Nepalis

For information on the population of Nepal, see Demographics of Nepal.

Nepali people, Nepalese, Nepali
नेपाली
Map of the Nepalese Citizens around the World residing for work or study
Total population
c. 35,127,998 [citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
   Nepal 29 million (2021 Census)[1]
 India2,926,168 (2011 Census)[2]
 Malaysia700,000 (estimated)[citation needed]
 Myanmar405,069[citation needed]
 Qatar406,917[3]
 Saudi Arabia334,451[3]
 United States223,930 (2023)[4]
 Japan206,898 (2024)[5]
 United Kingdom164,000 (2018)[6]
 Australia131,830 (2020)[7]
 United Arab Emirates224,905[3]
 Kuwait71,193[3]
 South Korea60,000 (2017)[8]
 Hong Kong25,472[3]
 Canada21,975 (2021)
 Singapore7,000[3]
 Oman17,057[3]
 Mexico16,500[citation needed]
 Bhutan150,000[citation needed]
 Pakistan12,850[citation needed]
 Sri Lanka5,000[citation needed]
Languages
Nepali, Newar, Maithili, Magar, Tamang, Tharu, Gurung, Limbu, Rai, Sherpa, Doteli, Bhojpuri, Awadhi, Hindi, Urdu, Magahi, Bajjika, Angika, and other languages
Religion
Hinduism (majority), Buddhism, Kirant, Prakriti, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism, Baháʼí Faith
Related ethnic groups
Nepali diaspora and Madhesis

Nepali (also Nepalese; Nepali: नेपाली) are the citizens of Nepal under Nepali nationality law. The term Nepali usually refers to the nationality, that is, to people with citizenship of Nepal, while the people without Nepalese citizenship but with roots in Nepal are strictly referred to as Nepali-language Speaking Foreigners (Nepali: नेपाली भाषी विदेशी) who are speakers of Nepali or any of the other 128 Nepali languages but are now foreign citizens or of foreign nationality bearing passports and citizenship of the foreign nation. It is also not generally used to refer to non-citizen residents, dual citizens, and expatriates.[9]

Nepal is a multicultural and multi ethnic country. Bagmati province, is the most densely populated, with almost 20.97 percent of the Nepali's population.[10][11]

  1. ^ National Statistics Office (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021, Caste/Ethnicity Report. Government of Nepal (Report).
  2. ^ Thapa, Deepak (28 January 2018). "Counting heads". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Migration in Nepal: A Country Profile 2019". International Organization for Migration. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. ^ "US Census Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  5. ^ 令和６年６月末現在における在留外国人数について
  6. ^ "Table 1.3: Overseas-born population in the United Kingdom, excluding some residents in communal establishments, by sex, by country of birth, January 2018 to December 2018". Office for National Statistics. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020. Figure given is the central estimate. See the source for 95% confidence intervals.
  7. ^ "Migration, Australia Statistics onAustralia's international migration". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  8. ^ "All empty everywhere: Nepali workers describe life in South Korea under Covid-19". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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  10. ^ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Nepalese peoples and nationality law". The World Factbook. CIA. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.