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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Uganda	Nepal	Uganda
1960	10,123,658	7,640,973	-	-
1961	10,318,396	7,862,217	1.92%	2.9%
1962	10,521,116	8,092,231	1.96%	2.93%
1963	10,729,818	8,333,663	1.98%	2.98%
1964	10,946,392	8,586,363	2.02%	3.03%
1965	11,173,411	8,849,203	2.07%	3.06%
1966	11,408,710	9,122,864	2.11%	3.09%
1967	11,652,716	9,408,924	2.14%	3.14%
1968	11,906,266	9,708,632	2.18%	3.19%
1969	12,167,036	10,014,858	2.19%	3.15%
1970	12,436,190	10,321,603	2.21%	3.06%
1971	12,710,061	10,618,206	2.2%	2.87%
1972	12,989,099	10,885,796	2.2%	2.52%
1973	13,275,239	11,144,236	2.2%	2.37%
1974	13,568,435	11,424,846	2.21%	2.52%
1975	13,870,695	11,725,240	2.23%	2.63%
1976	14,177,649	12,037,294	2.21%	2.66%
1977	14,499,175	12,359,669	2.27%	2.68%
1978	14,839,695	12,692,113	2.35%	2.69%
1979	15,190,590	13,002,163	2.36%	2.44%
1980	15,553,105	13,275,741	2.39%	2.1%
1981	15,922,423	13,556,452	2.37%	2.11%
1982	16,297,987	13,873,631	2.36%	2.34%
1983	16,689,119	14,221,881	2.4%	2.51%
1984	17,085,242	14,607,677	2.37%	2.71%
1985	17,477,692	15,023,681	2.3%	2.85%
1986	17,868,124	15,467,579	2.23%	2.95%
1987	18,250,505	15,954,170	2.14%	3.15%
1988	18,638,661	16,470,483	2.13%	3.24%
1989	19,057,807	17,010,698	2.25%	3.28%
1990	19,524,573	17,569,897	2.45%	3.29%
1991	20,036,500	18,155,901	2.62%	3.34%
1992	20,609,707	18,785,032	2.86%	3.47%
1993	21,180,159	19,445,161	2.77%	3.51%
1994	21,717,479	20,108,801	2.54%	3.41%
1995	22,245,439	20,665,667	2.43%	2.77%
1996	22,741,862	21,231,550	2.23%	2.74%
1997	23,219,463	21,856,046	2.1%	2.94%
1998	23,680,357	22,515,806	1.98%	3.02%
1999	24,125,199	23,257,281	1.88%	3.29%
2000	24,546,509	24,000,150	1.75%	3.19%
2001	24,946,748	24,745,676	1.63%	3.11%
2002	25,328,981	25,532,870	1.53%	3.18%
2003	25,688,758	26,352,124	1.42%	3.21%
2004	26,016,656	27,154,515	1.28%	3.04%
2005	26,309,458	27,963,289	1.13%	2.98%
2006	26,565,425	28,794,003	0.97%	2.97%
2007	26,788,492	29,653,430	0.84%	2.98%
2008	26,990,037	30,539,553	0.75%	2.99%
2009	27,173,035	31,451,151	0.68%	2.98%
2010	27,341,952	32,390,802	0.62%	2.99%
2011	27,464,494	33,354,543	0.45%	2.98%
2012	27,534,915	34,337,438	0.26%	2.95%
2013	27,589,996	35,337,042	0.2%	2.91%
2014	27,672,370	36,395,539	0.3%	3%
2015	27,823,629	37,531,446	0.55%	3.12%
2016	27,955,462	38,799,152	0.47%	3.38%
2017	28,011,258	40,177,388	0.2%	3.55%
2018	28,079,689	41,565,831	0.24%	3.46%
2019	28,414,064	42,999,637	1.19%	3.45%
2020	28,966,574	44,457,152	1.94%	3.39%
2021	29,475,010	45,910,930	1.76%	3.27%
2022	29,715,436	47,312,719	0.82%	3.05%
2023	29,694,614	48,656,601	-0.07%	2.84%
2024	29,651,054	50,015,092	-0.15%	2.79%
2025	29,618,120	51,384,895	-0.11%	2.74%
2026	29,629,406	52,761,471	0.04%	2.68%
2027	29,727,164	54,144,274	0.33%	2.62%
2028	29,947,588	55,532,564	0.74%	2.56%
2029	30,232,115	56,922,797	0.95%	2.5%
2030	30,509,999	58,312,944	0.92%	2.44%
2031	30,780,916	59,703,537	0.89%	2.38%
2032	31,045,411	61,089,060	0.86%	2.32%
2033	31,304,035	62,464,116	0.83%	2.25%
2034	31,555,068	63,833,872	0.8%	2.19%
2035	31,798,003	65,205,570	0.77%	2.15%
2036	32,033,714	66,573,737	0.74%	2.1%
2037	32,262,286	67,942,634	0.71%	2.06%
2038	32,484,801	69,312,210	0.69%	2.02%
2039	32,700,695	70,669,875	0.66%	1.96%
2040	32,909,540	72,020,414	0.64%	1.91%
2041	33,112,254	73,372,658	0.62%	1.88%
2042	33,309,062	74,730,004	0.59%	1.85%
2043	33,499,440	76,090,991	0.57%	1.82%
2044	33,683,331	77,449,517	0.55%	1.79%
2045	33,861,058	78,797,995	0.53%	1.74%
2046	34,032,994	80,139,174	0.51%	1.7%
2047	34,197,261	81,478,503	0.48%	1.67%
2048	34,352,077	82,812,102	0.45%	1.64%
2049	34,500,201	84,130,056	0.43%	1.59%
2050	34,642,021	85,431,202	0.41%	1.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nepal increased by 1,390,037 people (a 5.23% growth), while Uganda gained 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nepal gained 1,675,012 (a 5.99% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 13,977,431 (a 36% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2006 and is 52nd in 2026. Uganda was ranked 38th in 2006 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.