Official Languages
Languages spoken here
Hindi (secondary) · Nepalese Sign Language (secondary) · Nepali (secondary) · Santali (secondary) · Urdu (secondary) · Urdu (Latin translit.) (secondary)
“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.
Nepal
Peoples
Largest first.
| People | Population | Language | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chhetri | 4818000 | Nepali | Hinduism |
| Brahmin Hill | 3528000 | Nepali | Hinduism |
| Magar | 2071000 | Nepali | Hinduism |
| Tharu unspecified | 1906000 | Tharu, Dangaura | Hinduism |
| Tamang | 1681000 | Tamang, Eastern | Buddhism |
| Newah | 1450000 | Newar | Hinduism |
| Kami | 1379000 | Nepali | Hinduism |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | 1157000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Shaikh | 897000 | Urdu | Islam |
| Rai | 679000 | Nepali | Other / Small |
| Gurung Ghaleg | 576000 | Gurung | Buddhism |
| Darjee | 517000 | Nepali | Hinduism |
| Thakuri | 466000 | Nepali | Hinduism |
| Yakthumba, Limbu | 425000 | Limbu | Other / Small |
| Sarki | 412000 | Nepali | Hinduism |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | 405000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | 354000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Koiri (Hindu traditions) | 336000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions) | 268000 | Nepali | Hinduism |
| Musahar (Hindu traditions) | 257000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | 253000 | Bhojpuri | Hinduism |
| Dhanuk | 241000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Dusadh (Hindu traditions) | 229000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Tharu Rana | 228000 | Tharu, Dangaura | Hinduism |
| Mallah (Hindu traditions) | 190000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | 169000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Bania unspecified | 154000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Kandu | 141000 | Bhojpuri | Hinduism |
| Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | 139000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Kumal | 132000 | Nepali | Hinduism |
| Gharti | 130000 | Nepali | Hinduism |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | 130000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | 126000 | Rajbanshi | Hinduism |
| Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | 123000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Sherpa | 121000 | Sherpa | Buddhism |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | 115000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Brahmin Terai | 114000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | 113000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Khatwa | 112000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | 102000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Majhi | 92000 | Nepali | Hinduism |
| Halwai (Hindu traditions) | 92000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Danuwar Rai | 92000 | Danuwar | Hinduism |
| Yadav Gaoli | 89000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions) | 88000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Bind | 80000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Lunia (Hindu traditions) | 76000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
| Chepang, Tsepang | 75000 | Chepang | Hinduism |
| Sayyid | 73000 | Urdu | Islam |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | 72000 | Maithili | Hinduism |
Languages
52 languages recorded here.
Athpariya
Awadhi
Bahing
Bantawa
Bhojpuri
Boro (India)
Bote
Chamling
Chepang
Danuwar
Darai
Dhimal
Ghale, Southern
Gurung
Hindi
Humla
Hyolmo
Jirel
Kaike
Khaling
Kulung (Nepal)
Kurux
Kyerung
Lepcha
Lhomi
Lhowa
Limbu
Maithili
Mewahang, Eastern
Nachiring
Nepalese Sign Language
Nepali
Newar
Nubri
Rajbanshi
Raji
Sampang
Santhali
Sherpa
Sunwar
Tamang, Eastern
Thakali
Thangmi
Tharu, Dangaura
Thulung
Tsum
Urdu
Walungge
Wayu
Yakkha
Yamphu
Yamphu, Southern
All catalogue fields
158 fields recorded
- rog3
- NP
- iso3
- NPL
- iso2
- NP
- ctry
- Nepal
- poplpeoples
- 29288000
- cntpeoples
- 194
- cntpeopleslr
- 183
- poplpeopleslr
- 25913000
- jpscalectry
- 1
- rol3officiallanguage
- npi
- officiallang
- Nepali
- rlg3primary
- 5
- religionprimary
- Hinduism
- percentchristianity
- 1.4171753240383
- c_10_40window
- Y
- rog2
- ASI
- continent
- Asia
- regioncode
- 4
- regionname
- Asia, South
- workersneeded
- 623
- harvest_rog3
- NP
- harvest_iso3
- NPL
- harvest_iso2
- NP
- harvest_owcountrycode
- NEPA
- harvest_ethnologuecountrycode
- NP
- harvest_countrynumber
- 149
- harvest_ctry
- Nepal
- harvest_ctryshort
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynamechinese
- 尼泊尔
- harvest_countrynamechineseshort
- 尼泊尔
- harvest_countrynamedutch
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynamefrench
- Népal
- harvest_countrynamefrenchshort
- Népal
- harvest_countrynamegerman
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynamegermanshort
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynamehindi
- नेपाल
- harvest_countrynameindonesian
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynameindonesianshort
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynameitalian
