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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Nepal was 29,651,054 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Nepal's population is 29,627,185 people compared to 85,914,550 in Turkey.

Population statistics:

  • Turkey's population is 2.9 times bigger than Nepal's.
  • Nepal is ranked the 52nd most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
  • The countries together account for 1.4% of the world: 0.36% for Nepal vs 1.04% for Turkey.
  • For the last 10 years, Nepal has had an average growth rate of +0.66% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
  • Since 2005, the population of Nepal has increased from 26.3M people to 29.6M (12.6% growth), while Turkey has grown from 69.3M to 85.9M (23.9% growth).
  • Nepal is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 35.8M people compared to the peak of 89.4M people in 2047 for Turkey.

Nepal vs Turkey: live population counter

Nepal Turkey
Current population
29627185
85914550
Population rank 52/197 18/197
Percent of world population 0.36% 1.04%
One net population change
12.1 minutes
2.73 minutes
One birth every
54.9 seconds
33 seconds
One death every
2.55 minutes
59.6 seconds
One migration net change every
1.31 minutes
1.9 minutes
Annual migration change -401,282 -275,952
Daily growth/decline -119 +528
Annual growth/decline -43,560 +192,696
Annual growth/decline rate -0.15% +0.23%
Population growth rate rank 174/197 153/197

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

Nepal
Population

Growth rate
Turkey
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Nepal Turkey Nepal Turkey
1960 10,123,658 28,329,898 - -
1961 10,318,396 29,119,238 1.92% 2.79%
1962 10,521,116 29,916,147 1.96% 2.74%
1963 10,729,818 30,726,841 1.98% 2.71%
1964 10,946,392 31,543,072 2.02% 2.66%
1965 11,173,411 32,345,220 2.07% 2.54%
1966 11,408,710 33,177,672 2.11% 2.57%
1967 11,652,716 34,050,421 2.14% 2.63%
1968 11,906,266 34,921,684 2.18% 2.56%
1969 12,167,036 35,787,774 2.19% 2.48%
1970 12,436,190 36,638,465 2.21% 2.38%
1971 12,710,061 37,518,611 2.2% 2.4%
1972 12,989,099 38,430,221 2.2% 2.43%
1973 13,275,239 39,329,533 2.2% 2.34%
1974 13,568,435 40,210,234 2.21% 2.24%
1975 13,870,695 41,053,126 2.23% 2.1%
1976 14,177,649 41,899,984 2.21% 2.06%
1977 14,499,175 42,773,298 2.27% 2.08%
1978 14,839,695 43,645,306 2.35% 2.04%
1979 15,190,590 44,510,429 2.36% 1.98%
1980 15,553,105 45,408,815 2.39% 2.02%
1981 15,922,423 46,321,190 2.37% 2.01%
1982 16,297,987 47,322,096 2.36% 2.16%
1983 16,689,119 48,447,410 2.4% 2.38%
1984 17,085,242 49,574,069 2.37% 2.33%
1985 17,477,692 50,687,115 2.3% 2.25%
1986 17,868,124 51,777,772 2.23% 2.15%
1987 18,250,505 52,843,670 2.14% 2.06%
1988 18,638,661 53,909,626 2.13% 2.02%
1989 19,057,807 54,976,723 2.25% 1.98%
1990 19,524,573 56,015,628 2.45% 1.89%
1991 20,036,500 57,009,887 2.62% 1.77%
1992 20,609,707 57,990,118 2.86% 1.72%
1993 21,180,159 58,999,167 2.77% 1.74%
1994 21,717,479 60,033,836 2.54% 1.75%
1995 22,245,439 61,024,503 2.43% 1.65%
1996 22,741,862 61,951,134 2.23% 1.52%
1997 23,219,463 62,852,966 2.1% 1.46%
1998 23,680,357 63,734,383 1.98% 1.4%
1999 24,125,199 64,591,923 1.88% 1.35%
2000 24,546,509 65,425,961 1.75% 1.29%
2001 24,946,748 66,245,128 1.63% 1.25%
2002 25,328,981 67,048,795 1.53% 1.21%
2003 25,688,758 67,831,730 1.42% 1.17%
2004 26,016,656 68,592,617 1.28% 1.12%
2005 26,309,458 69,329,557 1.13% 1.07%
2006 26,565,425 70,045,349 0.97% 1.03%
2007 26,788,492 70,158,112 0.84% 0.16%
2008 26,990,037 71,051,678 0.75% 1.27%
2009 27,173,035 72,039,206 0.68% 1.39%
2010 27,341,952 73,142,150 0.62% 1.53%
2011 27,464,494 74,223,629 0.45% 1.48%
2012 27,534,915 75,175,827 0.26% 1.28%
2013 27,589,996 76,147,624 0.2% 1.29%
2014 27,672,370 77,181,884 0.3% 1.36%
2015 27,823,629 78,218,479 0.55% 1.34%
2016 27,955,462 79,277,962 0.47% 1.35%
2017 28,011,258 80,312,698 0.2% 1.31%
2018 28,079,689 81,407,204 0.24% 1.36%
2019 28,414,064 82,579,440 1.19% 1.44%
2020 28,966,574 83,384,680 1.94% 0.98%
2021 29,475,010 84,147,318 1.76% 0.91%
2022 29,715,436 84,979,913 0.82% 0.99%
2023 29,694,614 85,325,965 -0.07% 0.41%
2024 29,651,054 85,518,661 -0.15% 0.23%
2025 29,618,120 85,725,557 -0.11% 0.24%
2026 29,629,406 85,960,835 0.04% 0.27%
2027 29,727,164 86,227,115 0.33% 0.31%
2028 29,947,588 86,502,744 0.74% 0.32%
2029 30,232,115 86,771,652 0.95% 0.31%
2030 30,509,999 87,037,680 0.92% 0.31%
2031 30,780,916 87,297,191 0.89% 0.3%
2032 31,045,411 87,537,075 0.86% 0.27%
2033 31,304,035 87,762,403 0.83% 0.26%
2034 31,555,068 87,974,138 0.8% 0.24%
2035 31,798,003 88,172,739 0.77% 0.23%
2036 32,033,714 88,364,318 0.74% 0.22%
2037 32,262,286 88,545,669 0.71% 0.21%
2038 32,484,801 88,707,268 0.69% 0.18%
2039 32,700,695 88,849,956 0.66% 0.16%
2040 32,909,540 88,975,510 0.64% 0.14%
2041 33,112,254 89,083,304 0.62% 0.12%
2042 33,309,062 89,177,769 0.59% 0.11%
2043 33,499,440 89,254,147 0.57% 0.09%
2044 33,683,331 89,311,458 0.55% 0.06%
2045 33,861,058 89,349,806 0.53% 0.04%
2046 34,032,994 89,375,429 0.51% 0.03%
2047 34,197,261 89,383,765 0.48% 0.009%
2048 34,352,077 89,361,174 0.45% -0.03%
2049 34,500,201 89,306,566 0.43% -0.06%
2050 34,642,021 89,218,346 0.41% -0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.

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