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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Qatar	Nepal	Qatar
1960	10,123,658	36,010	-	-
1961	10,318,396	39,680	1.92%	10.2%
1962	10,521,116	44,630	1.96%	12.5%
1963	10,729,818	50,380	1.98%	12.9%
1964	10,946,392	56,867	2.02%	12.9%
1965	11,173,411	64,065	2.07%	12.7%
1966	11,408,710	72,192	2.11%	12.7%
1967	11,652,716	81,439	2.14%	12.8%
1968	11,906,266	91,749	2.18%	12.7%
1969	12,167,036	103,025	2.19%	12.3%
1970	12,436,190	116,350	2.21%	12.9%
1971	12,710,061	131,346	2.2%	12.9%
1972	12,989,099	146,506	2.2%	11.5%
1973	13,275,239	161,841	2.2%	10.5%
1974	13,568,435	177,362	2.21%	9.59%
1975	13,870,695	193,087	2.23%	8.87%
1976	14,177,649	209,052	2.21%	8.27%
1977	14,499,175	225,285	2.27%	7.77%
1978	14,839,695	241,808	2.35%	7.33%
1979	15,190,590	258,670	2.36%	6.97%
1980	15,553,105	275,913	2.39%	6.67%
1981	15,922,423	293,553	2.37%	6.39%
1982	16,297,987	311,537	2.36%	6.13%
1983	16,689,119	329,709	2.4%	5.83%
1984	17,085,242	347,878	2.37%	5.51%
1985	17,477,692	365,940	2.3%	5.19%
1986	17,868,124	382,422	2.23%	4.5%
1987	18,250,505	397,005	2.14%	3.81%
1988	18,638,661	411,264	2.13%	3.59%
1989	19,057,807	425,646	2.25%	3.5%
1990	19,524,573	440,175	2.45%	3.41%
1991	20,036,500	454,853	2.62%	3.33%
1992	20,609,707	469,657	2.86%	3.25%
1993	21,180,159	484,545	2.77%	3.17%
1994	21,717,479	499,459	2.54%	3.08%
1995	22,245,439	514,325	2.43%	2.98%
1996	22,741,862	529,019	2.23%	2.86%
1997	23,219,463	550,500	2.1%	4.06%
1998	23,680,357	580,540	1.98%	5.46%
1999	24,125,199	612,500	1.88%	5.51%
2000	24,546,509	644,989	1.75%	5.3%
2001	24,946,748	677,925	1.63%	5.11%
2002	25,328,981	711,205	1.53%	4.91%
2003	25,688,758	744,682	1.42%	4.71%
2004	26,016,656	773,332	1.28%	3.85%
2005	26,309,458	825,408	1.13%	6.73%
2006	26,565,425	972,831	0.97%	17.9%
2007	26,788,492	1,208,595	0.84%	24.2%
2008	26,990,037	1,426,938	0.75%	18.1%
2009	27,173,035	1,608,903	0.68%	12.8%
2010	27,341,952	1,616,832	0.62%	0.49%
2011	27,464,494	1,624,761	0.45%	0.49%
2012	27,534,915	1,722,438	0.26%	6.01%
2013	27,589,996	1,916,426	0.2%	11.3%
2014	27,672,370	2,151,745	0.3%	12.3%
2015	27,823,629	2,344,557	0.55%	8.96%
2016	27,955,462	2,477,113	0.47%	5.65%
2017	28,011,258	2,545,820	0.2%	2.77%
2018	28,079,689	2,580,734	0.24%	1.37%
2019	28,414,064	2,638,657	1.19%	2.24%
2020	28,966,574	2,794,148	1.94%	5.89%
2021	29,475,010	2,504,910	1.76%	-10.4%
2022	29,715,436	2,657,333	0.82%	6.08%
2023	29,694,614	2,656,032	-0.07%	-0.05%
2024	29,651,054	2,857,822	-0.15%	7.6%
2025	29,618,120	2,921,065	-0.11%	2.21%
2026	29,629,406	2,975,134	0.04%	1.85%
2027	29,727,164	3,019,526	0.33%	1.49%
2028	29,947,588	3,057,695	0.74%	1.26%
2029	30,232,115	3,092,803	0.95%	1.15%
2030	30,509,999	3,125,174	0.92%	1.05%
2031	30,780,916	3,156,754	0.89%	1.01%
2032	31,045,411	3,189,188	0.86%	1.03%
2033	31,304,035	3,222,500	0.83%	1.04%
2034	31,555,068	3,256,691	0.8%	1.06%
2035	31,798,003	3,291,711	0.77%	1.08%
2036	32,033,714	3,327,585	0.74%	1.09%
2037	32,262,286	3,364,333	0.71%	1.1%
2038	32,484,801	3,401,906	0.69%	1.12%
2039	32,700,695	3,440,293	0.66%	1.13%
2040	32,909,540	3,479,439	0.64%	1.14%
2041	33,112,254	3,519,302	0.62%	1.15%
2042	33,309,062	3,559,840	0.59%	1.15%
2043	33,499,440	3,601,019	0.57%	1.16%
2044	33,683,331	3,642,784	0.55%	1.16%
2045	33,861,058	3,685,111	0.53%	1.16%
2046	34,032,994	3,727,959	0.51%	1.16%
2047	34,197,261	3,771,287	0.48%	1.16%
2048	34,352,077	3,815,108	0.45%	1.16%
2049	34,500,201	3,859,368	0.43%	1.16%
2050	34,642,021	3,904,074	0.41%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.