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Nepal - Urban Population 1996

Name: Nepal Urban Population 1996
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Urban population as % of total · World Bank

25.29% +1.19% from 1995 Global rank: 31st

Nepal's urban population was 25.29% in 1996, increased +1.19% from 24.10% in 1995. This was the 31st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1996▾

Urban Population by Country - 1996
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	7.34%	2.3%
2nd	Rwanda	10.30%	16.8%
3rd	Uganda	10.88%	1.5%
4th	Malawi	13.96%	2.4%
5th	Papua New Guinea	14.04%	-2.2%
6th	Solomon Islands	14.81%	1.3%
7th	South Sudan	15.03%	1.9%
8th	Burkina Faso	15.32%	2.9%
9th	Sri Lanka	15.51%	-2.3%
10th	Niger	15.81%	0.1%
11th	Liechtenstein	16.21%	-1.4%
12th	Lesotho	17.09%	3.8%
13th	Mali	17.85%	1.3%
14th	Cambodia	17.88%	2.2%
15th	Afghanistan	17.96%	0.7%
16th	Lao PDR	17.96%	4.0%
17th	Kenya	18.66%	0.4%
18th	Vanuatu	20.52%	1.4%
19th	Tanzania	20.82%	1.5%
20th	Chad	21.53%	0.2%
21st	Samoa	21.66%	0.5%
22nd	Bangladesh	21.98%	1.5%
23rd	Viet Nam	22.07%	2.9%
24th	Timor-Leste	22.86%	1.3%
25th	Tonga	22.89%	0.3%
26th	Eswatini	23.06%	0.0%
27th	Madagascar	23.79%	1.3%
28th	Yemen, Republic of	24.40%	2.5%
29th	Micronesia, Federated States of	24.65%	-2.5%
30th	Bhutan	24.73%	3.1%
31st	Nepal	25.29%	4.9%
32nd	Thailand	25.64%	6.4%
33rd	Maldives	25.70%	0.6%
34th	India	26.76%	0.7%
35th	Myanmar	26.82%	0.7%
36th	Tajikistan	27.77%	-2.3%
37th	Mozambique	28.17%	2.0%
38th	Comoros	28.29%	-0.2%
39th	St. Lucia	28.96%	-0.7%
40th	Eritrea	29.17%	7.1%
41st	Guyana	29.27%	-0.3%
42nd	Namibia	29.28%	2.1%
43rd	Guinea	29.77%	0.9%
44th	Channel Islands	30.39%	-0.1%
45th	China	30.48%	5.0%
46th	Haiti	31.12%	4.3%
47th	Togo	31.30%	1.4%
48th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	31.43%	1.2%
49th	Zimbabwe	31.68%	0.8%
50th	Pakistan	32.14%	0.7%
51st	Sudan	32.17%	0.2%
52nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	32.93%	1.4%
53rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	33.54%	-0.6%
54th	Antigua and Barbuda	34.19%	-1.2%
55th	Sierra Leone	34.70%	0.6%
56th	Grenada	34.84%	1.0%
57th	Faroe Islands	34.89%	1.5%
58th	Guinea-Bissau	35.37%	1.2%
59th	Kyrgyz Republic	35.83%	-1.0%
60th	Guatemala	36.88%	3.2%
61st	Kiribati	37.05%	2.0%
62nd	Benin	37.13%	0.8%
63rd	Kosovo	37.36%	0.1%
64th	Central African Republic	37.52%	0.1%
65th	Indonesia	37.54%	3.4%
66th	Philippines	37.71%	0.8%
67th	Zambia	37.98%	-1.1%
68th	Mauritania	38.48%	-0.5%
69th	Equatorial Guinea	38.81%	0.0%
70th	Albania	38.90%	1.6%
71st	Nigeria	39.95%	2.1%
72nd	Senegal	39.97%	0.4%
73rd	Ghana	40.81%	2.1%
74th	Gambia, The	40.95%	3.5%
75th	British Virgin Islands	41.24%	0.8%
76th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.26%	0.8%
77th	Côte d'Ivoire	41.64%	0.8%
78th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	42.64%	-0.1%
79th	Liberia	42.96%	-3.5%
80th	Mauritius	42.97%	-0.6%
81st	Honduras	43.33%	1.1%
82nd	Tuvalu	43.55%	1.1%
83rd	Cameroon	43.98%	1.4%
84th	Uzbekistan	44.27%	1.8%
85th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	44.39%	0.3%
86th	Turkmenistan	44.84%	0.3%
87th	Moldova	45.09%	-1.4%
88th	Seychelles	45.45%	-3.0%
89th	Angola	45.46%	2.8%
90th	Fiji	46.30%	1.4%
91st	Belize	47.53%	0.1%
92nd	São Tomé and Principe	49.36%	1.8%
93rd	Slovenia	50.27%	0.1%
94th	Botswana	50.35%	1.5%
95th	Syrian Arab Republic	50.37%	0.6%
96th	Cabo Verde	50.50%	1.8%
97th	Jamaica	50.80%	0.5%
98th	Portugal	51.69%	1.3%
99th	Isle of Man	51.79%	0.0%
100th	Azerbaijan	52.12%	-0.4%
101st	Morocco	52.21%	0.9%
102nd	El Salvador	53.18%	1.5%
103rd	Georgia	53.39%	-0.6%
104th	Serbia	53.47%	1.1%
105th	South Africa	53.57%	0.5%
106th	Romania	53.68%	-0.4%
107th	Montenegro	54.09%	2.4%
108th	Nicaragua	54.62%	0.3%
109th	Costa Rica	54.68%	2.0%
110th	Paraguay	54.90%	1.4%
111th	Croatia	55.32%	0.3%
112th	Trinidad and Tobago	55.78%	0.2%
113th	Türkiye	55.79%	1.3%
