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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Portugal	Nepal	Portugal
1960	10,123,658	8,857,716	-	-
1961	10,318,396	8,929,316	1.92%	0.81%
1962	10,521,116	8,993,985	1.96%	0.72%
1963	10,729,818	9,030,355	1.98%	0.4%
1964	10,946,392	9,035,365	2.02%	0.06%
1965	11,173,411	8,998,595	2.07%	-0.41%
1966	11,408,710	8,930,990	2.11%	-0.75%
1967	11,652,716	8,874,520	2.14%	-0.63%
1968	11,906,266	8,836,650	2.18%	-0.43%
1969	12,167,036	8,757,705	2.19%	-0.89%
1970	12,436,190	8,680,431	2.21%	-0.88%
1971	12,710,061	8,643,756	2.2%	-0.42%
1972	12,989,099	8,630,430	2.2%	-0.15%
1973	13,275,239	8,633,100	2.2%	0.03%
1974	13,568,435	8,754,365	2.21%	1.4%
1975	13,870,695	9,093,470	2.23%	3.87%
1976	14,177,649	9,355,810	2.21%	2.88%
1977	14,499,175	9,455,675	2.27%	1.07%
1978	14,839,695	9,558,250	2.35%	1.08%
1979	15,190,590	9,661,265	2.36%	1.08%
1980	15,553,105	9,766,312	2.39%	1.09%
1981	15,922,423	9,851,362	2.37%	0.87%
1982	16,297,987	9,911,771	2.36%	0.61%
1983	16,689,119	9,957,865	2.4%	0.47%
1984	17,085,242	9,996,232	2.37%	0.39%
1985	17,477,692	10,023,613	2.3%	0.27%
1986	17,868,124	10,032,734	2.23%	0.09%
1987	18,250,505	10,030,031	2.14%	-0.03%
1988	18,638,661	10,019,610	2.13%	-0.1%
1989	19,057,807	10,005,000	2.25%	-0.15%
1990	19,524,573	9,983,218	2.45%	-0.22%
1991	20,036,500	9,960,235	2.62%	-0.23%
1992	20,609,707	9,952,494	2.86%	-0.08%
1993	21,180,159	9,964,675	2.77%	0.12%
1994	21,717,479	9,991,525	2.54%	0.27%
1995	22,245,439	10,026,176	2.43%	0.35%
1996	22,741,862	10,063,945	2.23%	0.38%
1997	23,219,463	10,108,977	2.1%	0.45%
1998	23,680,357	10,160,196	1.98%	0.51%
1999	24,125,199	10,217,828	1.88%	0.57%
2000	24,546,509	10,289,898	1.75%	0.71%
2001	24,946,748	10,362,722	1.63%	0.71%
2002	25,328,981	10,419,631	1.53%	0.55%
2003	25,688,758	10,458,821	1.42%	0.38%
2004	26,016,656	10,483,861	1.28%	0.24%
2005	26,309,458	10,503,330	1.13%	0.19%
2006	26,565,425	10,522,288	0.97%	0.18%
2007	26,788,492	10,542,964	0.84%	0.2%
2008	26,990,037	10,558,177	0.75%	0.14%
2009	27,173,035	10,568,247	0.68%	0.1%
2010	27,341,952	10,573,100	0.62%	0.05%
2011	27,464,494	10,557,560	0.45%	-0.15%
2012	27,534,915	10,514,844	0.26%	-0.4%
2013	27,589,996	10,457,295	0.2%	-0.55%
2014	27,672,370	10,401,062	0.3%	-0.54%
2015	27,823,629	10,358,076	0.55%	-0.41%
2016	27,955,462	10,325,452	0.47%	-0.31%
2017	28,011,258	10,300,300	0.2%	-0.24%
2018	28,079,689	10,283,822	0.24%	-0.16%
2019	28,414,064	10,286,263	1.19%	0.02%
2020	28,966,574	10,297,081	1.94%	0.11%
2021	29,475,010	10,361,831	1.76%	0.63%
2022	29,715,436	10,434,332	0.82%	0.7%
2023	29,694,614	10,578,174	-0.07%	1.38%
2024	29,651,054	10,701,636	-0.15%	1.17%
2025	29,618,120	10,687,819	-0.11%	-0.13%
2026	29,629,406	10,670,917	0.04%	-0.16%
2027	29,727,164	10,653,073	0.33%	-0.17%
2028	29,947,588	10,632,868	0.74%	-0.19%
2029	30,232,115	10,611,484	0.95%	-0.2%
2030	30,509,999	10,591,436	0.92%	-0.19%
2031	30,780,916	10,571,418	0.89%	-0.19%
2032	31,045,411	10,549,456	0.86%	-0.21%
2033	31,304,035	10,526,482	0.83%	-0.22%
2034	31,555,068	10,502,882	0.8%	-0.22%
2035	31,798,003	10,478,843	0.77%	-0.23%
2036	32,033,714	10,454,630	0.74%	-0.23%
2037	32,262,286	10,430,128	0.71%	-0.23%
2038	32,484,801	10,404,947	0.69%	-0.24%
2039	32,700,695	10,377,968	0.66%	-0.26%
2040	32,909,540	10,349,515	0.64%	-0.27%
2041	33,112,254	10,321,577	0.62%	-0.27%
2042	33,309,062	10,294,106	0.59%	-0.27%
2043	33,499,440	10,264,596	0.57%	-0.29%
2044	33,683,331	10,233,543	0.55%	-0.3%
2045	33,861,058	10,201,832	0.53%	-0.31%
2046	34,032,994	10,168,932	0.51%	-0.32%
2047	34,197,261	10,135,159	0.48%	-0.33%
2048	34,352,077	10,101,419	0.45%	-0.33%
2049	34,500,201	10,066,064	0.43%	-0.35%
2050	34,642,021	10,029,252	0.41%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.