KATHMANDU, Mar 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepal had a population of 29.16 million in 2021, and the average annual population growth was 0.92 percent in the previous ten years, the government announced, yesterday.
As per the final data about the census conducted on Nov 11-25, 2021, the country’s population stood at 29,164,578, including 51.02 percent females and 48.98 percent males.
A total of 137,407 foreigners were also included in the total population.
“We included foreigners who stayed in Nepal for six months or intended to live in Nepal for a longer period, in the total population of Nepal,” said Nevin Lal Shrestha, deputy chief statistics officer, at the National Statistics Office.
The growth rate of 0.92 percent was the lowest in eight decades, since Nepal started the population census in 1911, noted the agency.
Shrestha attributed delayed marriage age, education, increasing costs of rearing children and reducing tendency in gender discrimination, to the low birth rate.– NNN-XINHUA
