Population in Nepal compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nepal and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Sri Lanka	Nepal	Sri Lanka
1960	10,123,658	9,661,389	-	-
1961	10,318,396	9,899,372	1.92%	2.46%
1962	10,521,116	10,143,754	1.96%	2.47%
1963	10,729,818	10,395,040	1.98%	2.48%
1964	10,946,392	10,653,397	2.02%	2.49%
1965	11,173,411	10,916,965	2.07%	2.47%
1966	11,408,710	11,183,928	2.11%	2.45%
1967	11,652,716	11,457,328	2.14%	2.44%
1968	11,906,266	11,736,088	2.18%	2.43%
1969	12,167,036	12,013,858	2.19%	2.37%
1970	12,436,190	12,287,110	2.21%	2.27%
1971	12,710,061	12,551,910	2.2%	2.16%
1972	12,989,099	12,809,205	2.2%	2.05%
1973	13,275,239	13,060,916	2.2%	1.97%
1974	13,568,435	13,305,693	2.21%	1.87%
1975	13,870,695	13,548,984	2.23%	1.83%
1976	14,177,649	13,796,770	2.21%	1.83%
1977	14,499,175	14,049,371	2.27%	1.83%
1978	14,839,695	14,310,128	2.35%	1.86%
1979	15,190,590	14,579,614	2.36%	1.88%
1980	15,553,105	14,847,974	2.39%	1.84%
1981	15,922,423	15,099,414	2.37%	1.69%
1982	16,297,987	15,286,567	2.36%	1.24%
1983	16,689,119	15,388,794	2.4%	0.67%
1984	17,085,242	15,441,860	2.37%	0.34%
1985	17,477,692	15,544,154	2.3%	0.66%
1986	17,868,124	15,731,256	2.23%	1.2%
1987	18,250,505	15,916,576	2.14%	1.18%
1988	18,638,661	16,078,621	2.13%	1.02%
1989	19,057,807	16,248,557	2.25%	1.06%
1990	19,524,573	16,352,458	2.45%	0.64%
1991	20,036,500	16,475,354	2.62%	0.75%
1992	20,609,707	16,739,284	2.86%	1.6%
1993	21,180,159	17,025,918	2.77%	1.71%
1994	21,717,479	17,275,773	2.54%	1.47%
1995	22,245,439	17,564,068	2.43%	1.67%
1996	22,741,862	17,905,018	2.23%	1.94%
1997	23,219,463	18,248,200	2.1%	1.92%
1998	23,680,357	18,596,003	1.98%	1.91%
1999	24,125,199	18,944,731	1.88%	1.88%
2000	24,546,509	19,293,054	1.75%	1.84%
2001	24,946,748	19,600,362	1.63%	1.59%
2002	25,328,981	19,805,752	1.53%	1.05%
2003	25,688,758	19,951,521	1.42%	0.74%
2004	26,016,656	20,087,605	1.28%	0.68%
2005	26,309,458	20,216,524	1.13%	0.64%
2006	26,565,425	20,352,411	0.97%	0.67%
2007	26,788,492	20,492,545	0.84%	0.69%
2008	26,990,037	20,629,378	0.75%	0.67%
2009	27,173,035	20,756,435	0.68%	0.62%
2010	27,341,952	20,879,089	0.62%	0.59%
2011	27,464,494	21,009,048	0.45%	0.62%
2012	27,534,915	21,169,458	0.26%	0.76%
2013	27,589,996	20,585,000	0.2%	-2.76%
2014	27,672,370	20,778,000	0.3%	0.94%
2015	27,823,629	20,970,000	0.55%	0.92%
2016	27,955,462	21,209,000	0.47%	1.14%
2017	28,011,258	21,453,000	0.2%	1.15%
2018	28,079,689	21,670,000	0.24%	1.01%
2019	28,414,064	21,803,000	1.19%	0.61%
2020	28,966,574	21,919,000	1.94%	0.53%
2021	29,475,010	22,156,000	1.76%	1.08%
2022	29,715,436	22,181,000	0.82%	0.11%
2023	29,694,614	22,037,000	-0.07%	-0.65%
2024	29,651,054	21,916,000	-0.15%	-0.55%
2025	29,618,120	22,035,440	-0.11%	0.54%
2026	29,629,406	22,148,172	0.04%	0.51%
2027	29,727,164	22,255,601	0.33%	0.49%
2028	29,947,588	22,357,682	0.74%	0.46%
2029	30,232,115	22,453,922	0.95%	0.43%
2030	30,509,999	22,546,245	0.92%	0.41%
2031	30,780,916	22,635,106	0.89%	0.39%
2032	31,045,411	22,720,118	0.86%	0.38%
2033	31,304,035	22,802,043	0.83%	0.36%
2034	31,555,068	22,879,527	0.8%	0.34%
2035	31,798,003	22,952,739	0.77%	0.32%
2036	32,033,714	23,022,027	0.74%	0.3%
2037	32,262,286	23,088,877	0.71%	0.29%
2038	32,484,801	23,152,480	0.69%	0.28%
2039	32,700,695	23,211,633	0.66%	0.26%
2040	32,909,540	23,265,986	0.64%	0.23%
2041	33,112,254	23,315,260	0.62%	0.21%
2042	33,309,062	23,359,578	0.59%	0.19%
2043	33,499,440	23,398,752	0.57%	0.17%
2044	33,683,331	23,433,096	0.55%	0.15%
2045	33,861,058	23,464,943	0.53%	0.14%
2046	34,032,994	23,492,738	0.51%	0.12%
2047	34,197,261	23,512,629	0.48%	0.08%
2048	34,352,077	23,525,953	0.45%	0.06%
2049	34,500,201	23,533,940	0.43%	0.03%
2050	34,642,021	23,538,230	0.41%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nepal increased by 1,390,037 people (a 5.23% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nepal gained 1,675,012 (a 5.99% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2006 and is 52nd in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.