Official Languages

Nepali

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.

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Nepal

Peoples

Largest first.

PeoplePopulationLanguageReligion
Chhetri4818000 NepaliHinduism
Brahmin Hill3528000 NepaliHinduism
Magar2071000 NepaliHinduism
Tharu unspecified1906000 Tharu, DangauraHinduism
Tamang1681000 Tamang, EasternBuddhism
Newah1450000 NewarHinduism
Kami1379000 NepaliHinduism
Yadav (Hindu traditions)1157000 MaithiliHinduism
Shaikh897000 UrduIslam
Rai679000 NepaliOther / Small
Gurung Ghaleg576000 GurungBuddhism
Darjee517000 NepaliHinduism
Thakuri466000 NepaliHinduism
Yakthumba, Limbu425000 LimbuOther / Small
Sarki412000 NepaliHinduism
Teli (Hindu traditions)405000 MaithiliHinduism
Chamar (Hindu traditions)354000 MaithiliHinduism
Koiri (Hindu traditions)336000 MaithiliHinduism
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)268000 NepaliHinduism
Musahar (Hindu traditions)257000 MaithiliHinduism
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)253000 BhojpuriHinduism
Dhanuk241000 MaithiliHinduism
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)229000 MaithiliHinduism
Tharu Rana228000 Tharu, DangauraHinduism
Mallah (Hindu traditions)190000 MaithiliHinduism
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)169000 MaithiliHinduism
Bania unspecified154000 MaithiliHinduism
Kandu141000 BhojpuriHinduism
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)139000 MaithiliHinduism
Kumal132000 NepaliHinduism
Gharti130000 NepaliHinduism
Nai (Hindu traditions)130000 MaithiliHinduism
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)126000 RajbanshiHinduism
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)123000 MaithiliHinduism
Sherpa121000 SherpaBuddhism
Tanti (Hindu traditions)115000 MaithiliHinduism
Brahmin Terai114000 MaithiliHinduism
Lohar (Hindu traditions)113000 MaithiliHinduism
Khatwa112000 MaithiliHinduism
Sunri (Hindu traditions)102000 MaithiliHinduism
Majhi92000 NepaliHinduism
Halwai (Hindu traditions)92000 MaithiliHinduism
Danuwar Rai92000 DanuwarHinduism
Yadav Gaoli89000 MaithiliHinduism
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)88000 MaithiliHinduism
Bind80000 MaithiliHinduism
Lunia (Hindu traditions)76000 MaithiliHinduism
Chepang, Tsepang75000 ChepangHinduism
Sayyid73000 UrduIslam
Sonar (Hindu traditions)72000 MaithiliHinduism

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
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix
du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix
in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix
di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix
-
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix
i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix
no
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix
B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix
en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix
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