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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Norway	Nepal	Norway
1960	10,123,658	3,581,239	-	-
1961	10,318,396	3,609,800	1.92%	0.8%
1962	10,521,116	3,638,918	1.96%	0.81%
1963	10,729,818	3,666,537	1.98%	0.76%
1964	10,946,392	3,694,339	2.02%	0.76%
1965	11,173,411	3,723,168	2.07%	0.78%
1966	11,408,710	3,753,012	2.11%	0.8%
1967	11,652,716	3,784,539	2.14%	0.84%
1968	11,906,266	3,816,486	2.18%	0.84%
1969	12,167,036	3,847,707	2.19%	0.82%
1970	12,436,190	3,875,763	2.21%	0.73%
1971	12,710,061	3,903,039	2.2%	0.7%
1972	12,989,099	3,933,004	2.2%	0.77%
1973	13,275,239	3,960,612	2.2%	0.7%
1974	13,568,435	3,985,258	2.21%	0.62%
1975	13,870,695	4,007,313	2.23%	0.55%
1976	14,177,649	4,026,152	2.21%	0.47%
1977	14,499,175	4,043,205	2.27%	0.42%
1978	14,839,695	4,058,671	2.35%	0.38%
1979	15,190,590	4,072,517	2.36%	0.34%
1980	15,553,105	4,085,620	2.39%	0.32%
1981	15,922,423	4,099,702	2.37%	0.34%
1982	16,297,987	4,114,787	2.36%	0.37%
1983	16,689,119	4,128,432	2.4%	0.33%
1984	17,085,242	4,140,099	2.37%	0.28%
1985	17,477,692	4,152,516	2.3%	0.3%
1986	17,868,124	4,167,354	2.23%	0.36%
1987	18,250,505	4,186,905	2.14%	0.47%
1988	18,638,661	4,209,488	2.13%	0.54%
1989	19,057,807	4,226,901	2.25%	0.41%
1990	19,524,573	4,241,473	2.45%	0.34%
1991	20,036,500	4,261,732	2.62%	0.48%
1992	20,609,707	4,286,401	2.86%	0.58%
1993	21,180,159	4,311,991	2.77%	0.6%
1994	21,717,479	4,336,613	2.54%	0.57%
1995	22,245,439	4,359,184	2.43%	0.52%
1996	22,741,862	4,381,336	2.23%	0.51%
1997	23,219,463	4,405,157	2.1%	0.54%
1998	23,680,357	4,431,464	1.98%	0.6%
1999	24,125,199	4,461,913	1.88%	0.69%
2000	24,546,509	4,490,967	1.75%	0.65%
2001	24,946,748	4,513,751	1.63%	0.51%
2002	25,328,981	4,538,159	1.53%	0.54%
2003	25,688,758	4,564,855	1.42%	0.59%
2004	26,016,656	4,591,910	1.28%	0.59%
2005	26,309,458	4,623,291	1.13%	0.68%
2006	26,565,425	4,660,677	0.97%	0.81%
2007	26,788,492	4,709,153	0.84%	1.04%
2008	26,990,037	4,768,212	0.75%	1.25%
2009	27,173,035	4,828,726	0.68%	1.27%
2010	27,341,952	4,889,252	0.62%	1.25%
2011	27,464,494	4,953,088	0.45%	1.31%
2012	27,534,915	5,018,573	0.26%	1.32%
2013	27,589,996	5,079,623	0.2%	1.22%
2014	27,672,370	5,137,232	0.3%	1.13%
2015	27,823,629	5,188,607	0.55%	1%
2016	27,955,462	5,234,519	0.47%	0.88%
2017	28,011,258	5,276,968	0.2%	0.81%
2018	28,079,689	5,311,916	0.24%	0.66%
2019	28,414,064	5,347,896	1.19%	0.68%
2020	28,966,574	5,379,475	1.94%	0.59%
2021	29,475,010	5,408,320	1.76%	0.54%
2022	29,715,436	5,457,127	0.82%	0.9%
2023	29,694,614	5,519,594	-0.07%	1.14%
2024	29,651,054	5,572,272	-0.15%	0.95%
2025	29,618,120	5,618,653	-0.11%	0.83%
2026	29,629,406	5,648,542	0.04%	0.53%
2027	29,727,164	5,669,085	0.33%	0.36%
2028	29,947,588	5,688,775	0.74%	0.35%
2029	30,232,115	5,707,206	0.95%	0.32%
2030	30,509,999	5,724,586	0.92%	0.3%
2031	30,780,916	5,741,140	0.89%	0.29%
2032	31,045,411	5,756,663	0.86%	0.27%
2033	31,304,035	5,771,048	0.83%	0.25%
2034	31,555,068	5,784,408	0.8%	0.23%
2035	31,798,003	5,796,851	0.77%	0.22%
2036	32,033,714	5,808,721	0.74%	0.2%
2037	32,262,286	5,819,995	0.71%	0.19%
2038	32,484,801	5,830,604	0.69%	0.18%
2039	32,700,695	5,840,493	0.66%	0.17%
2040	32,909,540	5,849,273	0.64%	0.15%
2041	33,112,254	5,857,345	0.62%	0.14%
2042	33,309,062	5,864,766	0.59%	0.13%
2043	33,499,440	5,870,957	0.57%	0.11%
2044	33,683,331	5,876,291	0.55%	0.09%
2045	33,861,058	5,881,391	0.53%	0.09%
2046	34,032,994	5,885,772	0.51%	0.07%
2047	34,197,261	5,889,156	0.48%	0.06%
2048	34,352,077	5,892,131	0.45%	0.05%
2049	34,500,201	5,894,300	0.43%	0.04%
2050	34,642,021	5,895,192	0.41%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Norway gained 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Norway's population increased by 454,055 (a 8.75% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Norway was ranked 116th in 2005 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.