Population, total

Indicator id: population_total · Unit: people · Coverage: 1960-2024

Total resident population, counting all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship (World Bank de facto definition; midyear estimate).

Sources

• World Bank (preferred) -- dataset WDI, code SP.POP.TOTL (https://data.worldbank.org)

Caveats

Midyear de facto estimate; census years (Nepal: 2011, 2021) are the most reliable points, interpolated/extrapolated between them.

Taxonomy

SDG: SDG 17.18 -- Increase availability of high-quality, disaggregated data
Topic: Health

Also known as

"population", "how many people live in", "total population", "headcount", "how many people"

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