Population in Nepal compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nepal and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	UAE	Nepal	UAE
1960	10,123,658	131,334	-	-
1961	10,318,396	137,989	1.92%	5.07%
1962	10,521,116	144,946	1.96%	5.04%
1963	10,729,818	152,211	1.98%	5.01%
1964	10,946,392	159,692	2.02%	4.91%
1965	11,173,411	167,103	2.07%	4.64%
1966	11,408,710	173,976	2.11%	4.11%
1967	11,652,716	179,700	2.14%	3.29%
1968	11,906,266	199,416	2.18%	11%
1969	12,167,036	239,660	2.19%	20.2%
1970	12,436,190	286,536	2.21%	19.6%
1971	12,710,061	335,027	2.2%	16.9%
1972	12,989,099	385,014	2.2%	14.9%
1973	13,275,239	436,399	2.2%	13.3%
1974	13,568,435	489,087	2.21%	12.1%
1975	13,870,695	542,856	2.23%	11%
1976	14,177,649	615,866	2.21%	13.4%
1977	14,499,175	710,209	2.27%	15.3%
1978	14,839,695	809,274	2.35%	13.9%
1979	15,190,590	912,010	2.36%	12.7%
1980	15,553,105	1,015,700	2.39%	11.4%
1981	15,922,423	1,099,855	2.37%	8.29%
1982	16,297,987	1,166,370	2.36%	6.05%
1983	16,689,119	1,235,305	2.4%	5.91%
1984	17,085,242	1,305,996	2.37%	5.72%
1985	17,477,692	1,377,911	2.3%	5.51%
1986	17,868,124	1,467,383	2.23%	6.49%
1987	18,250,505	1,574,244	2.14%	7.28%
1988	18,638,661	1,681,788	2.13%	6.83%
1989	19,057,807	1,789,851	2.25%	6.43%
1990	19,524,573	1,898,220	2.45%	6.05%
1991	20,036,500	2,006,626	2.62%	5.71%
1992	20,609,707	2,114,730	2.86%	5.39%
1993	21,180,159	2,222,093	2.77%	5.08%
1994	21,717,479	2,328,188	2.54%	4.77%
1995	22,245,439	2,434,662	2.43%	4.57%
1996	22,741,862	2,597,564	2.23%	6.69%
1997	23,219,463	2,817,410	2.1%	8.46%
1998	23,680,357	3,040,421	1.98%	7.92%
1999	24,125,199	3,266,009	1.88%	7.42%
2000	24,546,509	3,493,575	1.75%	6.97%
2001	24,946,748	3,723,590	1.63%	6.58%
2002	25,328,981	3,956,826	1.53%	6.26%
2003	25,688,758	4,192,457	1.42%	5.96%
2004	26,016,656	4,428,967	1.28%	5.64%
2005	26,309,458	4,664,790	1.13%	5.32%
2006	26,565,425	5,009,100	0.97%	7.38%
2007	26,788,492	5,624,635	0.84%	12.3%
2008	26,990,037	6,302,664	0.75%	12.1%
2009	27,173,035	6,707,058	0.68%	6.42%
2010	27,341,952	6,869,838	0.62%	2.43%
2011	27,464,494	7,104,538	0.45%	3.42%
2012	27,534,915	7,391,448	0.26%	4.04%
2013	27,589,996	7,693,031	0.2%	4.08%
2014	27,672,370	8,059,440	0.3%	4.76%
2015	27,823,629	8,505,237	0.55%	5.53%
2016	27,955,462	8,935,095	0.47%	5.05%
2017	28,011,258	9,223,225	0.2%	3.22%
2018	28,079,689	9,346,701	0.24%	1.34%
2019	28,414,064	9,445,785	1.19%	1.06%
2020	28,966,574	9,401,038	1.94%	-0.47%
2021	29,475,010	9,575,152	1.76%	1.85%
2022	29,715,436	10,074,977	0.82%	5.22%
2023	29,694,614	10,483,751	-0.07%	4.06%
2024	29,651,054	10,986,400	-0.15%	4.79%
2025	29,618,120	11,304,093	-0.11%	2.89%
2026	29,629,406	11,531,926	0.04%	2.02%
2027	29,727,164	11,712,175	0.33%	1.56%
2028	29,947,588	11,868,257	0.74%	1.33%
2029	30,232,115	12,010,111	0.95%	1.2%
2030	30,509,999	12,145,577	0.92%	1.13%
2031	30,780,916	12,281,573	0.89%	1.12%
2032	31,045,411	12,421,758	0.86%	1.14%
2033	31,304,035	12,565,679	0.83%	1.16%
2034	31,555,068	12,712,942	0.8%	1.17%
2035	31,798,003	12,863,015	0.77%	1.18%
2036	32,033,714	13,015,458	0.74%	1.19%
2037	32,262,286	13,169,969	0.71%	1.19%
2038	32,484,801	13,326,337	0.69%	1.19%
2039	32,700,695	13,484,193	0.66%	1.18%
2040	32,909,540	13,643,197	0.64%	1.18%
2041	33,112,254	13,803,349	0.62%	1.17%
2042	33,309,062	13,964,553	0.59%	1.17%
2043	33,499,440	14,126,724	0.57%	1.16%
2044	33,683,331	14,289,828	0.55%	1.15%
2045	33,861,058	14,453,775	0.53%	1.15%
2046	34,032,994	14,619,554	0.51%	1.15%
2047	34,197,261	14,788,991	0.48%	1.16%
2048	34,352,077	14,961,419	0.45%	1.17%
2049	34,500,201	15,135,496	0.43%	1.16%
2050	34,642,021	15,310,628	0.41%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nepal increased by 1,390,037 people (a 5.23% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nepal gained 1,675,012 (a 5.99% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2006 and is 52nd in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.