Population Growth

Population Growth

The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country is the Population Growth Rate. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.

At the time of the 1981 census, the total population of Nepal was 15,022,839, the average family was made up of 5.8 persons, and life expectancy at birth was close to fifty years. As of July 1990, the population was estimated at 19,145,800 persons. The annual population growth rate increased from less than 2 percent during the 1950s to more than 2.6 percent in 1990, suggesting that despite a trend toward increasing acceptance of family planning, the program did not have much influence on reducing the population growth rate. The Central Bureau of Statistics forecast that the total population would increase to 23.6 million by 2001 .

Nepal Population in the year 2002 census was 23,151,423. In the year 2005 until the month of July, according to the estimate of the census, the Nepal Population was 27,676,547.

The growth rate of the population of Nepal as in the year 2005 was recorded to be 2 percent. In Nepal 39 percent of the population are up to 14 years old. 57.3 percent of the total population of Nepal is between the age of 15 and 64. Only 3.7 percent of Nepal Population is aged above 65.

The estimate of the population of Nepal according to the July 2007 census was 28,901,790. The total median age of Nepal is 20.5 years. The Male Median age in Nepal is 20.3 years and the Female Median Age is 20.6 years. According to the estimate given in the census of 2007 the population growth rate of Nepal is 2.132 percent.

The birth rate in Nepal is recorded to be 30.46 births/1,000 populations according to the estimate of the year 2007. The death rate in Nepal is 9.14 deaths/1,000 populations according to the estimate of the year 2007.