District · Bagmati Province
Kathmandu District
11 local governments · P-code
NP0327- Population
- 2.2M
- 2023 projection · UNFPA
- Area
- 414
- km²
- Density
- 5,276
- people per km²
- Share of Bagmati
- 33.6%
- by population
- Share of Nepal
- 7.06%
- by population
Population
2023 projection from UNFPA. Nepal's most recent census was 2021.
Total
2,181,575
Female
1,068,206
49.0%
Male
1,113,369
51.0%
Age and sex structure
Five-year age bands. Both sides share one scale, so bar lengths are directly comparable.
FemaleMale2023 · hover a band for exact counts
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| Age | Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80+ | 10,932 | 8,212 | 19,144 |
| 75-79 | 10,939 | 8,783 | 19,722 |
| 70-74 | 14,287 | 12,901 | 27,188 |
| 65-69 | 21,786 | 20,334 | 42,120 |
| 60-64 | 30,633 | 28,197 | 58,830 |
| 55-59 | 41,461 | 37,342 | 78,803 |
| 50-54 | 53,650 | 51,049 | 104,699 |
| 45-49 | 68,377 | 66,563 | 134,940 |
| 40-44 | 83,216 | 71,005 | 154,221 |
| 35-39 | 95,425 | 87,972 | 183,397 |
| 30-34 | 120,735 | 121,937 | 242,672 |
| 25-29 | 128,341 | 144,052 | 272,393 |
| 20-24 | 114,331 | 135,785 | 250,116 |
| 15-19 | 87,946 | 106,150 | 194,096 |
| 10-14 | 65,654 | 77,278 | 142,932 |
| 5-9 | 61,903 | 71,678 | 133,581 |
| 0-4 | 58,590 | 64,131 | 122,721 |
Local governments
11 in this district. Population at this level is not published by the source used here, which stops at district.
Metropolitan city · 1
- Kathmandu · काठमाडौँ
Municipality · 10
- Budhanilkhantha
- Chandragiri · चन्द्रागिरी नगरपालिका
- Dakshinkali · दक्षिणकाली
- Gokarneshwor · गोकर्णेश्वर नगरपालिका
- Kageshwori Manahara
- Kirtipur · कीर्तिपुर नगरपालिका
- Nagarjun · नागार्जुन नगरपालिका
- Shankharapur
- Tarakeshwor · तारकेश्वर नगरपालिका
- Tokha · टोखा नगरपालिका
Sources & methodology
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2024) · United Nations Population Fund (2023) · Wikidata (2026) · World Bank (1960-2024)
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