | 18,638,661 |
| 1987 | 18,250,505 |
| 1986 | 17,868,124 |
| 1985 | 17,477,692 |
| 1984 | 17,085,242 |
| 1983 | 16,689,119 |
| 1982 | 16,297,987 |
| 1981 | 15,922,423 |
| 1980 | 15,553,105 |
| 1979 | 15,190,590 |
| 1978 | 14,839,695 |
| 1977 | 14,499,175 |
| 1976 | 14,177,649 |
| 1975 | 13,870,695 |
| 1974 | 13,568,435 |
| 1973 | 13,275,239 |
| 1972 | 12,989,099 |
| 1971 | 12,710,061 |
| 1970 | 12,436,190 |
| 1969 | 12,167,036 |
| 1968 | 11,906,266 |
| 1967 | 11,652,716 |
| 1966 | 11,408,710 |
| 1965 | 11,173,411 |
| 1964 | 10,946,392 |
| 1963 | 10,729,818 |
| 1962 | 10,521,116 |
| 1961 | 10,318,396 |
| 1960 | 10,123,658 |