Rural population (% of total population)

Share of the population living outside areas classified as urban (residual of urban_population_share).

Data table

Year	Nepal (%)
1960	96.49
1961	96.43
1962	96.38
1963	96.34
1964	96.31
1965	96.28
1966	96.25
1967	96.22
1968	96.18
1969	96.13
1970	96.07
1971	96
1972	95.67
1973	94.91
1974	93.82
1975	92.49
1976	91.01
1977	89.46
1978	87.95
1979	86.57
1980	85.39
1981	84.52
1982	83.89
1983	83.35
1984	82.89
1985	82.47
1986	82.08
1987	81.68
1988	81.26
1989	80.79
1990	80.24
1991	79.59
1992	78.83
1993	77.96
1994	76.98
1995	75.9
1996	74.71
1997	73.41
1998	72.01
1999	70.51
2000	68.9
2001	67.19
2002	64.96
2003	61.95
2004	58.39
2005	54.49
2006	50.49
2007	46.62
2008	43.09
2009	40.14
2010	37.98
2011	36.86
2012	36.34
2013	35.87
2014	35.44
2015	35.05
2016	34.71
2017	34.42
2018	34.19
2019	34.01
2020	33.89
2021	33.86
2022	33.7
2023	33.46
2024	33.23
2025	33

Per-source values, 2025

Caveats

Mirrors urban_population_share's national urban/rural definition caveats.