KATHMANDU: Nepal’s population has reached 29,164,578, the Central Bureau of Statistics has said.

In the final and detailed report of the 12th Census 2078 BS published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, the population of Nepal is 291 million 64 thousand 578 of which 142 lakh 53 thousand 551 (48.98 percent) are males and 149 lakh 11 thousand 27 (51.02 percent) are females.

The number of other genders is 2,928. This is 0.001 percent of the total population.

Earlier, on January 26, 2022, the Bureay published a preliminary report that the population of Nepal is 20 million 91 lakh 92 thousand 480.