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Population in Indonesia compared to Nepal: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Indonesia was 283,487,931 in 2024 vs 29,651,054 people in Nepal in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Indonesia's population is 287,460,768 people compared to 29,627,185 in Nepal.

Population statistics:

  • Indonesia's population is 9.7 times bigger than Nepal's.
  • Indonesia is ranked the 4th most populous country in the world, while Nepal is the 52nd.
  • The countries together account for 3.84% of the world: 3.48% for Indonesia vs 0.36% for Nepal.
  • For the last 10 years, Indonesia has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +0.66% in Nepal.
  • Since 2005, the population of Indonesia has increased from 231M people to 287M (24.5% growth), while Nepal has grown from 26.3M to 29.6M (12.6% growth).
  • Indonesia is projected to reach its peak in 2058 at 323M people compared to the peak of 35.8M people in 2067 for Nepal.

Indonesia vs Nepal: live population counter

Indonesia Nepal
Current population
287460768
29627185
Population rank 4/197 52/197
Percent of world population 3.48% 0.36%
One net population change
13.7 seconds
12.1 minutes
One birth every
7.04 seconds
54.9 seconds
One death every
14.9 seconds
2.55 minutes
One migration net change every
13.7 minutes
1.31 minutes
Annual migration change -38,469 -401,282
Daily growth/decline +6,296 -119
Annual growth/decline +2,297,864 -43,560
Annual growth/decline rate +0.82% -0.15%
Population growth rate rank 117/197 174/197

Indonesia and Nepal: population history and growth rate by year chart

Indonesia
Population

Growth rate
Nepal
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Indonesia Nepal Indonesia Nepal
1960 88,296,070 10,123,658 - -
1961 90,791,249 10,318,396 2.83% 1.92%
1962 93,375,850 10,521,116 2.85% 1.96%
1963 96,051,424 10,729,818 2.87% 1.98%
1964 98,833,749 10,946,392 2.9% 2.02%
1965 101,365,130 11,173,411 2.56% 2.07%
1966 103,792,754 11,408,710 2.39% 2.11%
1967 106,526,393 11,652,716 2.63% 2.14%
1968 109,450,006 11,906,266 2.74% 2.18%
1969 112,517,639 12,167,036 2.8% 2.19%
1970 115,657,495 12,436,190 2.79% 2.21%
1971 118,833,702 12,710,061 2.75% 2.2%
1972 122,039,841 12,989,099 2.7% 2.2%
1973 125,288,515 13,275,239 2.66% 2.2%
1974 128,555,045 13,568,435 2.61% 2.21%
1975 131,843,848 13,870,695 2.56% 2.23%
1976 135,173,655 14,177,649 2.53% 2.21%
1977 138,533,541 14,499,175 2.49% 2.27%
1978 141,953,163 14,839,695 2.47% 2.35%
1979 145,434,834 15,190,590 2.45% 2.36%
1980 148,950,540 15,553,105 2.42% 2.39%
1981 152,485,035 15,922,423 2.37% 2.37%
1982 156,052,152 16,297,987 2.34% 2.36%
1983 159,651,381 16,689,119 2.31% 2.4%
1984 163,251,124 17,085,242 2.25% 2.37%
1985 166,776,185 17,477,692 2.16% 2.3%
1986 170,175,065 17,868,124 2.04% 2.23%
1987 173,511,154 18,250,505 1.96% 2.14%
1988 176,855,065 18,638,661 1.93% 2.13%
1989 180,201,630 19,057,807 1.89% 2.25%
1990 183,501,098 19,524,573 1.83% 2.45%
1991 186,778,238 20,036,500 1.79% 2.62%
1992 190,043,744 20,609,707 1.75% 2.86%
1993 193,305,168 21,180,159 1.72% 2.77%
1994 196,591,828 21,717,479 1.7% 2.54%
1995 199,888,057 22,245,439 1.68% 2.43%
1996 203,204,348 22,741,862 1.66% 2.23%
1997 206,536,095 23,219,463 1.64% 2.1%
1998 209,826,788 23,680,357 1.59% 1.98%
1999 213,004,668 24,125,199 1.51% 1.88%
2000 216,077,790 24,546,509 1.44% 1.75%
2001 219,097,902 24,946,748 1.4% 1.63%
2002 222,088,495 25,328,981 1.36% 1.53%
2003 225,048,008 25,688,758 1.33% 1.42%
2004 227,926,649 26,016,656 1.28% 1.28%
2005 230,871,650 26,309,458 1.29% 1.13%
2006 233,951,652 26,565,425 1.33% 0.97%
2007 237,062,337 26,788,492 1.33% 0.84%
2008 240,157,903 26,990,037 1.31% 0.75%
2009 243,220,028 27,173,035 1.28% 0.68%
2010 246,305,322 27,341,952 1.27% 0.62%
2011 249,470,032 27,464,494 1.28% 0.45%
2012 252,698,525 27,534,915 1.29% 0.26%
2013 255,852,467 27,589,996 1.25% 0.2%
2014 258,877,399 27,672,370 1.18% 0.3%
2015 261,799,249 27,823,629 1.13% 0.55%
2016 264,627,418 27,955,462 1.08% 0.47%
2017 267,346,658 28,011,258 1.03% 0.2%
2018 269,951,846 28,079,689 0.97% 0.24%
2019 272,489,381 28,414,064 0.94% 1.19%
2020 274,814,866 28,966,574 0.85% 1.94%
2021 276,758,053 29,475,010 0.71% 1.76%
2022 278,830,529 29,715,436 0.75% 0.82%
2023 281,190,067 29,694,614 0.85% -0.07%
2024 283,487,931 29,651,054 0.82% -0.15%
2025 285,721,231 29,618,120 0.79% -0.11%
2026 287,886,778 29,629,406 0.76% 0.04%
2027 289,986,520 29,727,164 0.73% 0.33%
2028 292,016,774 29,947,588 0.7% 0.74%
2029 293,978,106 30,232,115 0.67% 0.95%
2030 295,876,644 30,509,999 0.65% 0.92%
2031 297,719,741 30,780,916 0.62% 0.89%
2032 299,510,654 31,045,411 0.6% 0.86%
2033 301,250,975 31,304,035 0.58% 0.83%
2034 302,938,571 31,555,068 0.56% 0.8%
2035 304,566,615 31,798,003 0.54% 0.77%
2036 306,135,097 32,033,714 0.51% 0.74%
2037 307,646,407 32,262,286 0.49% 0.71%
2038 309,096,450 32,484,801 0.47% 0.69%
2039 310,481,116 32,700,695 0.45% 0.66%
2040 311,797,391 32,909,540 0.42% 0.64%
2041 313,041,656 33,112,254 0.4% 0.62%
2042 314,211,278 33,309,062 0.37% 0.59%
2043 315,304,309 33,499,440 0.35% 0.57%
2044 316,318,412 33,683,331 0.32% 0.55%
2045 317,249,609 33,861,058 0.29% 0.53%
2046 318,096,567 34,032,994 0.27% 0.51%
2047 318,862,018 34,197,261 0.24% 0.48%
2048 319,554,646 34,352,077 0.22% 0.45%
2049 320,173,244 34,500,201 0.19% 0.43%
2050 320,712,941 34,642,021 0.17% 0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Indonesia increased by 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Indonesia gained 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

Indonesia was ranked 4th most populous country in 2005 and is still 4th in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Indonesia's population will grow by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people with a rank change from 4th to 6th. The population of Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.

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