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Nepal
Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Global rank#145out of 153 countries
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Historical trend

33.526.519.612.65.7196019932025Nepal · 2025: 8Nepal

Analytical takeaways

  • Nepal records 8 for Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in 2025, ranking #145 globally out of 153 countries.
  • Population in the largest city (% of urban population) declined from 33 in 1960 to 8 in 2025, a decrease of 25.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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