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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Tonga	Nepal	Tonga
1960	10,123,658	66,170	-	-
1961	10,318,396	68,037	1.92%	2.82%
1962	10,521,116	69,940	1.96%	2.8%
1963	10,729,818	71,885	1.98%	2.78%
1964	10,946,392	73,879	2.02%	2.77%
1965	11,173,411	75,924	2.07%	2.77%
1966	11,408,710	78,002	2.11%	2.74%
1967	11,652,716	79,814	2.14%	2.32%
1968	11,906,266	81,353	2.18%	1.93%
1969	12,167,036	82,885	2.19%	1.88%
1970	12,436,190	84,401	2.21%	1.83%
1971	12,710,061	85,896	2.2%	1.77%
1972	12,989,099	87,356	2.2%	1.7%
1973	13,275,239	88,805	2.2%	1.66%
1974	13,568,435	90,683	2.21%	2.11%
1975	13,870,695	93,017	2.23%	2.57%
1976	14,177,649	95,325	2.21%	2.48%
1977	14,499,175	96,725	2.27%	1.47%
1978	14,839,695	97,204	2.35%	0.5%
1979	15,190,590	97,544	2.36%	0.35%
1980	15,553,105	97,769	2.39%	0.23%
1981	15,922,423	97,909	2.37%	0.14%
1982	16,297,987	97,980	2.36%	0.07%
1983	16,689,119	97,998	2.4%	0.02%
1984	17,085,242	97,990	2.37%	-0.008%
1985	17,477,692	97,984	2.3%	-0.006%
1986	17,868,124	98,010	2.23%	0.03%
1987	18,250,505	98,376	2.14%	0.37%
1988	18,638,661	98,969	2.13%	0.6%
1989	19,057,807	99,403	2.25%	0.44%
1990	19,524,573	99,700	2.45%	0.3%
1991	20,036,500	99,895	2.62%	0.2%
1992	20,609,707	100,022	2.86%	0.13%
1993	21,180,159	100,103	2.77%	0.08%
1994	21,717,479	100,166	2.54%	0.06%
1995	22,245,439	100,225	2.43%	0.06%
1996	22,741,862	100,275	2.23%	0.05%
1997	23,219,463	100,674	2.1%	0.4%
1998	23,680,357	101,388	1.98%	0.71%
1999	24,125,199	102,046	1.88%	0.65%
2000	24,546,509	102,677	1.75%	0.62%
2001	24,946,748	103,288	1.63%	0.6%
2002	25,328,981	103,874	1.53%	0.57%
2003	25,688,758	104,464	1.42%	0.57%
2004	26,016,656	105,071	1.28%	0.58%
2005	26,309,458	105,671	1.13%	0.57%
2006	26,565,425	106,253	0.97%	0.55%
2007	26,788,492	106,726	0.84%	0.45%
2008	26,990,037	107,020	0.75%	0.28%
2009	27,173,035	107,203	0.68%	0.17%
2010	27,341,952	107,400	0.62%	0.18%
2011	27,464,494	107,570	0.45%	0.16%
2012	27,534,915	107,460	0.26%	-0.1%
2013	27,589,996	107,078	0.2%	-0.36%
2014	27,672,370	106,609	0.3%	-0.44%
2015	27,823,629	106,095	0.55%	-0.48%
2016	27,955,462	105,524	0.47%	-0.54%
2017	28,011,258	105,356	0.2%	-0.16%
2018	28,079,689	105,567	0.24%	0.2%
2019	28,414,064	105,669	1.19%	0.1%
2020	28,966,574	105,704	1.94%	0.03%
2021	29,475,010	105,490	1.76%	-0.2%
2022	29,715,436	105,042	0.82%	-0.42%
2023	29,694,614	104,597	-0.07%	-0.42%
2024	29,651,054	104,175	-0.15%	-0.4%
2025	29,618,120	103,744	-0.11%	-0.41%
2026	29,629,406	103,290	0.04%	-0.44%
2027	29,727,164	102,899	0.33%	-0.38%
2028	29,947,588	102,568	0.74%	-0.32%
2029	30,232,115	102,280	0.95%	-0.28%
2030	30,509,999	102,069	0.92%	-0.21%
2031	30,780,916	101,927	0.89%	-0.14%
2032	31,045,411	101,837	0.86%	-0.09%
2033	31,304,035	101,807	0.83%	-0.03%
2034	31,555,068	101,806	0.8%	-0.001%
2035	31,798,003	101,833	0.77%	0.03%
2036	32,033,714	101,895	0.74%	0.06%
2037	32,262,286	101,993	0.71%	0.1%
2038	32,484,801	102,173	0.69%	0.18%
2039	32,700,695	102,367	0.66%	0.19%
2040	32,909,540	102,568	0.64%	0.2%
2041	33,112,254	102,805	0.62%	0.23%
2042	33,309,062	103,038	0.59%	0.23%
2043	33,499,440	103,306	0.57%	0.26%
2044	33,683,331	103,612	0.55%	0.3%
2045	33,861,058	103,928	0.53%	0.3%
2046	34,032,994	104,232	0.51%	0.29%
2047	34,197,261	104,502	0.48%	0.26%
2048	34,352,077	104,744	0.45%	0.23%
2049	34,500,201	104,975	0.43%	0.22%
2050	34,642,021	105,193	0.41%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.