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Nepal — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Nepal, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.11%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -105.8% since 1961
Population growth for Nepal was -0.11% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.82% in 1992. The lowest was -0.15% in 2024 (about 1.3× the latest value).
Nepal ranks 179 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 82%. The median for South Asia is 0.65%, so Nepal sits below it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 104% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 120%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.11%
First (1961)
1.91%
Change
-105.8%
Highest
2.82%
in 1992
Lowest
-0.15%
in 2024
Average
1.65%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.11% |
| 2024 | -0.15% |
| 2023 | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 0.81% |
| 2021 | 1.74% |
| 2020 | 1.93% |
| 2019 | 1.18% |
| 2018 | 0.24% |
| 2017 | 0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.47% |
| 2015 | 0.55% |
| 2014 | 0.3% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.