Nepal - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Nepal was 1,471,867 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,471,867 in 2021 and a minimum value of 119,177 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 119,177
1961 121,084
1962 123,745
1963 126,464
1964 129,247
1965 132,083
1966 134,985
1967 137,951
1968 140,987
1969 144,081
1970 147,247
1971 150,568
1972 157,460
1973 164,647
1974 172,173
1975 180,043
1976 188,284
1977 196,878
1978 205,878
1979 215,288
1980 225,143
1981 235,498
1982 249,635
1983 264,621
1984 280,529
1985 297,346
1986 315,196
1987 334,117
1988 354,203
1989 375,436
1990 397,973
1991 421,743
1992 441,925
1993 463,012
1994 485,137
1995 508,319
1996 532,644
1997 558,060
1998 584,727
1999 612,668
2000 641,986
2001 672,511
2002 700,027
2003 728,669
2004 758,524
2005 789,516
2006 821,820
2007 855,445
2008 890,495
2009 926,879
2010 964,802
2011 1,004,278
2012 1,045,369
2013 1,088,142
2014 1,132,664
2015 1,179,009
2016 1,227,249
2017 1,277,463
2018 1,329,732
2019 1,376,108
2020 1,423,515
2021 1,471,867

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Nepal was 23.61 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 33.89 in 1960, while its lowest value was 19.80 in 2001.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 33.89
1961 33.02
1962 32.84
1963 32.65
1964 32.44
1965 32.21
1966 31.96
1967 31.70
1968 31.42
1969 31.13
1970 30.83
1971 30.51
1972 29.81
1973 29.12
1974 28.44
1975 27.78
1976 27.12
1977 26.47
1978 25.84
1979 25.22
1980 24.62
1981 24.03
1982 23.99
1983 23.94
1984 23.91
1985 23.88
1986 23.87
1987 23.87
1988 23.86
1989 23.83
1990 23.78
1991 23.67
1992 23.13
1993 22.60
1994 22.10
1995 21.65
1996 21.24
1997 20.88
1998 20.56
1999 20.27
2000 20.02
2001 19.80
2002 19.88
2003 19.98
2004 20.11
2005 20.24
2006 20.39
2007 20.55
2008 20.73
2009 20.98
2010 21.30
2011 21.71
2012 22.19
2013 22.69
2014 23.15
2015 23.52
2016 23.76
2017 23.91
2018 23.98
2019 23.87
2020 23.74
2021 23.61

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization