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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Nepal was 29,651,054 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Nepal's population is 29,627,185 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • Nepal's population is 86.9 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Nepal is ranked the 52nd most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.36% of the world: 0.36% for Nepal vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, Nepal has had an average growth rate of +0.66% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2005, the population of Nepal has increased from 26.3M people to 29.6M (12.6% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
  • Nepal is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 35.8M people compared to the peak of 875K people in 2100 for Vanuatu.

Nepal vs Vanuatu: live population counter

Nepal Vanuatu
Current population
29627185
341110
Population rank 52/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.36% 0.004%
One net population change
12.1 minutes
1.19 hours
One birth every
54.9 seconds
58.5 minutes
One death every
2.55 minutes
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
1.31 minutes
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change -401,282 -43
Daily growth/decline -119 +20
Annual growth/decline -43,560 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate -0.15% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 174/197 40/197

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

Nepal
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Nepal Vanuatu Nepal Vanuatu
1960 10,123,658 64,431 - -
1961 10,318,396 66,264 1.92% 2.84%
1962 10,521,116 68,174 1.96% 2.88%
1963 10,729,818 70,159 1.98% 2.91%
1964 10,946,392 72,219 2.02% 2.94%
1965 11,173,411 74,358 2.07% 2.96%
1966 11,408,710 76,590 2.11% 3%
1967 11,652,716 78,921 2.14% 3.04%
1968 11,906,266 81,314 2.18% 3.03%
1969 12,167,036 83,755 2.19% 3%
1970 12,436,190 86,266 2.21% 3%
1971 12,710,061 88,862 2.2% 3.01%
1972 12,989,099 91,562 2.2% 3.04%
1973 13,275,239 94,362 2.2% 3.06%
1974 13,568,435 97,260 2.21% 3.07%
1975 13,870,695 100,269 2.23% 3.09%
1976 14,177,649 103,388 2.21% 3.11%
1977 14,499,175 106,618 2.27% 3.12%
1978 14,839,695 109,963 2.35% 3.14%
1979 15,190,590 113,040 2.36% 2.8%
1980 15,553,105 115,660 2.39% 2.32%
1981 15,922,423 118,249 2.37% 2.24%
1982 16,297,987 121,035 2.36% 2.36%
1983 16,689,119 123,998 2.4% 2.45%
1984 17,085,242 127,109 2.37% 2.51%
1985 17,477,692 130,356 2.3% 2.55%
1986 17,868,124 133,720 2.23% 2.58%
1987 18,250,505 137,187 2.14% 2.59%
1988 18,638,661 140,756 2.13% 2.6%
1989 19,057,807 144,393 2.25% 2.58%
1990 19,524,573 148,063 2.45% 2.54%
1991 20,036,500 151,793 2.62% 2.52%
1992 20,609,707 155,608 2.86% 2.51%
1993 21,180,159 159,463 2.77% 2.48%
1994 21,717,479 163,314 2.54% 2.41%
1995 22,245,439 167,137 2.43% 2.34%
1996 22,741,862 170,911 2.23% 2.26%
1997 23,219,463 174,626 2.1% 2.17%
1998 23,680,357 178,313 1.98% 2.11%
1999 24,125,199 182,048 1.88% 2.09%
2000 24,546,509 186,281 1.75% 2.33%
2001 24,946,748 191,031 1.63% 2.55%
2002 25,328,981 195,863 1.53% 2.53%
2003 25,688,758 200,746 1.42% 2.49%
2004 26,016,656 205,711 1.28% 2.47%
2005 26,309,458 210,760 1.13% 2.45%
2006 26,565,425 215,923 0.97% 2.45%
2007 26,788,492 221,276 0.84% 2.48%
2008 26,990,037 226,896 0.75% 2.54%
2009 27,173,035 232,731 0.68% 2.57%
2010 27,341,952 238,248 0.62% 2.37%
2011 27,464,494 243,474 0.45% 2.19%
2012 27,534,915 248,883 0.26% 2.22%
2013 27,589,996 254,482 0.2% 2.25%
2014 27,672,370 260,240 0.3% 2.26%
2015 27,823,629 266,101 0.55% 2.25%
2016 27,955,462 272,087 0.47% 2.25%
2017 28,011,258 278,507 0.2% 2.36%
2018 28,079,689 285,259 0.24% 2.42%
2019 28,414,064 291,985 1.19% 2.36%
2020 28,966,574 298,858 1.94% 2.35%
2021 29,475,010 305,868 1.76% 2.35%
2022 29,715,436 313,046 0.82% 2.35%
2023 29,694,614 320,409 -0.07% 2.35%
2024 29,651,054 327,777 -0.15% 2.3%
2025 29,618,120 335,169 -0.11% 2.26%
2026 29,629,406 342,565 0.04% 2.21%
2027 29,727,164 349,970 0.33% 2.16%
2028 29,947,588 357,397 0.74% 2.12%
2029 30,232,115 364,883 0.95% 2.09%
2030 30,509,999 372,429 0.92% 2.07%
2031 30,780,916 380,015 0.89% 2.04%
2032 31,045,411 387,657 0.86% 2.01%
2033 31,304,035 395,366 0.83% 1.99%
2034 31,555,068 403,188 0.8% 1.98%
2035 31,798,003 411,061 0.77% 1.95%
2036 32,033,714 419,006 0.74% 1.93%
2037 32,262,286 427,031 0.71% 1.92%
2038 32,484,801 435,150 0.69% 1.9%
2039 32,700,695 443,311 0.66% 1.88%
2040 32,909,540 451,509 0.64% 1.85%
2041 33,112,254 459,733 0.62% 1.82%
2042 33,309,062 468,003 0.59% 1.8%
2043 33,499,440 476,308 0.57% 1.77%
2044 33,683,331 484,636 0.55% 1.75%
2045 33,861,058 492,989 0.53% 1.72%
2046 34,032,994 501,316 0.51% 1.69%
2047 34,197,261 509,621 0.48% 1.66%
2048 34,352,077 517,889 0.45% 1.62%
2049 34,500,201 526,138 0.43% 1.59%
2050 34,642,021 534,374 0.41% 1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

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