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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Zambia	Nepal	Zambia
1960	10,123,658	3,153,729	-	-
1961	10,318,396	3,254,086	1.92%	3.18%
1962	10,521,116	3,358,099	1.96%	3.2%
1963	10,729,818	3,465,907	1.98%	3.21%
1964	10,946,392	3,577,017	2.02%	3.21%
1965	11,173,411	3,692,086	2.07%	3.22%
1966	11,408,710	3,812,003	2.11%	3.25%
1967	11,652,716	3,936,343	2.14%	3.26%
1968	11,906,266	4,065,593	2.18%	3.28%
1969	12,167,036	4,197,116	2.19%	3.24%
1970	12,436,190	4,321,718	2.21%	2.97%
1971	12,710,061	4,442,525	2.2%	2.8%
1972	12,989,099	4,569,309	2.2%	2.85%
1973	13,275,239	4,702,693	2.2%	2.92%
1974	13,568,435	4,842,746	2.21%	2.98%
1975	13,870,695	4,990,086	2.23%	3.04%
1976	14,177,649	5,143,842	2.21%	3.08%
1977	14,499,175	5,302,480	2.27%	3.08%
1978	14,839,695	5,465,374	2.35%	3.07%
1979	15,190,590	5,631,728	2.36%	3.04%
1980	15,553,105	5,802,833	2.39%	3.04%
1981	15,922,423	5,983,289	2.37%	3.11%
1982	16,297,987	6,178,637	2.36%	3.26%
1983	16,689,119	6,381,038	2.4%	3.28%
1984	17,085,242	6,580,490	2.37%	3.13%
1985	17,477,692	6,780,953	2.3%	3.05%
1986	17,868,124	6,986,471	2.23%	3.03%
1987	18,250,505	7,191,282	2.14%	2.93%
1988	18,638,661	7,391,440	2.13%	2.78%
1989	19,057,807	7,589,216	2.25%	2.68%
1990	19,524,573	7,786,169	2.45%	2.6%
1991	20,036,500	7,981,650	2.62%	2.51%
1992	20,609,707	8,176,680	2.86%	2.44%
1993	21,180,159	8,373,921	2.77%	2.41%
1994	21,717,479	8,576,269	2.54%	2.42%
1995	22,245,439	8,785,763	2.43%	2.44%
1996	22,741,862	9,004,053	2.23%	2.48%
1997	23,219,463	9,237,063	2.1%	2.59%
1998	23,680,357	9,482,408	1.98%	2.66%
1999	24,125,199	9,740,005	1.88%	2.72%
2000	24,546,509	10,017,631	1.75%	2.85%
2001	24,946,748	10,325,185	1.63%	3.07%
2002	25,328,981	10,647,949	1.53%	3.13%
2003	25,688,758	10,983,595	1.42%	3.15%
2004	26,016,656	11,338,198	1.28%	3.23%
2005	26,309,458	11,718,819	1.13%	3.36%
2006	26,565,425	12,129,553	0.97%	3.5%
2007	26,788,492	12,565,085	0.84%	3.59%
2008	26,990,037	13,021,324	0.75%	3.63%
2009	27,173,035	13,490,389	0.68%	3.6%
2010	27,341,952	13,965,594	0.62%	3.52%
2011	27,464,494	14,437,796	0.45%	3.38%
2012	27,534,915	14,913,629	0.26%	3.3%
2013	27,589,996	15,398,997	0.2%	3.25%
2014	27,672,370	15,895,315	0.3%	3.22%
2015	27,823,629	16,399,089	0.55%	3.17%
2016	27,955,462	16,914,423	0.47%	3.14%
2017	28,011,258	17,441,320	0.2%	3.12%
2018	28,079,689	17,973,569	0.24%	3.05%
2019	28,414,064	18,513,839	1.19%	3.01%
2020	28,966,574	19,059,395	1.94%	2.95%
2021	29,475,010	19,603,607	1.76%	2.86%
2022	29,715,436	20,152,938	0.82%	2.8%
2023	29,694,614	20,723,965	-0.07%	2.83%
2024	29,651,054	21,314,956	-0.15%	2.85%
2025	29,618,120	21,913,869	-0.11%	2.81%
2026	29,629,406	22,521,905	0.04%	2.77%
2027	29,727,164	23,138,716	0.33%	2.74%
2028	29,947,588	23,761,368	0.74%	2.69%
2029	30,232,115	24,389,681	0.95%	2.64%
2030	30,509,999	25,024,887	0.92%	2.6%
2031	30,780,916	25,666,496	0.89%	2.56%
2032	31,045,411	26,311,946	0.86%	2.51%
2033	31,304,035	26,960,073	0.83%	2.46%
2034	31,555,068	27,611,621	0.8%	2.42%
2035	31,798,003	28,266,887	0.77%	2.37%
2036	32,033,714	28,925,103	0.74%	2.33%
2037	32,262,286	29,583,482	0.71%	2.28%
2038	32,484,801	30,240,549	0.69%	2.22%
2039	32,700,695	30,895,586	0.66%	2.17%
2040	32,909,540	31,550,394	0.64%	2.12%
2041	33,112,254	32,204,340	0.62%	2.07%
2042	33,309,062	32,856,596	0.59%	2.03%
2043	33,499,440	33,510,500	0.57%	1.99%
2044	33,683,331	34,165,920	0.55%	1.96%
2045	33,861,058	34,821,101	0.53%	1.92%
2046	34,032,994	35,475,795	0.51%	1.88%
2047	34,197,261	36,129,270	0.48%	1.84%
2048	34,352,077	36,782,260	0.45%	1.81%
2049	34,500,201	37,434,667	0.43%	1.77%
2050	34,642,021	38,083,369	0.41%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.