Province
Lumbini Province
लुम्बिनी प्रदेश
One of Nepal’s seven provinces, made up of 12 districts.NP05
Population
5,122,078
20215,455,964 projected for 2023
Households
1,141,902
20214.49 people each
Area
19,319 km²
265 per km²
Literacy
78.1%
20214th of 7
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
5,122,078
National Statistics Office
2,667,670 women, 2,454,408 men — 52.1% female. 17.6% of Nepal.
A 2023 projection puts it at 5,455,964 — modelled, not counted.
Age and sex structure
Five-year bands, 2023 projection — a different reference period from the count beside it.
View all 17 age bands
| Age | Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80+ | 18,892 | 19,393 | 38,285 |
| 75-79 | 26,391 | 27,293 | 53,684 |
| 70-74 | 46,133 | 45,672 | 91,805 |
| 65-69 | 67,865 | 62,503 | 130,368 |
| 60-64 | 85,977 | 74,533 | 160,510 |
| 55-59 | 106,914 | 87,970 | 194,884 |
| 50-54 | 130,569 | 103,491 | 234,060 |
| 45-49 | 150,688 | 126,870 | 277,558 |
| 40-44 | 175,143 | 129,326 | 304,469 |
| 35-39 | 209,678 | 163,960 | 373,638 |
| 30-34 | 257,768 | 219,413 | 477,181 |
| 25-29 | 292,479 | 267,129 | 559,608 |
| 20-24 | 283,490 | 266,714 | 550,204 |
| 15-19 | 268,628 | 269,797 | 538,425 |
| 10-14 | 247,954 | 261,792 | 509,746 |
| 5-9 | 237,422 | 250,393 | 487,815 |
| 0-4 | 232,488 | 241,236 | 473,724 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
78.1%
Population aged 5 and over
1.8 pp above the national figure · 4th of 7.
85.2% of men, 71.7% of women — a 13.5-point gap.
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Lumbini marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write78.1%
- Cannot read or write21.3%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.0%
4,682,237 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 3,655,933 | 1,761,915 | 1,894,018 |
| Cannot read or write | 998,751 | 679,458 | 319,293 |
| Can read only | 25,233 | 16,004 | 9,229 |
| Not stated | 2,320 | 1,230 | 1,090 |
Districts by population
12 districts. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
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. 4 more in the table below.
View all 12 districts
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rupandehi | district | 1,121,957 | 238,320 | 81.2% |
| Kapilbastu | district | 682,961 | 121,946 | 71.8% |
| Dang | district | 674,993 | 162,316 | 81.4% |
| Banke | district | 603,194 | 129,307 | 73.4% |
| Bardiya | district | 459,900 | 106,326 | 76.9% |
| Nawalparasi West | district | 386,868 | 82,738 | 78.0% |
| Gulmi | district | 246,494 | 66,125 | 80.3% |
| Palpa | district | 245,027 | 65,049 | 83.7% |
| Rolpa | district | 234,793 | 52,221 | 75.6% |
| Pyuthan | district | 232,019 | 56,203 | 80.1% |
| Arghakhanchi | district | 177,086 | 48,465 | 80.0% |
| Rukum East | district | 56,786 | 12,886 | 71.4% |
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
Measures such as gdp per capita, life expectancy at birth, and under-5 mortality rate are published for Nepal as a whole and are not broken down to this level by their source, so they have no section here. All indicators and their coverage →