Population in Nepal compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nepal and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Philippines	Nepal	Philippines
1960	10,123,658	27,891,897	-	-
1961	10,318,396	28,792,621	1.92%	3.23%
1962	10,521,116	29,723,536	1.96%	3.23%
1963	10,729,818	30,674,731	1.98%	3.2%
1964	10,946,392	31,643,032	2.02%	3.16%
1965	11,173,411	32,625,316	2.07%	3.1%
1966	11,408,710	33,617,170	2.11%	3.04%
1967	11,652,716	34,621,320	2.14%	2.99%
1968	11,906,266	35,638,342	2.18%	2.94%
1969	12,167,036	36,660,799	2.19%	2.87%
1970	12,436,190	37,622,204	2.21%	2.62%
1971	12,710,061	38,518,659	2.2%	2.38%
1972	12,989,099	39,408,560	2.2%	2.31%
1973	13,275,239	40,294,130	2.2%	2.25%
1974	13,568,435	41,174,341	2.21%	2.18%
1975	13,870,695	42,120,826	2.23%	2.3%
1976	14,177,649	43,201,488	2.21%	2.57%
1977	14,499,175	44,367,962	2.27%	2.7%
1978	14,839,695	45,575,281	2.35%	2.72%
1979	15,190,590	46,807,103	2.36%	2.7%
1980	15,553,105	48,043,740	2.39%	2.64%
1981	15,922,423	49,311,727	2.37%	2.64%
1982	16,297,987	50,695,707	2.36%	2.81%
1983	16,689,119	52,194,620	2.4%	2.96%
1984	17,085,242	53,726,181	2.37%	2.93%
1985	17,477,692	55,213,006	2.3%	2.77%
1986	17,868,124	56,645,077	2.23%	2.59%
1987	18,250,505	58,157,496	2.14%	2.67%
1988	18,638,661	59,739,052	2.13%	2.72%
1989	19,057,807	61,265,260	2.25%	2.55%
1990	19,524,573	62,854,666	2.45%	2.59%
1991	20,036,500	64,382,249	2.62%	2.43%
1992	20,609,707	65,926,125	2.86%	2.4%
1993	21,180,159	67,530,621	2.77%	2.43%
1994	21,717,479	69,019,291	2.54%	2.2%
1995	22,245,439	70,546,246	2.43%	2.21%
1996	22,741,862	72,190,242	2.23%	2.33%
1997	23,219,463	73,908,810	2.1%	2.38%
1998	23,680,357	75,791,024	1.98%	2.55%
1999	24,125,199	77,753,257	1.88%	2.59%
2000	24,546,509	79,625,397	1.75%	2.41%
2001	24,946,748	81,401,488	1.63%	2.23%
2002	25,328,981	83,068,889	1.53%	2.05%
2003	25,688,758	84,731,835	1.42%	2%
2004	26,016,656	86,394,504	1.28%	1.96%
2005	26,309,458	88,015,962	1.13%	1.88%
2006	26,565,425	89,508,986	0.97%	1.7%
2007	26,788,492	91,075,184	0.84%	1.75%
2008	26,990,037	92,699,095	0.75%	1.78%
2009	27,173,035	94,384,250	0.68%	1.82%
2010	27,341,952	96,337,125	0.62%	2.07%
2011	27,464,494	98,248,614	0.45%	1.98%
2012	27,534,915	100,175,512	0.26%	1.96%
2013	27,589,996	102,076,336	0.2%	1.9%
2014	27,672,370	103,767,130	0.3%	1.66%
2015	27,823,629	105,312,992	0.55%	1.49%
2016	27,955,462	106,735,719	0.47%	1.35%
2017	28,011,258	108,119,693	0.2%	1.3%
2018	28,079,689	109,465,287	0.24%	1.24%
2019	28,414,064	110,804,683	1.19%	1.22%
2020	28,966,574	112,081,264	1.94%	1.15%
2021	29,475,010	113,100,950	1.76%	0.91%
2022	29,715,436	113,964,338	0.82%	0.76%
2023	29,694,614	114,891,199	-0.07%	0.81%
2024	29,651,054	115,843,670	-0.15%	0.83%
2025	29,618,120	116,786,968	-0.11%	0.81%
2026	29,629,406	117,724,479	0.04%	0.8%
2027	29,727,164	118,656,426	0.33%	0.79%
2028	29,947,588	119,583,984	0.74%	0.78%
2029	30,232,115	120,502,132	0.95%	0.77%
2030	30,509,999	121,408,897	0.92%	0.75%
2031	30,780,916	122,301,606	0.89%	0.74%
2032	31,045,411	123,180,341	0.86%	0.72%
2033	31,304,035	124,049,036	0.83%	0.71%
2034	31,555,068	124,904,124	0.8%	0.69%
2035	31,798,003	125,740,977	0.77%	0.67%
2036	32,033,714	126,558,232	0.74%	0.65%
2037	32,262,286	127,352,607	0.71%	0.63%
2038	32,484,801	128,118,535	0.69%	0.6%
2039	32,700,695	128,850,047	0.66%	0.57%
2040	32,909,540	129,546,666	0.64%	0.54%
2041	33,112,254	130,209,810	0.62%	0.51%
2042	33,309,062	130,837,005	0.59%	0.48%
2043	33,499,440	131,427,404	0.57%	0.45%
2044	33,683,331	131,979,673	0.55%	0.42%
2045	33,861,058	132,492,038	0.53%	0.39%
2046	34,032,994	132,962,001	0.51%	0.35%
2047	34,197,261	133,385,290	0.48%	0.32%
2048	34,352,077	133,759,436	0.45%	0.28%
2049	34,500,201	134,089,011	0.43%	0.25%
2050	34,642,021	134,373,439	0.41%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.