Nepal
Urban population in Nepal
Urban population in Nepal: 2.7% in 1950 and 67% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 67%
- Since 1950
- +64.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 106 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 71.4%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 71.4% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Nepal |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 |
| 2024 | 66.8 |
| 2023 | 66.5 |
| 2022 | 66.3 |
| 2021 | 66.1 |
| 2020 | 66.1 |
| 2019 | 66 |
| 2018 | 65.8 |
| 2017 | 65.6 |
| 2016 | 65.3 |
| 2015 | 65 |
| 2014 | 64.6 |
| 2013 | 64.1 |
| 2012 | 63.7 |
| 2011 | 63.1 |
| 2010 | 62 |
| 2009 | 59.9 |
| 2008 | 56.9 |
| 2007 | 53.4 |
| 2006 | 49.5 |
| 2005 | 45.5 |
| 2004 | 41.6 |
| 2003 | 38.1 |
| 2002 | 35 |
| 2001 | 32.8 |
| 2000 | 31.1 |
| 1999 | 29.5 |
| 1998 | 28 |
| 1997 | 26.6 |
| 1996 | 25.3 |
| 1995 | 24.1 |
| 1994 | 23 |
| 1993 | 22 |
| 1992 | 21.2 |
| 1991 | 20.4 |
| 1990 | 19.8 |
| 1989 | 19.2 |
| 1988 | 18.7 |
| 1987 | 18.3 |
| 1986 | 17.9 |
| 1985 | 17.5 |
| 1984 | 17.1 |
| 1983 | 16.7 |
| 1982 | 16.1 |
| 1981 | 15.5 |
| 1980 | 14.6 |
| 1979 | 13.4 |
| 1978 | 12.1 |
| 1977 | 10.5 |
| 1976 | 9 |
| 1975 | 7.5 |
| 1974 | 6.2 |
| 1973 | 5.1 |
| 1972 | 4.3 |
| 1971 | 4 |
| 1970 | 3.9 |
| 1969 | 3.9 |
| 1968 | 3.8 |
| 1967 | 3.8 |
| 1966 | 3.8 |
| 1965 | 3.7 |
| 1964 | 3.7 |
| 1963 | 3.7 |
| 1962 | 3.6 |
| 1961 | 3.6 |
| 1960 | 3.5 |
| 1959 | 3.5 |
| 1958 | 3.4 |
| 1957 | 3.3 |
| 1956 | 3.2 |
| 1955 | 3.2 |
| 1954 | 3.1 |
| 1953 | 3 |
| 1952 | 2.9 |
| 1951 | 2.8 |
| 1950 | 2.7 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Nepal |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 67.2 |
| 2027 | 67.5 |
| 2028 | 67.7 |
| 2029 | 67.9 |
| 2030 | 68.1 |
| 2031 | 68.3 |
| 2032 | 68.5 |
| 2033 | 68.7 |
| 2034 | 68.9 |
| 2035 | 69.1 |
| 2036 | 69.3 |
| 2037 | 69.5 |
| 2038 | 69.7 |
| 2039 | 69.9 |
| 2040 | 70 |
| 2041 | 70.2 |
| 2042 | 70.4 |
| 2043 | 70.5 |
| 2044 | 70.7 |
| 2045 | 70.8 |
| 2046 | 70.9 |
| 2047 | 71.1 |
| 2048 | 71.2 |
| 2049 | 71.3 |
| 2050 | 71.4 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Military
- Military spending0.97% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$429M in 2025
- Military spending per person$14 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel112,000 people in 2020
- National power0.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports6 million TIV in 2025