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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Oman	Nepal	Oman
1960	10,123,658	530,485	-	-
1961	10,318,396	539,854	1.92%	1.77%
1962	10,521,116	549,941	1.96%	1.87%
1963	10,729,818	560,827	1.98%	1.98%
1964	10,946,392	572,577	2.02%	2.1%
1965	11,173,411	585,236	2.07%	2.21%
1966	11,408,710	598,804	2.11%	2.32%
1967	11,652,716	613,318	2.14%	2.42%
1968	11,906,266	628,798	2.18%	2.52%
1969	12,167,036	645,255	2.19%	2.62%
1970	12,436,190	662,680	2.21%	2.7%
1971	12,710,061	681,119	2.2%	2.78%
1972	12,989,099	700,593	2.2%	2.86%
1973	13,275,239	721,179	2.2%	2.94%
1974	13,568,435	746,988	2.21%	3.58%
1975	13,870,695	778,864	2.23%	4.27%
1976	14,177,649	814,701	2.21%	4.6%
1977	14,499,175	855,314	2.27%	4.99%
1978	14,839,695	900,304	2.35%	5.26%
1979	15,190,590	949,116	2.36%	5.42%
1980	15,553,105	1,001,248	2.39%	5.49%
1981	15,922,423	1,057,320	2.37%	5.6%
1982	16,297,987	1,117,678	2.36%	5.71%
1983	16,689,119	1,181,459	2.4%	5.71%
1984	17,085,242	1,247,716	2.37%	5.61%
1985	17,477,692	1,325,480	2.3%	6.23%
1986	17,868,124	1,413,419	2.23%	6.63%
1987	18,250,505	1,500,996	2.14%	6.2%
1988	18,638,661	1,588,568	2.13%	5.83%
1989	19,057,807	1,676,228	2.25%	5.52%
1990	19,524,573	1,763,954	2.45%	5.23%
1991	20,036,500	1,851,473	2.62%	4.96%
1992	20,609,707	1,938,238	2.86%	4.69%
1993	21,180,159	2,021,675	2.77%	4.3%
1994	21,717,479	2,081,834	2.54%	2.98%
1995	22,245,439	2,120,528	2.43%	1.86%
1996	22,741,862	2,156,926	2.23%	1.72%
1997	23,219,463	2,190,720	2.1%	1.57%
1998	23,680,357	2,222,489	1.98%	1.45%
1999	24,125,199	2,252,909	1.88%	1.37%
2000	24,546,509	2,282,131	1.75%	1.3%
2001	24,946,748	2,310,217	1.63%	1.23%
2002	25,328,981	2,337,140	1.53%	1.17%
2003	25,688,758	2,363,796	1.42%	1.14%
2004	26,016,656	2,404,821	1.28%	1.74%
2005	26,309,458	2,459,802	1.13%	2.29%
2006	26,565,425	2,514,795	0.97%	2.24%
2007	26,788,492	2,570,174	0.84%	2.2%
2008	26,990,037	2,626,529	0.75%	2.19%
2009	27,173,035	2,684,659	0.68%	2.21%
2010	27,341,952	2,757,446	0.62%	2.71%
2011	27,464,494	3,076,763	0.45%	11.6%
2012	27,534,915	3,547,106	0.26%	15.3%
2013	27,589,996	3,833,913	0.2%	8.09%
2014	27,672,370	4,002,439	0.3%	4.4%
2015	27,823,629	4,184,895	0.55%	4.56%
2016	27,955,462	4,390,877	0.47%	4.92%
2017	28,011,258	4,537,396	0.2%	3.34%
2018	28,079,689	4,597,877	0.24%	1.33%
2019	28,414,064	4,591,241	1.19%	-0.14%
2020	28,966,574	4,522,497	1.94%	-1.5%
2021	29,475,010	4,500,424	1.76%	-0.49%
2022	29,715,436	4,730,226	0.82%	5.11%
2023	29,694,614	5,049,269	-0.07%	6.74%
2024	29,651,054	5,281,538	-0.15%	4.6%
2025	29,618,120	5,494,693	-0.11%	4.04%
2026	29,629,406	5,671,451	0.04%	3.22%
2027	29,727,164	5,814,719	0.33%	2.53%
2028	29,947,588	5,929,317	0.74%	1.97%
2029	30,232,115	6,026,178	0.95%	1.63%
2030	30,509,999	6,112,708	0.92%	1.44%
2031	30,780,916	6,194,366	0.89%	1.34%
2032	31,045,411	6,275,465	0.86%	1.31%
2033	31,304,035	6,356,248	0.83%	1.29%
2034	31,555,068	6,436,919	0.8%	1.27%
2035	31,798,003	6,517,799	0.77%	1.26%
2036	32,033,714	6,599,101	0.74%	1.25%
2037	32,262,286	6,681,041	0.71%	1.24%
2038	32,484,801	6,763,781	0.69%	1.24%
2039	32,700,695	6,847,380	0.66%	1.24%
2040	32,909,540	6,931,970	0.64%	1.24%
2041	33,112,254	7,017,684	0.62%	1.24%
2042	33,309,062	7,104,475	0.59%	1.24%
2043	33,499,440	7,192,217	0.57%	1.24%
2044	33,683,331	7,280,846	0.55%	1.23%
2045	33,861,058	7,370,221	0.53%	1.23%
2046	34,032,994	7,460,268	0.51%	1.22%
2047	34,197,261	7,550,973	0.48%	1.22%
2048	34,352,077	7,642,323	0.45%	1.21%
2049	34,500,201	7,734,352	0.43%	1.2%
2050	34,642,021	7,826,991	0.41%	1.2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nepal increased by 1,390,037 people (a 5.23% growth), while Oman gained 1,876,082 people (a 74.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nepal gained 1,675,012 (a 5.99% growth), while Oman's population increased by 1,282,139 (a 29.2% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2006 and is 52nd in 2026. Oman was ranked 138th in 2006 and ranked 118th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 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 Oman will increase by 38% to 7,826,991 people and rank change from 118th to 113th.