Nepal's population is 26,620,809

KATHMANDU, Sept 27: Nepal’s population is 26,620,809, according to the preliminary report of the National Population Census 2011 released on Tuesday by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).

The report states that the annual growth of population in Nepal is 1.4 per cent which is a little less than what was found 10 years ago. In 2001, the population growth was 2.25 per cent.[break]

“Furthermore, the result also revealed that the size of the household in Nepal has decreased from 5.44 in 2001 to 4.7 in 2011,” the report stated.

The result shows that the absentee population increased to 1,917,903, more than double than in 2001.

The preliminary result reveals that the population of male and female in Nepal is 12,927,431 and 13,693,378 respectively.

The Terai belt constitutes highest proportion of the population followed by Hill and Mountain belt. More than half of the total population of the country (50.2 per cent) lives in Terai followed by Hill and Mountain belt that constitutes about 43 percent and 7 percent of the total population respectively, CBS said.

The urban population constitutes about 17 percent of the total population.

The result also reveals that Kathmandu district has the largest population followed by Morang. Manang constitutes the lowest population, according to the report. (list below)

Major Highlights of the Preliminary Results

(As provided by CBS)

Population of Nepal as of census day, June 22, 2011 stands at 26.6 millions. Total addition in the population of Nepal during last 10 years is recorded as 3.45 millions with an annual average growth of 1.40 percent.

Population density of Nepal is estimated 181 per sq.kms. Kathmandu district has the highest density (4408) and Manang (3) has the least.

Kathmandu has recorded the highest decadal population growth (60.93 %) compared to all Nepal (14.99 %) and lowest in Manang (-31.92 %).

Tarai constitutes 50.15 percent of Population while hill constitutes 43.1 percent and mountain 6.75 percent.

Central Development Region records highest population (36.5 %) and Far Western Development Region records the lowest (9.6 %).

Sex ratio is estimated to be 94.41 (male per hundred female) in the current census as compared to 99.80 in the previous census 2001.

National average household size has decreased from 5.44 in 2001 to 4.70 in 2011. The household size is recorded to be highest in Rautahat (6.33) and lowest (3.7 1) in Kathmandu.