Nepal — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Nepal had an estimated population of 24,947,198 in 2005, with 59 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.
For current figures: Nepal today — population now 29,629,410, against 24,947,198 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 24,947,198 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 26,309,458 | 29,629,410 | +13% |
The two sources differ by 5% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathmandu | 1,379,164 |
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathmandu | Kathmandu | 790,597 | 1,442,271 now |
| 2 | Pokharā | Kaski | 186,405 | — |
| 3 | Lalitpur | Lalitpur | 183,310 | — |
| 4 | Birātnagar | Morang | 182,324 | 244,750 now |
| 5 | Bīrganj | Parsa | 133,238 | 268,273 now |
| 6 | Dharān | Sunsari | 108,600 | 173,096 now |
| 7 | Bharatpur | Chitwan | 107,157 | — |
| 8 | Janakpur | Dhanusa | 93,767 | 195,438 now |
| 9 | Dhangadhi | Kailali | 92,294 | 204,788 now |
| 10 | Butwal | Rupandehi | 91,733 | 195,054 now |
| 11 | Mahendranagar | Kanchanpur | 88,381 | — |
| 12 | Hetauda | Makwanpur | 84,775 | 195,951 now |
| 13 | Bhaktapur | Bhaktapur | 76,886 | — |
| 14 | Siddharthanagar | Rupandehi | 63,367 | 63,367 now |
| 15 | Triyuga | Udayapur | 63,334 | 71,405 now |
| 16 | Nepālgānj | Banke | 61,474 | — |
| 17 | Madhyapur Thimi | Bhaktapur | 54,902 | 119,955 now |
| 18 | Mechinagar | Jhapa | 54,070 | — |
| 19 | Gulariya | Bardiya | 53,107 | 53,107 now |
| 20 | Tribuvannagar | Dang Deokhuri | 49,424 | — |
| 21 | Itahari | Sunsari | 47,984 | 47,984 now |
| 22 | Leknath | Kaski | 46,218 | — |
| 23 | Tikapur | Kailali | 44,758 | 44,758 now |
| 24 | Kirtipur | Kathmandu | 44,632 | 44,632 now |
| 25 | Ratnanagar | Chitwan | 43,662 | — |
| 26 | Kalaiyā | Bara | 39,364 | — |
| 27 | Tulsīpur | Dang Deokhuri | 39,058 | 39,058 now |
| 28 | Kamalamai | Sindhuli | 36,437 | — |
| 29 | Birendranagar | Surkhet | 34,983 | — |
| 30 | Damak | Jhapa | 33,764 | — |
| 31 | Rājbirāj | Saptari | 33,061 | 69,803 now |
| 32 | Kapilwastu | 32,137 | — | |
| 33 | Byas | Tanahu | 31,824 | — |
| 34 | Lahān | Siraha | 31,495 | — |
| 35 | Putalibazar | Syangja | 31,041 | — |
| 36 | Prithivinarayan | Gorkha | 27,843 | — |
| 37 | Panauti | Kavrepalanchok | 27,602 | 46,595 now |
| 38 | Gaur | Rautahat | 27,325 | 27,325 now |
| 39 | Dipayal | Doti | 27,086 | 33,968 now |
| 40 | Inaruwa | Sunsari | 25,030 | 70,093 now |
| 41 | Sirāhā | Siraha | 24,657 | 24,657 now |
| 42 | Ramgram | Nawalparasi | 24,012 | — |
| 43 | Jaleswor | Mahottari | 23,573 | — |
| 44 | Bāglung | Baglung | 23,296 | — |
| 45 | Tansen | Palpa | 23,188 | 23,693 now |
| 46 | Khāndbāri | Sankhuwasabha | 22,903 | — |
