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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Nepal was 29,651,054 in 2024 vs 48,807,137 people in Spain in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Nepal's population is 29,627,185 people compared to 48,786,181 in Spain.

Population statistics:

  • Spain's population is 1.65 times bigger than Nepal's.
  • Nepal is ranked the 52nd most populous country in the world, while Spain is the 32nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.95% of the world: 0.36% for Nepal vs 0.59% for Spain.
  • For the last 10 years, Nepal has had an average growth rate of +0.66% per year vs +0.42% in Spain.
  • Since 2005, the population of Nepal has increased from 26.3M people to 29.6M (12.6% growth), while Spain has grown from 43.7M to 48.8M (11.8% growth).
  • Nepal is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 35.8M people, while Spain's population already peaked in 2024 at 48.8M people and is projected to decrease to 33.7M people by 2100.

Nepal vs Spain: live population counter

Nepal Spain
Current population
29627185
48786181
Population rank 52/197 32/197
Percent of world population 0.36% 0.59%
One net population change
12.1 minutes
1.14 minutes
One birth every
54.9 seconds
1.62 minutes
One death every
2.55 minutes
1.21 minutes
One migration net change every
1.31 minutes
4.71 minutes
Annual migration change -401,282 +111,674
Daily growth/decline -119 +1,258
Annual growth/decline -43,560 +459,227
Annual growth/decline rate -0.15% +0.95%
Population growth rate rank 174/197 108/197

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

Nepal
Population

Growth rate
Spain
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Nepal Spain Nepal Spain
1960 10,123,658 30,455,000 - -
1961 10,318,396 30,739,250 1.92% 0.93%
1962 10,521,116 31,023,366 1.96% 0.92%
1963 10,729,818 31,296,651 1.98% 0.88%
1964 10,946,392 31,609,195 2.02% 1%
1965 11,173,411 31,954,292 2.07% 1.09%
1966 11,408,710 32,283,194 2.11% 1.03%
1967 11,652,716 32,682,947 2.14% 1.24%
1968 11,906,266 33,113,134 2.18% 1.32%
1969 12,167,036 33,441,054 2.19% 0.99%
1970 12,436,190 33,814,531 2.21% 1.12%
1971 12,710,061 34,224,490 2.2% 1.21%
1972 12,989,099 34,604,469 2.2% 1.11%
1973 13,275,239 34,988,947 2.2% 1.11%
1974 13,568,435 35,373,335 2.21% 1.1%
1975 13,870,695 35,757,900 2.23% 1.09%
1976 14,177,649 36,137,812 2.21% 1.06%
1977 14,499,175 36,511,638 2.27% 1.03%
1978 14,839,695 36,864,898 2.35% 0.97%
1979 15,190,590 37,191,330 2.36% 0.89%
1980 15,553,105 37,491,165 2.39% 0.81%
1981 15,922,423 37,758,631 2.37% 0.71%
1982 16,297,987 37,986,012 2.36% 0.6%
1983 16,689,119 38,171,525 2.4% 0.49%
1984 17,085,242 38,330,364 2.37% 0.42%
1985 17,477,692 38,469,512 2.3% 0.36%
1986 17,868,124 38,584,624 2.23% 0.3%
1987 18,250,505 38,684,815 2.14% 0.26%
1988 18,638,661 38,766,939 2.13% 0.21%
1989 19,057,807 38,827,764 2.25% 0.16%
1990 19,524,573 38,867,322 2.45% 0.1%
1991 20,036,500 38,966,376 2.62% 0.25%
1992 20,609,707 39,157,685 2.86% 0.49%
1993 21,180,159 39,361,262 2.77% 0.52%
1994 21,717,479 39,549,108 2.54% 0.48%
1995 22,245,439 39,724,050 2.43% 0.44%
1996 22,741,862 39,889,852 2.23% 0.42%
1997 23,219,463 40,057,389 2.1% 0.42%
1998 23,680,357 40,223,509 1.98% 0.41%
1999 24,125,199 40,386,875 1.88% 0.41%
2000 24,546,509 40,567,864 1.75% 0.45%
2001 24,946,748 40,850,412 1.63% 0.7%
2002 25,328,981 41,431,558 1.53% 1.42%
2003 25,688,758 42,187,645 1.42% 1.82%
2004 26,016,656 42,921,895 1.28% 1.74%
2005 26,309,458 43,653,155 1.13% 1.7%
2006 26,565,425 44,397,319 0.97% 1.7%
2007 26,788,492 45,226,803 0.84% 1.87%
2008 26,990,037 45,954,106 0.75% 1.61%
2009 27,173,035 46,362,946 0.68% 0.89%
2010 27,341,952 46,576,897 0.62% 0.46%
2011 27,464,494 46,742,697 0.45% 0.36%
2012 27,534,915 46,773,055 0.26% 0.06%
2013 27,589,996 46,604,197 0.2% -0.36%
2014 27,672,370 46,460,733 0.3% -0.31%
2015 27,823,629 46,422,303 0.55% -0.08%
2016 27,955,462 46,458,139 0.47% 0.08%
2017 28,011,258 46,571,232 0.2% 0.24%
2018 28,079,689 46,782,011 0.24% 0.45%
2019 28,414,064 47,118,501 1.19% 0.72%
2020 28,966,574 47,359,424 1.94% 0.51%
2021 29,475,010 47,443,821 1.76% 0.18%
2022 29,715,436 47,786,102 0.82% 0.72%
2023 29,694,614 48,347,910 -0.07% 1.18%
2024 29,651,054 48,807,137 -0.15% 0.95%
2025 29,618,120 48,786,181 -0.11% -0.04%
2026 29,629,406 48,746,279 0.04% -0.08%
2027 29,727,164 48,696,847 0.33% -0.1%
2028 29,947,588 48,642,132 0.74% -0.11%
2029 30,232,115 48,578,166 0.95% -0.13%
2030 30,509,999 48,501,513 0.92% -0.16%
2031 30,780,916 48,412,854 0.89% -0.18%
2032 31,045,411 48,321,195 0.86% -0.19%
2033 31,304,035 48,230,054 0.83% -0.19%
2034 31,555,068 48,136,421 0.8% -0.19%
2035 31,798,003 48,036,650 0.77% -0.21%
2036 32,033,714 47,929,957 0.74% -0.22%
2037 32,262,286 47,819,257 0.71% -0.23%
2038 32,484,801 47,706,580 0.69% -0.24%
2039 32,700,695 47,588,878 0.66% -0.25%
2040 32,909,540 47,463,597 0.64% -0.26%
2041 33,112,254 47,332,618 0.62% -0.28%
2042 33,309,062 47,194,588 0.59% -0.29%
2043 33,499,440 47,052,293 0.57% -0.3%
2044 33,683,331 46,902,636 0.55% -0.32%
2045 33,861,058 46,738,565 0.53% -0.35%
2046 34,032,994 46,564,383 0.51% -0.37%
2047 34,197,261 46,381,681 0.48% -0.39%
2048 34,352,077 46,190,642 0.45% -0.41%
2049 34,500,201 45,985,428 0.43% -0.44%
2050 34,642,021 45,769,362 0.41% -0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.

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