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Demographics of Nepal. The current population of Nepal is 29,164,578 as per the 2021 census. The population growth rate is 0.92% per year. [2][3] In the 2011 census, Nepal's population was approximately 26 million people with a population growth rate of 1.35% and a median age of 21.6 years. [4]
Nepal is one of the ten least urbanised, and the ten fastest urbanizing countries in the world. As of 2014, an estimated 18.3% of the population lived in urban areas. Urbanisation rate is high in the Terai, doon valleys of the inner Terai and valleys of the middle hills, but low in the high Himalayas.
The 2021 Nepal Census was the twelfth nationwide census of Nepal conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The census was originally scheduled from 8 June to 22 June 2021, but was postponed to November 2021 [ 4 ] due to a surge in COVID-19 cases .
Province Population (2021) Density (people/km 2) Percentage of total Map Madhesh Province: 6,126,288 630 20.98% Bagmati Province: 6,084,042 300 20.84% Lumbini Province
The population of Nepal as per the census is given in the table below. Year Population Gender Ratio Growth Rate 1911 5,638,749 N/A N/A 1920 5,573,788 N/A -0.12
This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, ... Nepal: 29,715,436: 29,964,614 +0.84%: Asia: Southern Asia
Out of 123 languages of Nepal, the 48 Indo-European languages constitute the largest group in terms of the numeric strength of their speakers, nearly 82.1% [3] of population. Nepali, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Awadhi, Tharu languages, Urdu, etc. fall in this group. The Sino-Tibetan family of Nepal's languages forms a part of its Tibeto-Burman group.
Rank Caste/Ethnic groups (2011 Nepal census) Population Percentage composition 1 Chhetri: 4,398,053 16.60% 2 Hill Brahman/Bahun: 3,226,903 12.18%