Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Nepal
Nepal: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 29,695 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Nepal, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 29,695 1000 No for population — total population - both sexes in 2023.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Nepal peaked at 29,715 1000 No in 2022 and was at its lowest, 27,342 1000 No, in 2010.
Nepal ranks 57th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Nepal, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 27,342 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 27,464 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 27,535 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 27,590 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 27,672 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 27,824 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 27,956 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 28,011 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 28,080 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 28,414 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 28,967 1000 No | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 29,475 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 29,715 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 29,695 1000 No | -0.1% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 29,695 1000 No is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,637 1000 No, 2.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 29,695 1000 No is above the median for South Asia, which is 26,333 1000 No, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 27,789 1000 No | 27,342 1000 No | 28,414 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,463 1000 No | 28,967 1000 No | 29,715 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 54 Madagascar 31,196 1000 No compare
- 55 Côte d'Ivoire 31,166 1000 No compare
- 55 Cote d'Ivoire 31,166 1000 No compare
- 58 Cameroon 28,373 1000 No compare
- 59 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 28,301 1000 No compare
- 60 Australia 26,451 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2156 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 331.1 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7937 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.33 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Nepal?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Nepal was 29,695 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 29,715 1000 No in 2022.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,342 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Nepal rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Nepal ranks 57th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.