By A Staff Reporter
Kathmandu, June 27: Nepal’s population has crossed 30 million mark on Friday.
As per the estimates of the Central Bureau of the Statistics (CBS), an agency under the National Planning Commission, Nepal’s population reached 30,000,634.
According to the demographic size, Nepal ranks 49 in the world in terms of population density of 203 people per square km. The size of population is quite high considering the area of the country as it ranks 91 in terms of area. The CBS said that the estimates were made as per the statistics of vital information like birth, death and migration rate based on the 2011 census.
In 2011, Nepal’s population was 26.49 million. The country is conducting another census next year.
The CBS is mobilising 50,000 surveyors in the field with digital devices. It said that the upcoming census will create the statistical base of all 753 local units which would be important in terms of development planning there.
The work procedures for the 12th national census is recently approved by the NPC.
As per the procedures, work to develop questionnaire will be started from coming Monday while recruit of field surveyors will start soon. Likewise, creation of statistics processing centre and training of surveyors, mobilising the materials required for the census and establishment of offices in states and districts will be executed after that.
The CBS has planned to publish the result of the 2021 census before mid-April 2023. The history of census in Nepal started since 1911. According to the last census, Nepal’s average annual growth rate of population was 1.35 per cent, a sharp decline from the 2.25 per cent in the decade of 1990-2001.