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Nepal: cities by population

Nepal has a population of 28,087,871, with Kathmandu as its capital. The 50 largest of its 66 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Kathmandu	Bagmati Province	1,442,271
2	Pokhara	Gandaki Pradesh	600,051
3	Bharatpur	Bagmati Province	369,377
4	Pātan	Bagmati Province	299,283
5	Birgañj	Madhesh	268,273
6	Biratnagar	Koshi	244,750
7	Dhangaḍhi̇̄	Sudurpashchim Pradesh	204,788
8	Hetauda	Bagmati Province	195,951
9	Janakpur	Madhesh	195,438
10	Butwāl	Lumbini Province	195,054
11	Dharān	Koshi	173,096
12	Nepalgunj	Lumbini Province	166,258
13	Birendranagar	Karnali Pradesh	154,886
14	Madhyapur Thimi	Bagmati Province	119,955
15	Lahān	Madhesh	102,955
16	Bhimdatta	Sudurpashchim Pradesh	88,381
17	Triyuga	Koshi	71,405
18	Inaruwa	Koshi	70,093
19	Rājbirāj	Madhesh	69,803
20	Banepā	Bagmati Province	67,629
21	Siddharthanagar	Lumbini Province	63,367
22	Gulariyā	Lumbini Province	53,107
23	Chautārā	Bagmati Province	51,347
24	Īṭahari̇̄	Koshi	47,984
25	Panauti	Bagmati Province	46,595
26	Ṭikāpur	Sudurpashchim Pradesh	44,758
27	Ki̇̄rtipur	Bagmati Province	44,632
28	Chari̇̄koṭ	Bagmati Province	40,000
29	Tulsi̇̄pur	Lumbini Province	39,058
30	Dipayal	Sudurpashchim Pradesh	33,968
31	Panauti̇̄	Bagmati Province	27,602
32	Gaur	Madhesh	27,325
33	Siraha	Madhesh	24,657
34	Tānsen	Lumbini Province	23,693
35	Jaleshwar	Madhesh	23,573
36	Bāgluṅ	Gandaki Pradesh	23,296
37	Khā̃dbāri̇̄	Koshi	22,903
38	Dhankutā	Koshi	22,084
39	Wāliṅ	Gandaki Pradesh	21,867
40	Dailekh	Karnali Pradesh	20,908
41	Malaṅgawā	Madhesh	20,284
42	Bhadrapur	Koshi	19,523
43	Amargaḍhi̇̄	Sudurpashchim Pradesh	19,014
44	Dārchulā	Sudurpashchim Pradesh	18,317
45	Ilām	Koshi	17,491
46	Dhulikhel	Bagmati Province	16,263
47	Chapali̇̄ Bhaḍrakāli̇̄	Bagmati Province	10,827
48	kankrabari Dovan	Bagmati Province	10,000
49	Jumla	Karnali Pradesh	9,073
50	Lobuche	Koshi	8,767

Twenty years earlier: Nepal in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 24,947,198.