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Nepal

Nepal's best placing is 50th of 194 for population by area.

Best placing: #50Population by area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 16
Population: 29.6 million
Land area: 143,350 km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Nepal is.

Population by area

#50 of 194

206.61 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Population

#52 of 195

29,618,118 people

20th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#58 of 179

1,500 mm of precipitation per year

16th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Forest by area

#65 of 194

41.6 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#71 of 194

59,620 km² of forest

17th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Airports

#86 of 193

51 airports

20th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area

#92 of 194

143,350 km² of land

26th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#102 of 191

3.56 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP

#99 of 182

45,489,810,283 US$ (current prices)

30th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Forest per person

#110 of 194

0.0020 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#145 of 194

0.005 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#149 of 192

1.72 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#156 of 182

1,536 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways

#131 of 135

59 km of railway

35th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

Railways by area

#130 of 133

0.41 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

Railways per person

#132 of 134

1.99 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

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