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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Zimbabwe	Nepal	Zimbabwe
1960	10,123,658	3,809,389	-	-
1961	10,318,396	3,930,401	1.92%	3.18%
1962	10,521,116	4,055,959	1.96%	3.19%
1963	10,729,818	4,185,877	1.98%	3.2%
1964	10,946,392	4,320,006	2.02%	3.2%
1965	11,173,411	4,458,462	2.07%	3.2%
1966	11,408,710	4,601,217	2.11%	3.2%
1967	11,652,716	4,748,307	2.14%	3.2%
1968	11,906,266	4,900,440	2.18%	3.2%
1969	12,167,036	5,058,181	2.19%	3.22%
1970	12,436,190	5,215,918	2.21%	3.12%
1971	12,710,061	5,374,712	2.2%	3.04%
1972	12,989,099	5,542,445	2.2%	3.12%
1973	13,275,239	5,720,404	2.2%	3.21%
1974	13,568,435	5,908,328	2.21%	3.29%
1975	13,870,695	6,098,658	2.23%	3.22%
1976	14,177,649	6,287,105	2.21%	3.09%
1977	14,499,175	6,449,512	2.27%	2.58%
1978	14,839,695	6,543,575	2.35%	1.46%
1979	15,190,590	6,647,556	2.36%	1.59%
1980	15,553,105	7,041,303	2.39%	5.92%
1981	15,922,423	7,498,635	2.37%	6.49%
1982	16,297,987	7,796,496	2.36%	3.97%
1983	16,689,119	8,098,404	2.4%	3.87%
1984	17,085,242	8,391,488	2.37%	3.62%
1985	17,477,692	8,686,813	2.3%	3.52%
1986	17,868,124	8,982,578	2.23%	3.4%
1987	18,250,505	9,284,644	2.14%	3.36%
1988	18,638,661	9,583,094	2.13%	3.21%
1989	19,057,807	9,864,798	2.25%	2.94%
1990	19,524,573	10,137,281	2.45%	2.76%
1991	20,036,500	10,404,816	2.62%	2.64%
1992	20,609,707	10,702,700	2.86%	2.86%
1993	21,180,159	10,860,288	2.77%	1.47%
1994	21,717,479	10,873,148	2.54%	0.12%
1995	22,245,439	10,974,599	2.43%	0.93%
1996	22,741,862	11,158,360	2.23%	1.67%
1997	23,219,463	11,369,827	2.1%	1.9%
1998	23,680,357	11,594,297	1.98%	1.97%
1999	24,125,199	11,783,458	1.88%	1.63%
2000	24,546,509	11,892,055	1.75%	0.92%
2001	24,946,748	11,971,901	1.63%	0.67%
2002	25,328,981	12,087,653	1.53%	0.97%
2003	25,688,758	12,232,323	1.42%	1.2%
2004	26,016,656	12,365,896	1.28%	1.09%
2005	26,309,458	12,483,432	1.13%	0.95%
2006	26,565,425	12,636,445	0.97%	1.23%
2007	26,788,492	12,804,058	0.84%	1.33%
2008	26,990,037	12,959,149	0.75%	1.21%
2009	27,173,035	13,142,790	0.68%	1.42%
2010	27,341,952	13,356,548	0.62%	1.63%
2011	27,464,494	13,595,424	0.45%	1.79%
2012	27,534,915	13,817,887	0.26%	1.64%
2013	27,589,996	14,013,808	0.2%	1.42%
2014	27,672,370	14,207,359	0.3%	1.38%
2015	27,823,629	14,399,013	0.55%	1.35%
2016	27,955,462	14,600,294	0.47%	1.4%
2017	28,011,258	14,812,482	0.2%	1.45%
2018	28,079,689	15,034,452	0.24%	1.5%
2019	28,414,064	15,271,368	1.19%	1.58%
2020	28,966,574	15,526,888	1.94%	1.67%
2021	29,475,010	15,797,210	1.76%	1.74%
2022	29,715,436	16,069,056	0.82%	1.72%
2023	29,694,614	16,340,822	-0.07%	1.69%
2024	29,651,054	16,634,373	-0.15%	1.8%
2025	29,618,120	16,950,805	-0.11%	1.9%
2026	29,629,406	17,273,591	0.04%	1.9%
2027	29,727,164	17,600,621	0.33%	1.89%
2028	29,947,588	17,932,015	0.74%	1.88%
2029	30,232,115	18,268,967	0.95%	1.88%
2030	30,509,999	18,610,356	0.92%	1.87%
2031	30,780,916	18,956,207	0.89%	1.86%
2032	31,045,411	19,311,368	0.86%	1.87%
2033	31,304,035	19,675,929	0.83%	1.89%
2034	31,555,068	20,041,125	0.8%	1.86%
2035	31,798,003	20,409,159	0.77%	1.84%
2036	32,033,714	20,778,662	0.74%	1.81%
2037	32,262,286	21,144,748	0.71%	1.76%
2038	32,484,801	21,512,919	0.69%	1.74%
2039	32,700,695	21,881,123	0.66%	1.71%
2040	32,909,540	22,250,123	0.64%	1.69%
2041	33,112,254	22,627,428	0.62%	1.7%
2042	33,309,062	23,000,906	0.59%	1.65%
2043	33,499,440	23,371,301	0.57%	1.61%
2044	33,683,331	23,740,630	0.55%	1.58%
2045	33,861,058	24,102,391	0.53%	1.52%
2046	34,032,994	24,462,491	0.51%	1.49%
2047	34,197,261	24,816,449	0.48%	1.45%
2048	34,352,077	25,168,419	0.45%	1.42%
2049	34,500,201	25,518,513	0.43%	1.39%
2050	34,642,021	25,866,397	0.41%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nepal increased by 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nepal gained 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2005 and is 52nd in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.