Nepal

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
29,624,035 1
Urban
19.70% 1
Rural
80.30% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.8% 2
Level of Public Corruption
131 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
110 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.17 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
3.60% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
70 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
59.63% 6
Internet Users
15% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$730 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
15.0% 6
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
  • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
8,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
0.03
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
34
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
144
First Communions per Year
55
Confirmations per Year
43
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
15,700
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
11,185
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
3,123
Church Marriages per Year
12
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
9
Priests
113
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
211
Catholics per Priest
71
Parishes
14
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
13
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
4