The latest officially reported population of Nepal was 29,651,054 in 2024 vs 4,515,577 people in Panama in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Nepal's population is 29,627,185 people compared to 4,614,993 in Panama.
Population statistics:
- Nepal's population is 6.42 times bigger than Panama's.
- Nepal is ranked the 52nd most populous country in the world, while Panama is the 128th.
- The countries together account for 0.41% of the world: 0.36% for Nepal vs 0.06% for Panama.
- For the last 10 years, Nepal has had an average growth rate of +0.66% per year vs +1.52% in Panama.
- Since 2005, the population of Nepal has increased from 26.3M people to 29.6M (12.6% growth), while Panama has grown from 3.31M to 4.61M (39.3% growth).
- Nepal is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 35.8M people compared to the peak of 6.03M people in 2080 for Panama.
Nepal vs Panama: live population counter
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| Current population |
29627185
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4614993
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| Population rank | 52/197 | 128/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.36% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
12.1 minutes
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9.25 minutes
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| One birth every |
54.9 seconds
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7.35 minutes
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| One death every |
2.55 minutes
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24.7 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.31 minutes
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1.31 hours
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| Annual migration change | -401,282 | +6,706 |
| Daily growth/decline | -119 | +156 |
| Annual growth/decline | -43,560 | +56,818 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.15% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 174/197 | 85/197 |
Nepal and Panama: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 10,123,658 | 1,126,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,318,396 | 1,159,870 | 1.92% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 10,521,116 | 1,195,301 | 1.96% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 10,729,818 | 1,232,124 | 1.98% | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 10,946,392 | 1,270,065 | 2.02% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 11,173,411 | 1,308,835 | 2.07% | 3.05% |
| 1966 | 11,408,710 | 1,348,388 | 2.11% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 11,652,716 | 1,388,628 | 2.14% | 2.98% |
| 1968 | 11,906,266 | 1,429,447 | 2.18% | 2.94% |
| 1969 | 12,167,036 | 1,470,886 | 2.19% | 2.9% |
| 1970 | 12,436,190 | 1,513,070 | 2.21% | 2.87% |
| 1971 | 12,710,061 | 1,556,081 | 2.2% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 12,989,099 | 1,599,723 | 2.2% | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 13,275,239 | 1,643,690 | 2.2% | 2.75% |
| 1974 | 13,568,435 | 1,687,926 | 2.21% | 2.69% |
| 1975 | 13,870,695 | 1,732,389 | 2.23% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 14,177,649 | 1,776,935 | 2.21% | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 14,499,175 | 1,821,543 | 2.27% | 2.51% |
| 1978 | 14,839,695 | 1,866,311 | 2.35% | 2.46% |
| 1979 | 15,190,590 | 1,911,552 | 2.36% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 15,553,105 | 1,957,534 | 2.39% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 15,922,423 | 2,004,418 | 2.37% | 2.4% |
| 1982 | 16,297,987 | 2,052,271 | 2.36% | 2.39% |
| 1983 | 16,689,119 | 2,101,106 | 2.4% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 17,085,242 | 2,150,782 | 2.37% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 17,477,692 | 2,200,915 | 2.3% | 2.33% |
| 1986 | 17,868,124 | 2,251,325 | 2.23% | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 18,250,505 | 2,301,970 | 2.14% | 2.25% |
| 1988 | 18,638,661 | 2,352,848 | 2.13% | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 19,057,807 | 2,403,820 | 2.25% | 2.17% |
| 1990 | 19,524,573 | 2,455,583 | 2.45% | 2.15% |
| 1991 | 20,036,500 | 2,508,265 | 2.62% | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 20,609,707 | 2,561,336 | 2.86% | 2.12% |
| 1993 | 21,180,159 | 2,615,099 | 2.77% | 2.1% |
| 1994 | 21,717,479 | 2,669,546 | 2.54% | 2.08% |
| 1995 | 22,245,439 | 2,724,557 | 2.43% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 22,741,862 | 2,780,227 | 2.23% | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 23,219,463 | 2,836,695 | 2.1% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 23,680,357 | 2,893,914 | 1.98% | 2.02% |
