Islam in Nepal
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Islam (Nepali: नेपाली मुसलमान) is the third largest religion in Nepal.[1] According to the 2011 Nepal census, approximately 1.164 million Muslims, comprising 4.2% of the population, live in Nepal.[2]
Demographics[]
According to the 2011 Nepal census, there are around 1.164 million Muslims in Nepal. Almost all of them live in Terai Region.[3] Districts with large Muslim concentrations are: Rautahat, Banke, Kapilvastu, Parsa, Mahottari, Bara, and Sunsari. There are only 21,866 Muslims in the capital city of Kathmandu (1.25% of the total population).
Ahmadis maintain a small presence in Nepal.[4]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1952/54 | 209,718 | — |
| 1961 | 280,507 | +33.8% |
| 1971 | 351,301 | +25.2% |
| 1981 | 399,607 | +13.8% |
| 1991 | 652,735 | +63.3% |
| 2001 | 972,359 | +49.0% |
| 2011 | 1,000,000 | +2.8% |
| Source: Nepal Censuses | ||
The muslim population of Nepal as an estimation research by Pew Research Center is around 1 million, (3.8% of the country's population) as of the year 2020.[7]
Decadal percentage of Muslims in Nepal[8]
| Year | Percent | Increase |
|---|---|---|
| 1952/54 | 2.54% | - |
| 1961 | 2.98% | +0.44% |
| 1971 | 3.04% | +0.06% |
| 1981 | 2.66% | -0.38% |
| 1991 | 3.53% | +0.87% |
| 2001 | 4.20% | +0.67% |
| 2011 | 4.39% | +0.19% |
See also[]
- Nepali Muslims
- Islam in South Asia
- List of mosques in Nepal
References[]
- ^ Statistical Yearbook of Nepal - 2013. Kathmandu: Central Bureau of Statistics. 2013. p. 23. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ Government of Nepal. National Planning Commission, National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF), Kathmandu
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Sijapati, Megan Adamson (2011). Islamic Revival in Nepal: Religion and a New Nation. London and New York: Rouledge.
- ^ "Population Monograph of Nepal Volume II (Social Demography)" (PDF).
- ^ https://unstats.un.org › docsPDF NATIONAL POPULATION CENSUS OF NEPAL:
- ^ http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/nepal/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=16&affiliations_year=2020
- ^ "Population Monograph of Nepal Volume II (Social Demography)" (PDF).
External links[]
- Haque, Md. Mozammil. "Islam in Nepal". Wordpress. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
- Sharma, Sudhindra (May 1995). "How the crescent fares in Nepal". Himal. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
- Sijapati, Megan Adamson. Islamic Revival in Nepal: Religion and a New Nation. New York and London, Routledge Press, 2011. South Asia edition, Delhi 2013.
- Siddique, Muhammad (2001). "Muslim Population in the Kingdom of Nepal: Some Outstanding Features" (PDF). Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs. 21 (2): 333–345. doi:10.1080/1360200120092897. S2CID 143442959. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
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