| 47 | Bhimeshwar | Dolakha | 22,849 | — |
| 48 | Dhankutā | Dhankuta | 22,084 | 22,084 now |
| 49 | Bidur | Nuwakot | 22,061 | — |
| 50 | Waling | Syangja | 21,867 | — |
| 51 | Nārāyan | Dailekh | 20,908 | — |
| 52 | Malangwa | Sarlahi | 20,284 | — |
| 53 | Bhadrapur | Jhapa | 19,523 | 19,523 now |
| 54 | Amargadhi | Dadeldhura | 19,014 | 19,014 now |
| 55 | Dashrathchand | Darchula | 18,317 | — |
| 56 | Ilām | Ilam | 17,491 | 17,491 now |
| 57 | Banepa | Kavrepalanchok | 17,153 | — |
| 58 | Dhulikhet | Kavrepalanchok | 10,170 | — |
| 59 | Jumla | Jumla | 9,073 | 9,073 now |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathmandu | 1,264,684 |
| 2 | Morang | 908,459 |
| 3 | Rupandehi | 785,610 |
| 4 | Jhapa | 729,514 |
| 5 | Dhanusa | 721,407 |
| 6 | Kailali | 713,089 |
| 7 | Sunsari | 690,454 |
| 8 | Sarlahi | 686,222 |
| 9 | Nawalparasi | 621,622 |
| 10 | Bara | 613,427 |
| 11 | Siraha | 613,253 |
| 12 | Saptari | 609,580 |
| 13 | Mahottari | 593,521 |
| 14 | Rautahat | 591,290 |
| 15 | Parsa | 545,291 |
| 16 | Kapilvastu | 530,419 |
| 17 | Chitwan | 521,155 |
| 18 | Dang Deokhuri | 506,451 |
| 19 | Kanchanpur | 432,167 |
| 20 | Banke | 428,385 |
| 21 | Bardiya | 426,489 |
| 22 | Makwanpur | 424,704 |
| 23 | Kaski | 416,161 |
| 24 | Kavrepalanchok | 399,759 |
| 25 | Lalitpur | 373,438 |
| 26 | Dhading | 357,244 |
| 27 | Tanahu | 333,332 |
| 28 | Syangja | 324,855 |
| 29 | Sindhupalchok | 319,619 |
| 30 | Udayapur | 317,107 |
| 31 | Surkhet | 316,071 |
| 32 | Gulmi | 307,098 |
| 33 | Nuwakot | 305,423 |
| 34 | Ilam | 305,058 |
| 35 | Sindhuli | 299,780 |
| 36 | Gorkha | 298,275 |
| 37 | Baglung | 278,551 |
| 38 | Palpa | 278,266 |
| 39 | Baitadi | 244,724 |
| 40 | Achham | 239,534 |
| 41 | Bhaktapur | 238,424 |
| 42 | Dailekh | 236,425 |
| 43 | Khotang | 234,084 |
| 44 | Salyan | 225,581 |
| 45 | Pyuthan | 222,945 |
| 46 | Ramechhap | 221,954 |
| 47 | Arghakhanchi | 218,013 |
| 48 | Rolpa | 217,498 |
| 49 | Doti | 217,385 |
| 50 | Dolakha | 214,519 |
| 51 | Panchthar | 211,098 |
| 52 | Bhojpur | 204,253 |
| 53 | Rukum | 199,558 |
| 54 | Lamjung | 181,180 |
| 55 | Bajhang | 175,236 |
| 56 | Dhankuta | 173,216 |
| 57 | Sankhuwasabha | 164,469 |
| 58 | Parbat | 163,024 |
| 59 | Okhaldhunga | 159,761 |
| 60 | Jajarkot | 141,699 |
| 61 | Taplejung | 136,848 |
| 62 | Dadeldhura | 134,082 |
| 63 | Darchula | 128,083 |
| 64 | Myagdi | 117,417 |
| 65 | Terhathum | 116,747 |
| 66 | Bajura | 115,674 |
| 67 | Solukhumbu | 111,099 |
| 68 | Kalikot | 108,688 |
| 69 | Jumla | 93,261 |
| 70 | Rasuwa | 47,688 |
| 71 | Humla | 45,562 |
| 72 | Mugu | 43,861 |
| 73 | Dolpa | 30,974 |
| 74 | Mustang | 15,321 |
| 75 | Manang | 10,083 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.