Nepal’s population has reached 26 million

The Central Bureau of Statistics reported that Nepal’s population has reached 26,620,809 with annual growth rate of 1.4 %.  The national population census of 2001 had shown that Nepal’s population was 23,751,423, with the annual growth rate of 2.25 %. Similarly, national average household size has also decreased from 5.44 in 2001 to 4.70 in 2011. Terai constitutes 50.15 percent of the population of Nepal while hill constitutes 43.1 % and mountain 6.75 %. The absent population of Nepal was found to be 1.92 million against 0.762 million in 2001.

September 27

Kathmandu post, Republica