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Nepalis
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Also known as nepalese (People)

Nepalis () or Nepalese are the permanent citizens of Nepal under Nepali nationality law. The term Nepali strictly refers to nationality, meaning people holding citizenship of Nepal. Conversely, people without Nepalese citizenship but with roots in Nepal (such as Nepalese Australians), who speak Nepali or any of the other 128 Nepali languages but hold foreign citizenship, are referred to as Nepali-language Speaking Foreigners (). The term Nepali is also not generally used to refer to non-citizen residents, dual citizens, or expatriates.

Key facts

Ethnic group.group
Nepalis
Ethnic group.native_name
नेपाली
Ethnic group.native_name_lang
ne, new
Ethnic group.image
Map of the Nepali Diaspora in the World.svg
Ethnic group.image_caption
Map of the Nepalese Citizens around the World residing for work or study
Ethnic group.popplace
29 million (2021 Census)
Ethnic group.pop1
600,000–700,000
Ethnic group.pop2
700,000 (2016)
Ethnic group.pop3
406,917
Ethnic group.pop4
405,069
Ethnic group.pop5
334,451
Ethnic group.pop6
273,229 (2025)
Ethnic group.pop7
224,905
Ethnic group.pop8
223,930 (2023)
Ethnic group.pop9
164,000
Ethnic group.ref9
(2018)
Ethnic group.pop10
131,830
Ethnic group.ref10
(2020)

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human population
Citizenship
Nepal
Languages spoken
Urdu
Country
Nepal
Population
29000000
Image
Nepalese Children in Tadapani, Ghandruk-Nepal-4428.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Nepalese people
Commons category
People of Nepal
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Nepalese diaspora
  • Province division of Nepal
  • See also
  • References

Nepalis () or Nepalese are the permanent citizens of Nepal under Nepali nationality law. The term Nepali strictly refers to nationality, meaning people holding citizenship of Nepal. Conversely, people without Nepalese citizenship but with roots in Nepal (such as Nepalese Australians), who speak Nepali or any of the other 128 Nepali languages but hold foreign citizenship, are referred to as Nepali-language Speaking Foreigners (). The term Nepali is also not generally used to refer to non-citizen residents, dual citizens, or expatriates.

Nepal is a multicultural and multi-ethnic country. Bagmati Province is the most densely populated province, holding approximately 20.97 percent of Nepal's population.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nepalis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.