Table -1: Population by Religion and sex, NPHC 2021

Religion Total Percentage Male Female

Total 29164578 100 14253551 14911027
Hindu 23677744 81.19 11587529 12090215
Bouddha 2393549 8.21 1159790 1233759
Islam 1483066 5.09 732006 751060
Kirat 924204 3.17 451193 473011
Christian 512313 1.76 240206 272107
Prakriti 102048 0.35 48527 53521
Bon 67223 0.23 31968 35255
Jain 2398 0.01 1239 1159
Bahai 537 0.00 234 303
Sikha 1496 0.01 859 637
 Religion
Total
Population Hindu Bouddha Islam Kirat Christian Prakriti Bon Jain Bahai Sikha
Proviences
Koshi 4961412 3343183 433264 208311 835486 115253 22417 2153 1027 194 124
Madesh 6116866 4406030 1362392 48405 81687 201794 9780 5675 771 34 298
Bagmati 2466427 2027990 284642 22361 2968 58315 16635 53405 39 25 47
Gandaki 5122078 4525623 102098 381558 619 59056 47118 4999 59 92 856
Lumbini 1688412 1598437 53292 3570 95 29457 3009 534 7 8 3
karnali 2694783 2625476 22536 6983 250 37540 1540 194 30 180 54
NEPAL 29164578 23677744 2393549 1483066 924204 512313 102048 67223 2398 537 1496