Nepal reports decreased population growth rate, lowest in past 80 years

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Nepal’s population growth rate is 0.42 percent less than it was calculated in the national census carried out in 2011, a preliminary report released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) on Wednesday reveals. 

The bureau shared that Nepal’s population growth rate as calculated during the recently held national census is the lowest in the past 80 years. 

According to the report, Nepal’s population has increased by 2.7 million in the past ten years, which accounts for only 0.93 percent. Nepal reported a growth rate of 1.35 percent in 2011 census 

Nepal's  total population has reached 29,192,480 compared to 26,494,504  during the census carried out in 2011

The bureau shared that it is the lowest population growth rate since 1941 when it was 1.16 percent.