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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Suriname	Nepal	Suriname
1960	10,123,658	263,918	-	-
1961	10,318,396	272,791	1.92%	3.36%
1962	10,521,116	283,912	1.96%	4.08%
1963	10,729,818	297,034	1.98%	4.62%
1964	10,946,392	309,041	2.02%	4.04%
1965	11,173,411	320,000	2.07%	3.55%
1966	11,408,710	331,135	2.11%	3.48%
1967	11,652,716	342,679	2.14%	3.49%
1968	11,906,266	354,616	2.18%	3.48%
1969	12,167,036	366,906	2.19%	3.47%
1970	12,436,190	379,442	2.21%	3.42%
1971	12,710,061	391,932	2.2%	3.29%
1972	12,989,099	397,413	2.2%	1.4%
1973	13,275,239	395,772	2.2%	-0.41%
1974	13,568,435	393,676	2.21%	-0.53%
1975	13,870,695	391,170	2.23%	-0.64%
1976	14,177,649	388,289	2.21%	-0.74%
1977	14,499,175	385,067	2.27%	-0.83%
1978	14,839,695	381,502	2.35%	-0.93%
1979	15,190,590	377,602	2.36%	-1.02%
1980	15,553,105	375,377	2.39%	-0.59%
1981	15,922,423	375,459	2.37%	0.02%
1982	16,297,987	376,555	2.36%	0.29%
1983	16,689,119	378,746	2.4%	0.58%
1984	17,085,242	382,193	2.37%	0.91%
1985	17,477,692	386,972	2.3%	1.25%
1986	17,868,124	392,330	2.23%	1.38%
1987	18,250,505	396,911	2.14%	1.17%
1988	18,638,661	402,227	2.13%	1.34%
1989	19,057,807	408,409	2.25%	1.54%
1990	19,524,573	412,493	2.45%	1%
1991	20,036,500	415,013	2.62%	0.61%
1992	20,609,707	417,589	2.86%	0.62%
1993	21,180,159	419,352	2.77%	0.42%
1994	21,717,479	422,375	2.54%	0.72%
1995	22,245,439	429,606	2.43%	1.71%
1996	22,741,862	438,830	2.23%	2.15%
1997	23,219,463	448,067	2.1%	2.1%
1998	23,680,357	457,406	1.98%	2.08%
1999	24,125,199	466,916	1.88%	2.08%
2000	24,546,509	476,643	1.75%	2.08%
2001	24,946,748	486,560	1.63%	2.08%
2002	25,328,981	496,551	1.53%	2.05%
2003	25,688,758	506,414	1.42%	1.99%
2004	26,016,656	513,923	1.28%	1.48%
2005	26,309,458	519,313	1.13%	1.05%
2006	26,565,425	524,997	0.97%	1.09%
2007	26,788,492	531,016	0.84%	1.15%
2008	26,990,037	537,245	0.75%	1.17%
2009	27,173,035	543,568	0.68%	1.18%
2010	27,341,952	549,923	0.62%	1.17%
2011	27,464,494	556,269	0.45%	1.15%
2012	27,534,915	562,633	0.26%	1.14%
2013	27,589,996	569,020	0.2%	1.14%
2014	27,672,370	575,373	0.3%	1.12%
2015	27,823,629	581,627	0.55%	1.09%
2016	27,955,462	587,757	0.47%	1.05%
2017	28,011,258	593,713	0.2%	1.01%
2018	28,079,689	599,513	0.24%	0.98%
2019	28,414,064	605,768	1.19%	1.04%
2020	28,966,574	612,317	1.94%	1.08%
2021	29,475,010	617,896	1.76%	0.91%
2022	29,715,436	623,164	0.82%	0.85%
2023	29,694,614	628,886	-0.07%	0.92%
2024	29,651,054	634,431	-0.15%	0.88%
2025	29,618,120	639,852	-0.11%	0.85%
2026	29,629,406	645,257	0.04%	0.84%
2027	29,727,164	650,564	0.33%	0.82%
2028	29,947,588	655,783	0.74%	0.8%
2029	30,232,115	660,793	0.95%	0.76%
2030	30,509,999	665,650	0.92%	0.74%
2031	30,780,916	670,421	0.89%	0.72%
2032	31,045,411	675,070	0.86%	0.69%
2033	31,304,035	679,573	0.83%	0.67%
2034	31,555,068	683,911	0.8%	0.64%
2035	31,798,003	688,189	0.77%	0.63%
2036	32,033,714	692,343	0.74%	0.6%
2037	32,262,286	696,213	0.71%	0.56%
2038	32,484,801	699,908	0.69%	0.53%
2039	32,700,695	703,569	0.66%	0.52%
2040	32,909,540	707,156	0.64%	0.51%
2041	33,112,254	710,619	0.62%	0.49%
2042	33,309,062	713,900	0.59%	0.46%
2043	33,499,440	716,999	0.57%	0.43%
2044	33,683,331	719,920	0.55%	0.41%
2045	33,861,058	722,759	0.53%	0.39%
2046	34,032,994	725,322	0.51%	0.35%
2047	34,197,261	727,726	0.48%	0.33%
2048	34,352,077	730,038	0.45%	0.32%
2049	34,500,201	732,021	0.43%	0.27%
2050	34,642,021	733,898	0.41%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.