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Central Bureau of Statistics has released some statistics from the 2011 national census.

Total Population: 26,620,809
Total male population: 12,927,431
Total female population: 13,693,378
Absentee population: 1,917,903 total number of Nepalis outside Nepal (was 762,000 in 2001)
Sex ratio: 94.41 males for 100 females (was 99.8 in 2001)

Annual population growth rate: 1.4 percent (was 2.25 percent in 2001 census)
Highest growing district: Kathmandu with 60.93 percent growth since 2001
Lowest growing district: Manang with 31.92 percent reduction since 2001

Population living in the Terai (plains): 50.15 percent
Population living in the Hills: 43.1 percent
Population living in the Mountains: 6.75 percent
Population living in urban areas: 17 percent (4.5 million people)
Population living in rural areas: 83 percent

Population density: 181 per square kilometer
Least dense district: Manang (3 per square kilometer)
Most dense district: Kathmandu (4408 per square kilometer)

Development region with largest population: Central region with 36.5 percent
Development region with smallest population: Far-western region with 9.6 percent


Average size of a household: 4.7 (was 5.44 in 2001)
District with largest HH size: Rautahat with 6.33
District with smallest HH size: Kathmandu with 3.71

MOST POPULATED DISTRICTS
Kathmandu: 1,740,977
Morang: 964,709
Rupandehi: 886,706
Jhapa: 810,636
Kailali: 770,279

LEAST POPULATED DISTRICTS
Manang: 6,527
Mustang: 13,799
Dolpa: 36,701
Rasuwa: 43,798
Humla: 51,008

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