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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Niger	Nepal	Niger
1960	10,123,658	3,505,050	-	-
1961	10,318,396	3,608,162	1.92%	2.94%
1962	10,521,116	3,714,520	1.96%	2.95%
1963	10,729,818	3,823,873	1.98%	2.94%
1964	10,946,392	3,935,814	2.02%	2.93%
1965	11,173,411	4,049,695	2.07%	2.89%
1966	11,408,710	4,165,544	2.11%	2.86%
1967	11,652,716	4,283,590	2.14%	2.83%
1968	11,906,266	4,403,637	2.18%	2.8%
1969	12,167,036	4,525,725	2.19%	2.77%
1970	12,436,190	4,650,275	2.21%	2.75%
1971	12,710,061	4,776,225	2.2%	2.71%
1972	12,989,099	4,904,845	2.2%	2.69%
1973	13,275,239	5,037,865	2.2%	2.71%
1974	13,568,435	5,174,953	2.21%	2.72%
1975	13,870,695	5,317,019	2.23%	2.75%
1976	14,177,649	5,464,962	2.21%	2.78%
1977	14,499,175	5,619,716	2.27%	2.83%
1978	14,839,695	5,782,932	2.35%	2.9%
1979	15,190,590	5,955,556	2.36%	2.99%
1980	15,553,105	6,135,971	2.39%	3.03%
1981	15,922,423	6,322,006	2.37%	3.03%
1982	16,297,987	6,512,732	2.36%	3.02%
1983	16,689,119	6,708,644	2.4%	3.01%
1984	17,085,242	6,909,971	2.37%	3%
1985	17,477,692	7,118,457	2.3%	3.02%
1986	17,868,124	7,335,811	2.23%	3.05%
1987	18,250,505	7,561,150	2.14%	3.07%
1988	18,638,661	7,793,748	2.13%	3.08%
1989	19,057,807	8,034,780	2.25%	3.09%
1990	19,524,573	8,286,059	2.45%	3.13%
1991	20,036,500	8,546,900	2.62%	3.15%
1992	20,609,707	8,817,633	2.86%	3.17%
1993	21,180,159	9,100,789	2.77%	3.21%
1994	21,717,479	9,398,258	2.54%	3.27%
1995	22,245,439	9,714,529	2.43%	3.37%
1996	22,741,862	10,044,852	2.23%	3.4%
1997	23,219,463	10,383,969	2.1%	3.38%
1998	23,680,357	10,741,413	1.98%	3.44%
1999	24,125,199	11,117,411	1.88%	3.5%
2000	24,546,509	11,509,630	1.75%	3.53%
2001	24,946,748	11,920,647	1.63%	3.57%
2002	25,328,981	12,349,144	1.53%	3.59%
2003	25,688,758	12,796,984	1.42%	3.63%
2004	26,016,656	13,265,836	1.28%	3.66%
2005	26,309,458	13,756,192	1.13%	3.7%
2006	26,565,425	14,268,581	0.97%	3.72%
2007	26,788,492	14,803,610	0.84%	3.75%
2008	26,990,037	15,361,915	0.75%	3.77%
2009	27,173,035	15,943,675	0.68%	3.79%
2010	27,341,952	16,548,835	0.62%	3.8%
2011	27,464,494	17,176,283	0.45%	3.79%
2012	27,534,915	17,836,769	0.26%	3.85%
2013	27,589,996	18,519,898	0.2%	3.83%
2014	27,672,370	19,215,909	0.3%	3.76%
2015	27,823,629	19,939,498	0.55%	3.77%
2016	27,955,462	20,685,753	0.47%	3.74%
2017	28,011,258	21,435,446	0.2%	3.62%
2018	28,079,689	22,188,069	0.24%	3.51%
2019	28,414,064	22,947,757	1.19%	3.42%
2020	28,966,574	23,717,613	1.94%	3.35%
2021	29,475,010	24,502,140	1.76%	3.31%
2022	29,715,436	25,311,973	0.82%	3.31%
2023	29,694,614	26,159,867	-0.07%	3.35%
2024	29,651,054	27,032,412	-0.15%	3.34%
2025	29,618,120	27,917,825	-0.11%	3.28%
2026	29,629,406	28,814,872	0.04%	3.21%
2027	29,727,164	29,723,688	0.33%	3.15%
2028	29,947,588	30,643,561	0.74%	3.09%
2029	30,232,115	31,575,091	0.95%	3.04%
2030	30,509,999	32,518,069	0.92%	2.99%
2031	30,780,916	33,469,616	0.89%	2.93%
2032	31,045,411	34,428,638	0.86%	2.87%
2033	31,304,035	35,397,029	0.83%	2.81%
2034	31,555,068	36,372,374	0.8%	2.76%
2035	31,798,003	37,353,462	0.77%	2.7%
2036	32,033,714	38,340,142	0.74%	2.64%
2037	32,262,286	39,330,372	0.71%	2.58%
2038	32,484,801	40,323,460	0.69%	2.52%
2039	32,700,695	41,318,407	0.66%	2.47%
2040	32,909,540	42,316,733	0.64%	2.42%
2041	33,112,254	43,319,236	0.62%	2.37%
2042	33,309,062	44,326,115	0.59%	2.32%
2043	33,499,440	45,337,248	0.57%	2.28%
2044	33,683,331	46,353,160	0.55%	2.24%
2045	33,861,058	47,374,113	0.53%	2.2%
2046	34,032,994	48,397,993	0.51%	2.16%
2047	34,197,261	49,423,853	0.48%	2.12%
2048	34,352,077	50,452,202	0.45%	2.08%
2049	34,500,201	51,482,559	0.43%	2.04%
2050	34,642,021	52,513,870	0.41%	2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Niger gained 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Niger's population increased by 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Niger was ranked 65th in 2005 and ranked 53rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Nepal's population will grow by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people with a rank change from 52nd to 58th. The population of Niger will increase by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.