Nepal: population density 2021

In 2021, the population density in Nepal increased by 4.8 inhabitants per square kilometer (+2.34 percent) since 2020. With 209.52 inhabitants per square kilometer, the population density thereby reached its highest value in the observed period. Notably, the population density continuously increased over the last years.
Population density is calculated by dividing the total population by the total land area, to show the average number of people living there per square kilometer of land.

Population density of Nepal from 2012 to 2021 (in people per square kilometer)

Characteristic	Population density in people per square kilometer
2021	209.52
2020	204.73
2019	201.13
2018	198.86
2017	196.61
2016	194.36
2015	192.61
2014	191.57
2013	191.01
2012	190.66

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

Asia, Nepal

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded.

Population density is the midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers.
Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship - except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin.
Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Date provided is date of last update.

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