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How many babies are born in Nepal?

542 thousand babies born in Nepal in 2026. That is 0.41% of all births worldwide, and the 52nd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Nepal: history and projections

100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Nepal’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~40K ~1,000K 40.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~61K ~1.5M 40.5 Modelled estimate
1500 ~82K ~2M 41.2 Modelled estimate
1800 ~171K ~4M 42.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~219K ~5.12M 42.7 Historical reconstruction
1950 391K 8.4M 46.5 UN estimate
2000 760K 24.5M 31.0 UN estimate
2023 574K 29.7M 19.3 UN estimate
2026 542K 29.6M 18.3 UN projection
2050 433K 34.6M 12.5 UN projection
2075 345K 35.5M 9.7 UN projection
2100 278K 31.8M 8.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Nepal among estimates through 2023 were in 1995, at about 820K. That is roughly 20 times the estimated ~40.4K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.92 children per woman, fertility in Nepal is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Nepal each year?

An estimated 542 thousand babies are born in Nepal in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,480 a day and 0.41% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Nepal?

Nepal has an estimated 18.3 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.92 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.