Urban population (% of total population)

Share of the population living in areas classified as urban according to each country's national statistical office definition.

Data table

Year	Nepal (%)
1960	3.514
1961	3.572
1962	3.621
1963	3.66
1964	3.692
1965	3.722
1966	3.751
1967	3.782
1968	3.82
1969	3.866
1970	3.925
1971	4
1972	4.335
1973	5.093
1974	6.182
1975	7.514
1976	8.995
1977	10.54
1978	12.05
1979	13.43
1980	14.61
1981	15.48
1982	16.11
1983	16.65
1984	17.11
1985	17.53
1986	17.92
1987	18.32
1988	18.74
1989	19.21
1990	19.76
1991	20.41
1992	21.17
1993	22.04
1994	23.02
1995	24.1
1996	25.29
1997	26.59
1998	27.99
1999	29.49
2000	31.1
2001	32.81
2002	35.04
2003	38.05
2004	41.61
2005	45.51
2006	49.51
2007	53.38
2008	56.91
2009	59.86
2010	62.02
2011	63.14
2012	63.66
2013	64.13
2014	64.56
2015	64.95
2016	65.29
2017	65.58
2018	65.81
2019	65.99
2020	66.11
2021	66.14
2022	66.3
2023	66.54
2024	66.77
2025	67

Per-source values, 2025

Sources currently disagree by about 0.00 percentage points for this indicator and geography. Both figures are shown below rather than one being picked as correct.

Caveats

National urban/rural definitions vary by country; Nepal's 2017 reclassification of many rural VDCs into urban municipalities caused a step change unrelated to actual migration.