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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	United States	Nepal	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	10,123,658	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	10,318,396	183,691,481	1.92%	1.67%
1962	10,521,116	186,537,737	1.96%	1.55%
1963	10,729,818	189,241,798	1.98%	1.45%
1964	10,946,392	191,888,791	2.02%	1.4%
1965	11,173,411	194,302,963	2.07%	1.26%
1966	11,408,710	196,560,338	2.11%	1.16%
1967	11,652,716	198,712,056	2.14%	1.09%
1968	11,906,266	200,706,052	2.18%	1%
1969	12,167,036	202,676,946	2.19%	0.98%
1970	12,436,190	205,052,174	2.21%	1.17%
1971	12,710,061	207,660,677	2.2%	1.27%
1972	12,989,099	209,896,021	2.2%	1.08%
1973	13,275,239	211,908,788	2.2%	0.96%
1974	13,568,435	213,853,928	2.21%	0.92%
1975	13,870,695	215,973,199	2.23%	0.99%
1976	14,177,649	218,035,164	2.21%	0.95%
1977	14,499,175	220,239,425	2.27%	1.01%
1978	14,839,695	222,584,545	2.35%	1.06%
1979	15,190,590	225,055,487	2.36%	1.11%
1980	15,553,105	226,542,250	2.39%	0.66%
1981	15,922,423	229,465,744	2.37%	1.29%
1982	16,297,987	231,664,432	2.36%	0.96%
1983	16,689,119	233,792,014	2.4%	0.92%
1984	17,085,242	235,824,908	2.37%	0.87%
1985	17,477,692	237,923,734	2.3%	0.89%
1986	17,868,124	240,132,831	2.23%	0.93%
1987	18,250,505	242,288,936	2.14%	0.9%
1988	18,638,661	244,499,004	2.13%	0.91%
1989	19,057,807	246,819,222	2.25%	0.95%
1990	19,524,573	250,131,894	2.45%	1.34%
1991	20,036,500	253,492,503	2.62%	1.34%
1992	20,609,707	256,894,189	2.86%	1.34%
1993	21,180,159	260,255,352	2.77%	1.31%
1994	21,717,479	263,435,673	2.54%	1.22%
1995	22,245,439	266,557,091	2.43%	1.18%
1996	22,741,862	269,667,391	2.23%	1.17%
1997	23,219,463	272,911,760	2.1%	1.2%
1998	23,680,357	276,115,288	1.98%	1.17%
1999	24,125,199	279,294,713	1.88%	1.15%
2000	24,546,509	282,162,411	1.75%	1.03%
2001	24,946,748	284,968,955	1.63%	0.99%
2002	25,328,981	287,625,193	1.53%	0.93%
2003	25,688,758	290,107,933	1.42%	0.86%
2004	26,016,656	292,805,298	1.28%	0.93%
2005	26,309,458	295,516,599	1.13%	0.93%
2006	26,565,425	298,379,912	0.97%	0.97%
2007	26,788,492	301,231,207	0.84%	0.96%
2008	26,990,037	304,093,966	0.75%	0.95%
2009	27,173,035	306,771,529	0.68%	0.88%
2010	27,341,952	309,327,143	0.62%	0.83%
2011	27,464,494	311,583,481	0.45%	0.73%
2012	27,534,915	313,877,662	0.26%	0.74%
2013	27,589,996	316,059,947	0.2%	0.7%
2014	27,672,370	318,386,329	0.3%	0.74%
2015	27,823,629	320,738,994	0.55%	0.74%
2016	27,955,462	323,071,755	0.47%	0.73%
2017	28,011,258	325,122,128	0.2%	0.63%
2018	28,079,689	326,838,199	0.24%	0.53%
2019	28,414,064	328,329,953	1.19%	0.46%
2020	28,966,574	331,526,933	1.94%	0.97%
2021	29,475,010	331,893,745	1.76%	0.11%
2022	29,715,436	333,271,411	0.82%	0.42%
2023	29,694,614	334,914,895	-0.07%	0.49%
2024	29,651,054	340,110,988	-0.15%	1.55%
2025	29,618,120	341,931,772	-0.11%	0.54%
2026	29,629,406	343,664,369	0.04%	0.51%
2027	29,727,164	345,331,185	0.33%	0.49%
2028	29,947,588	346,981,137	0.74%	0.48%
2029	30,232,115	348,601,982	0.95%	0.47%
2030	30,509,999	350,176,974	0.92%	0.45%
2031	30,780,916	351,725,612	0.89%	0.44%
2032	31,045,411	353,249,060	0.86%	0.43%
2033	31,304,035	354,749,644	0.83%	0.42%
2034	31,555,068	356,234,239	0.8%	0.42%
2035	31,798,003	357,694,316	0.77%	0.41%
2036	32,033,714	359,119,002	0.74%	0.4%
2037	32,262,286	360,517,853	0.71%	0.39%
2038	32,484,801	361,895,407	0.69%	0.38%
2039	32,700,695	363,229,908	0.66%	0.37%
2040	32,909,540	364,512,364	0.64%	0.35%
2041	33,112,254	365,753,139	0.62%	0.34%
2042	33,309,062	366,969,419	0.59%	0.33%
2043	33,499,440	368,146,925	0.57%	0.32%
2044	33,683,331	369,258,123	0.55%	0.3%
2045	33,861,058	370,318,770	0.53%	0.29%
2046	34,032,994	371,328,255	0.51%	0.27%
2047	34,197,261	372,299,116	0.48%	0.26%
2048	34,352,077	373,230,539	0.45%	0.25%
2049	34,500,201	374,119,803	0.43%	0.24%
2050	34,642,021	374,986,259	0.41%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.