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynameitalianshort
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynamekorean
- 네팔
- harvest_countrynamekoreanshort
- 네팔
- harvest_countrynamenorwegian
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynameportuguese
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynameportugueseshort
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynamerussian
- Непал
- harvest_countrynamerussianshort
- Непал
- harvest_countrynamespanish
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynamespanishshort
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynamevietnamese
- Nepal
- harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort
- Nepal
- harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix
- 在
- harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix
- du
- harvest_germanconcatenationprefix
- in
- harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix
- di
- harvest_italianconcatenationprefix
- -
- harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix
- 의
- harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix
- i
- harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix
- no
- harvest_russianconcatenationprefix
- B
- harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix
- en
- harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix
- ở
- harvest_ethnologuemapexists
- Y
- harvest_southasia
- Y
- harvest_rog2
- ASI
- harvest_regioncode2414
- 20
- harvest_regioncode
- 4
- harvest_unsr
- 034
- harvest_worldabc
- A
- harvest_capital
- Kathmandu
- harvest_population
- 29618000
- harvest_populationsource
- UN Country Population (2025)
- harvest_prayercastvideo
- https://prayercast.com/nepal.html
- harvest_waldnerguide
- prayer-guide-np.pdf
- harvest_unmap
- https://un.org/geospatial/content/nepal
- harvest_persecutionrankingod
- 46
- harvest_jpscale
- 1
- harvest_c_10_40window
- Y
- harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal
- Y
- harvest_biblerestrictionsrank
- 39
- harvest_bibleshortagerank
- 33
- harvest_bibleaccessurl
- https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/NP_2025_profile.pdf
- harvest_owpctevang
- 2.8
- harvest_owpctcharismatic
- 2.0373273
- harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate
- 5.3000002
- harvest_owcountrypage
- nepal
- harvest_literacyrate
- 68
- harvest_literacysource
- Ethnologue
- harvest_percenturbanized
- 20
- harvest_rol3officiallanguage
- npi
- harvest_rol3secondarylanguage
- mai
- harvest_rlg3primary
- 5
- harvest_pctanimist
- 0
- harvest_pctbahai
- 0.03
- harvest_pctbuddhism
- 16
- harvest_pctchinese
- 0
- harvest_pcthindu
- 75.01000000000001
- harvest_pctislam
- 4.4
- harvest_pctsikh
- 0.06
- harvest_pctjudaism
- 0
- harvest_pctnonreligious
- 0.75
- harvest_pctother
- 0.9
- harvest_pctchristian
- 2.85
- harvest_pctchristianprotestant
- 0.44
- harvest_pctchristianindependent
- 2.42
- harvest_pctchristiananglican
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianromancatholic
- 0.02
- harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianmarginal
- 0.02
- harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated
- 0
- harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing
- -0.03999999062060822
- harvest_pctchristianother
- 0
- harvest_pctchristianextra
- 0
- harvest_rop1
- A014
- harvest_hdiyear
- 2015
- harvest_hdivalue
- 0.5580000000000001
- harvest_hdirank
- 144
- harvest_internetusers
- 19.7
- harvest_flashmapzoom
- 1203
- harvest_flashmapzoomx
- -795
- harvest_flashmapzoomy
- -435
- harvest_googlemapzoom
- 6
- harvest_googlemaplat
- 28
- harvest_googlemaplng
- 84
- harvest_ctrylatitude
- 28.394857
- harvest_ctrylongitude
- 84.124008
- harvest_securitylevel
- 1
- harvest_ethnolinguisticmap
- http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/nepal_ethnic_80.jpg
- harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom
- https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/nepal/
- harvest_provincesdisplayable
- Y
- harvest_adm1label
- Provinces
- harvest_wcdsubregioncode
- 202
- harvest_poplgrowthrate
- 1.164604346469793
- harvest_godreportsurl
- http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=np&joshua=np
- harvest_datareportalurl
- https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-nepal
- harvest_internetusage
- 34
- harvest_internetusagesourceyear
- 2017
- harvest_pray1040url
- https://pray1040.com/pray-for-nepal/
- harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl
- https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/nepal/
- harvest_biblesocietyurl
- http://www.nepalbiblesociety.org/site/
- harvest_areasquaremiles
- 56826
- harvest_areasquarekilometers
- 147181
- harvest_populationpersquaremile
- 457
- harvest_countryphonecode
- 977
- harvest_wincountryprofile
- http://win1040.com/page.php?id=593
- harvest_owpctchristian1986
- 0.3
- harvest_owpctchristian1993
- 0.6
- harvest_owpctevangelical1993
- 0.6
- harvest_owpctchristian2001
- 1.89
- harvest_owpctevangelical2001
- 1.6
- harvest_stonyground
- Y
- harvest_religiondatayear
- 2010
- harvest_internetctrycode
- .np
- harvest_worldfactbookurl
- https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nepal
- harvest_source
- pjj
- harvest_editname
- BM
- harvest_editdate
- 09/12/02 00:00:00