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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Vietnam	Nepal	Vietnam
1960	10,123,658	32,531,933	-	-
1961	10,318,396	33,409,059	1.92%	2.7%
1962	10,521,116	34,288,560	1.96%	2.63%
1963	10,729,818	35,249,101	1.98%	2.8%
1964	10,946,392	36,201,563	2.02%	2.7%
1965	11,173,411	37,129,656	2.07%	2.56%
1966	11,408,710	38,024,836	2.11%	2.41%
1967	11,652,716	38,895,080	2.14%	2.29%
1968	11,906,266	39,734,609	2.18%	2.16%
1969	12,167,036	40,582,096	2.19%	2.13%
1970	12,436,190	41,475,230	2.21%	2.2%
1971	12,710,061	42,449,276	2.2%	2.35%
1972	12,989,099	43,429,168	2.2%	2.31%
1973	13,275,239	44,409,861	2.2%	2.26%
1974	13,568,435	45,413,537	2.21%	2.26%
1975	13,870,695	46,482,903	2.23%	2.35%
1976	14,177,649	47,684,931	2.21%	2.59%
1977	14,499,175	48,954,872	2.27%	2.66%
1978	14,839,695	50,249,552	2.35%	2.64%
1979	15,190,590	51,378,211	2.36%	2.25%
1980	15,553,105	52,490,101	2.39%	2.16%
1981	15,922,423	53,738,141	2.37%	2.38%
1982	16,297,987	55,011,289	2.36%	2.37%
1983	16,689,119	56,337,921	2.4%	2.41%
1984	17,085,242	57,706,067	2.37%	2.43%
1985	17,477,692	59,060,622	2.3%	2.35%
1986	17,868,124	60,347,048	2.23%	2.18%
1987	18,250,505	61,584,651	2.14%	2.05%
1988	18,638,661	62,843,228	2.13%	2.04%
1989	19,057,807	64,147,348	2.25%	2.08%
1990	19,524,573	65,504,552	2.45%	2.12%
1991	20,036,500	66,891,775	2.62%	2.12%
1992	20,609,707	68,260,337	2.86%	2.05%
1993	21,180,159	69,586,384	2.77%	1.94%
1994	21,717,479	70,854,391	2.54%	1.82%
1995	22,245,439	72,049,940	2.43%	1.69%
1996	22,741,862	73,156,447	2.23%	1.54%
1997	23,219,463	74,226,889	2.1%	1.46%
1998	23,680,357	75,299,660	1.98%	1.45%
1999	24,125,199	76,287,452	1.88%	1.31%
2000	24,546,509	77,154,011	1.75%	1.14%
2001	24,946,748	77,969,361	1.63%	1.06%
2002	25,328,981	78,772,224	1.53%	1.03%
2003	25,688,758	79,563,777	1.42%	1%
2004	26,016,656	80,338,971	1.28%	0.97%
2005	26,309,458	81,088,313	1.13%	0.93%
2006	26,565,425	82,167,897	0.97%	1.33%
2007	26,788,492	83,633,375	0.84%	1.78%
2008	26,990,037	85,175,788	0.75%	1.84%
2009	27,173,035	86,460,018	0.68%	1.51%
2010	27,341,952	87,455,152	0.62%	1.15%
2011	27,464,494	88,468,314	0.45%	1.16%
2012	27,534,915	89,510,356	0.26%	1.18%
2013	27,589,996	90,573,104	0.2%	1.19%
2014	27,672,370	91,679,578	0.3%	1.22%
2015	27,823,629	92,823,254	0.55%	1.25%
2016	27,955,462	94,000,117	0.47%	1.27%
2017	28,011,258	95,176,977	0.2%	1.25%
2018	28,079,689	96,237,319	0.24%	1.11%
2019	28,414,064	97,173,776	1.19%	0.97%
2020	28,966,574	98,079,191	1.94%	0.93%
2021	29,475,010	98,935,098	1.76%	0.87%
2022	29,715,436	99,680,655	0.82%	0.75%
2023	29,694,614	100,352,192	-0.07%	0.67%
2024	29,651,054	100,987,686	-0.15%	0.63%
2025	29,618,120	101,598,531	-0.11%	0.6%
2026	29,629,406	102,177,434	0.04%	0.57%
2027	29,727,164	102,727,392	0.33%	0.54%
2028	29,947,588	103,255,746	0.74%	0.51%
2029	30,232,115	103,761,151	0.95%	0.49%
2030	30,509,999	104,254,900	0.92%	0.48%
2031	30,780,916	104,737,913	0.89%	0.46%
2032	31,045,411	105,204,401	0.86%	0.45%
2033	31,304,035	105,656,307	0.83%	0.43%
2034	31,555,068	106,097,515	0.8%	0.42%
2035	31,798,003	106,530,671	0.77%	0.41%
2036	32,033,714	106,945,842	0.74%	0.39%
2037	32,262,286	107,346,046	0.71%	0.37%
2038	32,484,801	107,732,019	0.69%	0.36%
2039	32,700,695	108,097,653	0.66%	0.34%
2040	32,909,540	108,437,634	0.64%	0.31%
2041	33,112,254	108,752,199	0.62%	0.29%
2042	33,309,062	109,040,314	0.59%	0.26%
2043	33,499,440	109,292,559	0.57%	0.23%
2044	33,683,331	109,506,274	0.55%	0.2%
2045	33,861,058	109,685,396	0.53%	0.16%
2046	34,032,994	109,827,664	0.51%	0.13%
2047	34,197,261	109,930,243	0.48%	0.09%
2048	34,352,077	109,994,024	0.45%	0.06%
2049	34,500,201	110,018,017	0.43%	0.02%
2050	34,642,021	110,008,910	0.41%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.