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DataNepalतथ्याङ्क नेपाल

Country

Nepal

नेपाल

A federal democratic republic of 7 provinces, 77 districts and 753 local governments.NP

Population

29,164,578

202130,899,443 projected for 2023

Households

6,666,937

20214.37 people each

Literacy

76.2%

2021

Population & Demographics

Population nationally

Population, 2021 census

29,164,578

National Statistics Office

14,911,027 women, 14,253,551 men — 51.1% female.

A 2023 projection puts it at 30,899,443 — modelled, not counted.

Age and sex structure

Five-year bands, 2023 projection — a different reference period from the count beside it.

FemaleMale2023 · hover a band for exact counts
200k200k400k400k600k600k135,51980+127,429169,11175-79165,118276,46670-74266,674393,09365-69371,289509,79660-64453,605630,43555-59531,639752,25650-54637,806885,87445-49767,709993,16540-44773,4531,165,80935-39957,3961,392,47030-341,280,6381,560,71025-291,558,3331,524,82220-241,549,3761,430,76415-191,506,7931,372,16210-141,448,9081,312,7485-91,384,1371,271,2430-41,342,697
View all 17 age bands
Population by five-year age band and sex, 2023
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+135,519127,429262,948
75-79169,111165,118334,229
70-74276,466266,674543,140
65-69393,093371,289764,382
60-64509,796453,605963,401
55-59630,435531,6391,162,074
50-54752,256637,8061,390,062
45-49885,874767,7091,653,583
40-44993,165773,4531,766,618
35-391,165,809957,3962,123,205
30-341,392,4701,280,6382,673,108
25-291,560,7101,558,3333,119,043
20-241,524,8221,549,3763,074,198
15-191,430,7641,506,7932,937,557
10-141,372,1621,448,9082,821,070
5-91,312,7481,384,1372,696,885
0-41,271,2431,342,6972,613,940

Education

Literacy nationally

Literacy rate, 2021 census

76.2%

Population aged 5 and over

83.6% of men, 69.4% of women — a 14.2-point gap.

Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status

The census partition behind the rate.

  • Can read and write76.2%
  • Cannot read or write23.3%
  • Can read only0.4%
  • Not stated0.0%

26,725,295 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.

View all 4 categories
Population aged 5 and over by literacy status and sex, 2021
Literacy statusAllFemaleMale
Can read and write20,377,9809,547,09410,830,886
Cannot read or write6,223,0614,139,5322,083,529
Can read only114,33170,41043,921
Not stated9,9235,2334,690

Provinces by population

All places

7 provinces. By population, 2021 census.

Nepal by province
1,688,412Population · 6,116,866

One order throughout, set by population, so a mark out of step ranks differently on that measure. Counts are bars from zero; rates are dots on a trimmed axis, because a rate is not additive and its spread matters more than its distance from nothing.

View all 7 provinces
Nepal by provinces, census
PlaceTypePopulationHouseholdsLiteracy
Bagmatiprovince6,116,8661,570,92782.1%
Madheshprovince6,114,6001,156,71563.5%
Lumbiniprovince5,122,0781,141,90278.1%
Koshiprovince4,961,4121,191,55679.7%
Sudur Paschimprovince2,694,783577,10276.2%
Gandakiprovince2,466,427662,48081.7%
Karnaliprovince1,688,412366,25576.1%

Every domain

Indicator index

Nepal is the only place with all ten. Below it, five census measures reach province, district and local-government level.

Population & Demographics
Households
6,666,9372021
Population
29,164,5782021
Economy
GDP per capita
US$1,5362025
Inflation, consumer prices
2.7%2025
Remittances received, share of GDP
26.0% of GDP2024
Government & Budgets
Central government debt
39.9% of GDP2021
Government final consumption expenditure
8.4% of GDP2025
Government revenue, excluding grants
16.5% of GDP2023
Education
Literacy rate
76.2%2021
Literate population
20,377,9802021
Population aged 5 and over
26,725,2952021
Health
Immunization, DPT
97.0%2024
Life expectancy at birth
70.6 yr2024
Maternal mortality ratio
142.0/100000 live births2023
Agriculture
Agricultural land
26.1%2023
Agriculture, forestry and fishing, value added
21.6% of GDP2025
Cereal yield
3,344.3 kg/ha2023
Infrastructure
Access to clean cooking fuels
42.7%2023
Access to electricity
97.9%2024
Individuals using the Internet
46.3%2024
Environment & Climate
CO2 emissions per capita
0.5 t CO2e2024
Forest area
41.6%2023
PM2.5 air pollution
53.2 µg/m³2023
Labour & Migration
Employment in agriculture
22.9%2025
Female-to-male labour force participation ratio
51.9%2025
Labour force participation rate
39.2%2025

Elections

No single national total: these are seats won by each party, and their sum is the size of the house.

  • Rastriya Swatantra Party125
  • Nepali Congress18
  • CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)9
  • Nepal Communist Party8
  • Shram Sanskriti Party3
  • Independent1
  • Rastriya Prajatantra Party1

Sources and coverage

  • Nepal — Subnational Population StatisticsUnited Nations Population Fundcc-by-igo-3.0
  • Nepal — National Population and Housing Census 2021National Statistics Officenso-official-statistics

Five of 36 measures are published below the national level, all from the 2021 census. All indicators and their coverage →