114th	French Polynesia	56.37%	-0.3%
115th	Slovak Republic	56.53%	-0.2%
116th	Kazakhstan	56.62%	-0.2%
117th	Mongolia	56.74%	-0.1%
118th	Algeria	56.78%	1.4%
119th	Congo, Republic of	56.83%	0.7%
120th	Malaysia	57.23%	2.3%
121st	Dominican Republic	57.83%	1.2%
122nd	Ireland	58.17%	0.4%
123rd	Ecuador	58.80%	1.0%
124th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	59.15%	0.1%
125th	Panama	59.24%	1.7%
126th	North Macedonia	59.66%	-0.1%
127th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	59.92%	0.9%
128th	New Caledonia	60.44%	0.3%
129th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	61.06%	1.1%
130th	Poland	61.64%	0.1%
131st	Tunisia	62.08%	0.7%
132nd	Hungary	62.95%	0.5%
133rd	Barbados	63.12%	-0.2%
134th	Dominica	64.95%	0.1%
135th	Finland	65.21%	0.6%
136th	Aruba	65.37%	0.0%
137th	Armenia	66.06%	-0.5%
138th	Austria	66.11%	0.4%
139th	Suriname	66.60%	0.0%
140th	Italy	66.88%	0.1%
141st	Lithuania	67.27%	-0.1%
142nd	Iraq	67.61%	-0.4%
143rd	Marshall Islands	67.63%	0.1%
144th	Bulgaria	67.70%	-0.2%
145th	Ukraine	67.72%	-0.2%
146th	West Bank and Gaza	68.11%	0.9%
147th	Belarus	68.27%	0.4%
148th	Cyprus	68.33%	0.2%
149th	Estonia	68.45%	-0.7%
150th	Latvia	68.85%	-0.5%
151st	Brunei Darussalam	69.33%	0.8%
152nd	European Union	70.85%	0.2%
153rd	Palau	71.25%	-0.2%
154th	Peru	71.27%	0.5%
155th	Oman	71.64%	0.0%
156th	Switzerland	72.04%	0.7%
157th	Greece	72.18%	0.1%
158th	Colombia	72.33%	0.7%
159th	Netherlands	72.42%	2.4%
160th	Russian Federation	73.06%	0.2%
161st	Mexico	73.63%	0.5%
162nd	Norway	74.20%	0.4%
163rd	Czechia	74.56%	-0.2%
164th	Cuba	74.78%	0.3%
165th	Djibouti	75.06%	-0.5%
166th	France	75.36%	0.3%
167th	Spain	75.70%	0.1%
168th	Gabon	75.94%	1.3%
169th	United States	77.65%	0.6%
170th	Canada	77.89%	0.3%
171st	Japan	78.14%	0.2%
172nd	Jordan	78.26%	0.0%
173rd	United Arab Emirates	78.27%	0.0%
174th	Brazil	78.30%	0.8%
175th	Korea	78.75%	0.4%
176th	United Kingdom	78.90%	0.3%
177th	Saudi Arabia	79.16%	0.3%
178th	Germany	80.05%	0.0%
179th	Belgium	80.68%	0.4%
180th	Bahamas, The	80.79%	0.1%
181st	Greenland	81.07%	0.0%
182nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	81.18%	1.2%
183rd	Luxembourg	82.62%	0.5%
184th	Sweden	83.94%	0.0%
185th	Chile	84.81%	0.5%
186th	Libya	84.92%	0.7%
187th	Denmark	85.04%	0.0%
188th	Australia	85.24%	-0.1%
189th	Lebanon	85.38%	0.3%
190th	New Zealand	85.47%	0.1%
191st	American Samoa	85.54%	1.8%
192nd	Virgin Islands (US)	87.79%	2.6%
193rd	Curaçao	88.11%	1.0%
194th	Bahrain	88.14%	-0.1%
195th	Argentina	88.40%	0.2%
196th	Northern Mariana Islands	89.59%	0.0%
197th	Uruguay	90.80%	0.2%
198th	Israel	90.93%	0.1%
199th	Iceland	91.84%	0.2%
200th	Guam	92.31%	0.3%
201st	San Marino	92.48%	0.4%
202nd	Puerto Rico (US)	92.52%	1.1%
203rd	Malta	92.85%	0.2%
204th	Andorra	93.17%	-0.2%
205th	Qatar	95.39%	0.3%
206th	Kuwait	98.15%	0.1%
207th	Macao SAR, China	99.93%	0.0%
208th	Bermuda	100.00%	0.0%
209th	Cayman Islands	100.00%	0.0%
210th	Gibraltar	100.00%	0.0%
211th	Hong Kong SAR, China	100.00%	0.0%
212th	St. Martin (French part)	100.00%	0.0%
213th	Monaco	100.00%	0.0%
214th	Nauru	100.00%	0.0%
215th	Singapore	100.00%	0.0%
216th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	100.00%	0.0%

FAQ

What was Nepal's urban population in 1996?▾

Nepal's urban population in 1996 was 25.29%. This ranked 31st globally.

How did Nepal's urban population change in 1996?▾

Nepal's urban population increased by 4.9% in 1996 compared to 1995.

Which country had the highest urban population in 1996?▾

Bermuda had the highest urban population in 1996 at 100.00%.

What is the urban population of Nepal in 1996?▾

The urban population of Nepal in 1996 was 25.29%. This ranked 31st globally.

How does 1996 compare to 1995 for Nepal's urban population?▾

Nepal's urban population went from 24.10% in 1995 to 25.29% in 1996, a 4.9% increase.

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