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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Pakistan	Nepal	Pakistan
1960	10,123,658	45,709,310	-	-
1961	10,318,396	46,921,277	1.92%	2.65%
1962	10,521,116	48,156,128	1.96%	2.63%
1963	10,729,818	49,447,776	1.98%	2.68%
1964	10,946,392	50,799,999	2.02%	2.73%
1965	11,173,411	52,209,010	2.07%	2.77%
1966	11,408,710	53,678,667	2.11%	2.81%
1967	11,652,716	55,214,768	2.14%	2.86%
1968	11,906,266	56,810,507	2.18%	2.89%
1969	12,167,036	58,460,939	2.19%	2.91%
1970	12,436,190	60,166,719	2.21%	2.92%
1971	12,710,061	61,847,899	2.2%	2.79%
1972	12,989,099	63,583,194	2.2%	2.81%
1973	13,275,239	65,461,912	2.2%	2.95%
1974	13,568,435	67,415,487	2.21%	2.98%
1975	13,870,695	69,461,175	2.23%	3.03%
1976	14,177,649	71,620,254	2.21%	3.11%
1977	14,499,175	73,901,827	2.27%	3.19%
1978	14,839,695	76,307,379	2.35%	3.26%
1979	15,190,590	78,997,039	2.36%	3.52%
1980	15,553,105	82,291,010	2.39%	4.17%
1981	15,922,423	85,802,049	2.37%	4.27%
1982	16,297,987	89,089,246	2.36%	3.83%
1983	16,689,119	92,227,711	2.4%	3.52%
1984	17,085,242	95,164,936	2.37%	3.18%
1985	17,477,692	98,229,285	2.3%	3.22%
1986	17,868,124	101,606,764	2.23%	3.44%
1987	18,250,505	105,130,717	2.14%	3.47%
1988	18,638,661	108,724,739	2.13%	3.42%
1989	19,057,807	112,336,629	2.25%	3.32%
1990	19,524,573	116,155,576	2.45%	3.4%
1991	20,036,500	120,060,406	2.62%	3.36%
1992	20,609,707	123,546,848	2.86%	2.9%
1993	21,180,159	127,020,117	2.77%	2.81%
1994	21,717,479	130,748,083	2.54%	2.93%
1995	22,245,439	134,582,253	2.43%	2.93%
1996	22,741,862	138,557,092	2.23%	2.95%
1997	23,219,463	142,531,804	2.1%	2.87%
1998	23,680,357	146,522,356	1.98%	2.8%
1999	24,125,199	150,565,377	1.88%	2.76%
2000	24,546,509	154,879,127	1.75%	2.87%
2001	24,946,748	159,270,907	1.63%	2.84%
2002	25,328,981	163,222,549	1.53%	2.48%
2003	25,688,758	167,110,248	1.42%	2.38%
2004	26,016,656	171,286,000	1.28%	2.5%
2005	26,309,458	175,453,212	1.13%	2.43%
2006	26,565,425	179,682,690	0.97%	2.41%
2007	26,788,492	184,493,231	0.84%	2.68%
2008	26,990,037	189,499,113	0.75%	2.71%
2009	27,173,035	194,376,534	0.68%	2.57%
2010	27,341,952	199,239,047	0.62%	2.5%
2011	27,464,494	203,746,065	0.45%	2.26%
2012	27,534,915	207,667,125	0.26%	1.92%
2013	27,589,996	211,073,978	0.2%	1.64%
2014	27,672,370	214,264,647	0.3%	1.51%
2015	27,823,629	217,290,883	0.55%	1.41%
2016	27,955,462	220,138,869	0.47%	1.31%
2017	28,011,258	223,273,967	0.2%	1.42%
2018	28,079,689	226,928,892	0.24%	1.64%
2019	28,414,064	230,800,899	1.19%	1.71%
2020	28,966,574	235,001,746	1.94%	1.82%
2021	29,475,010	239,477,801	1.76%	1.9%
2022	29,715,436	243,700,667	0.82%	1.76%
2023	29,694,614	247,504,495	-0.07%	1.56%
2024	29,651,054	251,269,164	-0.15%	1.52%
2025	29,618,120	255,219,564	-0.11%	1.57%
2026	29,629,406	259,299,796	0.04%	1.6%
2027	29,727,164	263,515,827	0.33%	1.63%
2028	29,947,588	267,881,923	0.74%	1.66%
2029	30,232,115	272,337,520	0.95%	1.66%
2030	30,509,999	276,883,261	0.92%	1.67%
2031	30,780,916	281,528,070	0.89%	1.68%
2032	31,045,411	286,241,141	0.86%	1.67%
2033	31,304,035	291,012,268	0.83%	1.67%
2034	31,555,068	295,820,153	0.8%	1.65%
2035	31,798,003	300,643,518	0.77%	1.63%
2036	32,033,714	305,491,504	0.74%	1.61%
2037	32,262,286	310,353,293	0.71%	1.59%
2038	32,484,801	315,227,709	0.69%	1.57%
2039	32,700,695	320,105,882	0.66%	1.55%
2040	32,909,540	324,937,703	0.64%	1.51%
2041	33,112,254	329,746,478	0.62%	1.48%
2042	33,309,062	334,551,874	0.59%	1.46%
2043	33,499,440	339,334,851	0.57%	1.43%
2044	33,683,331	344,095,467	0.55%	1.4%
2045	33,861,058	348,837,732	0.53%	1.38%
2046	34,032,994	353,552,859	0.51%	1.35%
2047	34,197,261	358,207,159	0.48%	1.32%
2048	34,352,077	362,796,532	0.45%	1.28%
2049	34,500,201	367,344,429	0.43%	1.25%
2050	34,642,021	371,863,804	0.41%	1.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Pakistan gained 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 41,206,244 (a 19% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2005 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.