Nepal’s population 23.2 million

August 11, 2001
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Nepal’s  population is 23.2 million with final census figures expected in another five months. Women outnumber men by 40,000 with the male population estimated at 11.58 million. This year’s census data  were presented Friday at a news conference.

Kathmandu’s population is 1.09 million-up from 675,341 a decade ago while Manang has the lowest population in the kingdom with only 9,494 people. Kailali has the highest population growth rate of 3.93 percent.

Altogether 48.5 percent of the population live in the terai, 44.20 in the mid hills and 7.37 in the himalayan region. The size of the household fell to 5.38 from 5.56. Altogether 85.8 percent of the population live in villages while 14.2 percent are urbans.

Census figures could not be collected in 80 villages of eight Maoist insurgency affected districts.