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🇳🇵 Nepal

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3NPL
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2NP
UN M49 numeric524
IOC codeNEP
Official nameFederal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Native name(s)nep: official: नेपाल संघीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र; common: नेपाल
Alt spellingsNP, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Loktāntrik Ganatantra Nepāl
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionSouthern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalKathmandu
Area (km²)147,181
Lat / Lng28.0000, 84.0000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)CHN, IND
Top-level domain.np
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 77

Demographics

Population (World Bank)29,618,118 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)70.636 (2024)
Languagesnep: Nepali
Demonymseng: f: Nepalese; m: Nepalese; fra: f: Népalaise; m: Népalais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)45,489,810,283.113 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,535.878 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)10.465 (2025)
CurrenciesNPR: name: Nepalese rupee; symbol: ₨

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19508,396,603
19518,572,664
19528,747,294
19538,918,222
19549,087,775
19559,257,977
19569,427,891
19579,598,035
19589,766,240
19599,938,912
196010,123,658
196110,318,396
196210,521,116
196310,729,818
196410,946,392
196511,173,411
196611,408,710
196711,652,716
196811,906,266
196912,167,036
197012,436,190
197112,710,061
197212,989,099
197313,275,239
197413,568,435
197513,870,695
197614,177,649
197714,499,175
197814,839,695
197915,190,590
198015,553,105
198115,922,423
198216,297,987
198316,689,119
198417,085,242
198517,477,692
198617,868,124
198718,250,505
198818,638,661
198919,057,807
199019,524,573
199120,036,500
199220,609,707
199321,180,159
199421,717,479
199522,245,439
199622,741,862
199723,219,463
199823,680,357
199924,125,199
200024,546,509
200124,946,748
200225,328,981
200325,688,758
200426,016,656
200526,309,458
200626,565,425
200726,788,492
200826,990,037
200927,173,035
201027,341,952
201127,464,494
201227,534,915
201327,589,996
201427,672,370
201527,823,629
201627,955,462
201728,011,258
201828,079,689
201928,414,064
202028,966,574
202129,475,010
202229,715,436
202329,694,614

Full raw record (JSON)

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