Nepal vs Upper middle income: Population, female
Nepal
52.3%
in 2025
Upper middle income
49.8%
in 2025
Nepal rank
24th
Upper middle income rank
24th
Population, female over time
- Nepal
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 52.3% against 49.8% in Upper middle income, a difference of 2.5%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nepal ahead.
Nepal ranks 24th and Upper middle income ranks 24th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nepal averaged higher in 4 and Upper middle income in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49.7% | 49.6% | 0.1% | Nepal |
| 1970s | 49.4% | 49.7% | 0.3% | Upper middle income |
| 1980s | 49.2% | 49.7% | 0.5% | Upper middle income |
| 1990s | 49.3% | 49.7% | 0.3% | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 50.2% | 49.7% | 0.5% | Nepal |
| 2010s | 51.7% | 49.7% | 2.0% | Nepal |
| 2020s | 51.9% | 49.8% | 2.1% | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population, female, Nepal or Upper middle income?
- Nepal, at 52.3% against 49.8% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population, female between Nepal and Upper middle income?
- 2.5%, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Upper middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Nepal and Upper middle income rank globally for population, female?
- Nepal ranks 24th and Upper middle income ranks 24th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Population, female (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.