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e. Ageing population in Nepal
Table 1: Elderly population in Nepal
Age Group Census year
2018B.S. 2028B.S. 2038 B.S. 2048 B.S. 2058 B.S. 2068 B.S.
60 years and above 5.19% 5.62% 5.74% 5.81% 6.5% 8.13%

Source: CBS 2068 B.S.
The above table shows elderly population in Nepal in different census years. There were
5.19% old people in 2018 B.S. in Nepal which reached 5.81% in next 30 years time in 2048 B.S.
In the recent years, there is rapid increase in number of old people in Nepal. It has reached
8.13% in 2068 B.S and nearly 2% more that in 2058 B.S. There has been improvement in
health sector, availability of medicines, control over communicable diseases, reduction in
death rate, increase of life expectancy and increase of heath awareness in Nepal. Hence,
there is continuous increase in number of old people in Nepal.
We can study about life expectancy of people in Nepal from the following table:
Table :2 Life expectancy at birth in years

Census year
Life expectancy at 2018B.S. 2028B.S. 2038 B.S. 2048 B.S. 2058 B.S. 2068 B.S.
birth in years
31 37 45 54.4 60.7 68
Source: CBS 2068 B.S.
The above table shows life expectancy of people in Nepal in different census years. We
can see that people had quite less life expectancy in 2018 and 2028 B.S. which was slightly
increased to 45 years in 2038 B.S . Though the health services were available at that time
but they were inadequate and death rate was high as well. In 2068 B.S., life expectancy
of people in Nepal was 68 years which was more than double in comparison to 2018 B.S.
According to WHO data published in 2015 A.D., life expectancy of male in Nepal is 67.7
years and that of female is 70.8yrs and total life expectancy is 69.2 yrs.

Life expectancy is related with the living standard of people. We can have comparative
study on life expectancy of people in Nepal among people in SAARC countries. The
following table shows life expectancy of people in SAARC countries:
Table 3: Life Expectancy of people in SAARC countries
S.N. Country Female Male Average
1. Afghanishtan 49 48 49
2. Bangladesh 69 68 69
3. Bhutan 69 68 69
4. India 67 64 65
5. Maldives 74 73 74
6. Nepal 69 68 68
7. Pakistan 66 64 65
8. Srilanka 78 72 75
Source: World Population Data Sheet, 2012
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