| 1999 | 24,125,199 | 2,951,822 | 1.88% | 2% |
| 2000 | 24,546,509 | 3,010,369 | 1.75% | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 24,946,748 | 3,069,537 | 1.63% | 1.97% |
| 2002 | 25,328,981 | 3,129,344 | 1.53% | 1.95% |
| 2003 | 25,688,758 | 3,189,807 | 1.42% | 1.93% |
| 2004 | 26,016,656 | 3,251,155 | 1.28% | 1.92% |
| 2005 | 26,309,458 | 3,313,026 | 1.13% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 26,565,425 | 3,375,024 | 0.97% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 26,788,492 | 3,437,490 | 0.84% | 1.85% |
| 2008 | 26,990,037 | 3,500,648 | 0.75% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 27,173,035 | 3,564,381 | 0.68% | 1.82% |
| 2010 | 27,341,952 | 3,628,535 | 0.62% | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 27,464,494 | 3,693,505 | 0.45% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 27,534,915 | 3,759,256 | 0.26% | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 27,589,996 | 3,825,329 | 0.2% | 1.76% |
| 2014 | 27,672,370 | 3,892,101 | 0.3% | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 27,823,629 | 3,960,035 | 0.55% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 27,955,462 | 4,029,086 | 0.47% | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 28,011,258 | 4,098,707 | 0.2% | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 28,079,689 | 4,167,860 | 0.24% | 1.69% |
| 2019 | 28,414,064 | 4,234,700 | 1.19% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 28,966,574 | 4,293,261 | 1.94% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | 29,475,010 | 4,345,405 | 1.76% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 29,715,436 | 4,400,773 | 0.82% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 29,694,614 | 4,458,759 | -0.07% | 1.32% |
| 2024 | 29,651,054 | 4,515,577 | -0.15% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 29,618,120 | 4,571,195 | -0.11% | 1.23% |
| 2026 | 29,629,406 | 4,625,720 | 0.04% | 1.19% |
| 2027 | 29,727,164 | 4,679,241 | 0.33% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 29,947,588 | 4,731,818 | 0.74% | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 30,232,115 | 4,783,378 | 0.95% | 1.09% |
| 2030 | 30,509,999 | 4,833,856 | 0.92% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 30,780,916 | 4,883,390 | 0.89% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 31,045,411 | 4,932,075 | 0.86% | 1% |
| 2033 | 31,304,035 | 4,979,812 | 0.83% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 31,555,068 | 5,026,494 | 0.8% | 0.94% |
| 2035 | 31,798,003 | 5,072,267 | 0.77% | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 32,033,714 | 5,117,124 | 0.74% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 32,262,286 | 5,161,085 | 0.71% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 32,484,801 | 5,204,053 | 0.69% | 0.83% |
| 2039 | 32,700,695 | 5,245,902 | 0.66% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 32,909,540 | 5,286,595 | 0.64% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 33,112,254 | 5,326,183 | 0.62% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 33,309,062 | 5,364,671 | 0.59% | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 33,499,440 | 5,402,037 | 0.57% | 0.7% |
| 2044 | 33,683,331 | 5,438,259 | 0.55% | 0.67% |
| 2045 | 33,861,058 | 5,473,283 | 0.53% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 34,032,994 | 5,507,148 | 0.51% | 0.62% |
| 2047 | 34,197,261 | 5,539,873 | 0.48% | 0.59% |
| 2048 | 34,352,077 | 5,571,404 | 0.45% | 0.57% |
| 2049 | 34,500,201 | 5,601,670 | 0.43% | 0.54% |
| 2050 | 34,642,021 | 5,630,681 | 0.41% | 0.52% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Panama gained 647,009 people (a 19.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Panama's population increased by 654,958 (a 16.5% growth).
Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Panama was ranked 128th in 2005 and still ranked 128th 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 Panama will increase by 22% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.
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Population differences between Nepal and Panama
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| Life expectancy | 70.9 years | 80 years |
| Average age | 29.5 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 26 years | 30.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.9:52.1 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 1.98 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 536 ppl/mi² | 157.7 ppl/mi² |
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