demography

Nepal census undercounted 800k

The country’s population is on the move, and the 2021 census missed out on a whole lot of them

Shristi Karki

Nepal’s demographic dividend

A year-and-half after the Nepal’s 2021 National Population and Housing Census was conducted, the final results were finally published on 24 March....

Shristi Karki

Arithmetics of demography

While the world’s population of 8 billion is continuing to increase and projected to reach 9 billion by 2037 and 10 billion...

Nepalis moving from mountains to plains

On 27 January, Nepal’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published the preliminary report of the 2021 census, ten years after the last...

Shristi Karki

Nepal to conduct census amidst Covid-19 surge

Nepal is being engulfed by a second Covid-19 wave, but that has not deterred the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) as it...

Shristi Karki

Back to the future in Nepal

For Nepalis who migrated to New South Wales, it must feel like going from the frying pan into the fire

Anil Chitrakar

Nepal in the 2020s

Nepal is stepping up preparations for its 10-year census in 2021, which is slated to be the most hitech in history and...

Caring for those who cared

As a married, working woman with a child, it was impossible for Jasmine Bajracharya to take days off to care for her...

The insect that changed Nepal’s history

since 1900, who has most significantly changed the flow of events? Many people would point to influential political actors like Chandra Shumshere...

Migrating males and population decline

Nepal’s fertility rate is going down even though contraceptive use has not increasedSita Yonjan, 21, has a two-year-old daughter, and recently stopped...