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Boudhanath stupa Kathmandu, Nepal
Nepal flag
2,085,580
Records
13
Datasets
392
Tables
13
Sources
1,290
SEL Fields
58
CCL Fields
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📋 Most recent national census: 2021. Included in HERA.
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Datasets (13)
SEL — DGIWG Statistical Extent Location SEL+ — Platform extension (not in DGIWG core spec) CCL — DGIWG Cultural Context Location Extension — Preserved in extension tables (not in core SEL/CCL schema) Pending — Awaiting mapping

3 further sources (Ethnic Power Relations Dataset, GI-TOC / ENACT, Global Data Lab) are held but not offered: their licences do not permit commercial redistribution. HERA cites their published findings with attribution and can supply the data to organisations holding their own licence — ask us.

NPL National Statistics Office (NSO), Nepal NPL-NSO_NPHC2021 Census
2,084,494 rows · 355 tables · 2021 National Statistics Office (NSO), Nepal 0 1 2 3 1,125 SEL ▶
NPL World Bank Open Data NPL-WORLD_BANK Development Indicators
198 rows · 3 tables · 2024 World Bank Open Data 0 1 2 3 19 SEL 4 ext ▶
NPL Glottolog Language Catalog NPL-GLOTTOLOG Language
129 rows · 1 table · 2024 Glottolog Language Catalog 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 4 ext ▶
NPL UNHCR Refugee Data Finder NPL-UNHCR Migration
94 rows · 2 tables · 2025 UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 36 ext ▶
NPL NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) NPL-NGA_GNS Language
92 rows · 3 tables · 2026 NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) 0 1 2 3 5 SEL 12 CCL 33 ext ▶
NPL HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) NPL-COD_PS Census Derived Population
85 rows · 3 tables · 2023 HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) 0 1 2 3 15 SEL ▶
NPL USAID DHS Program NPL-DHS Health Surveys
85 rows · 2 tables · 2022 USAID DHS Program 0 1 2 3 6 SEL 3 CCL 10 ext ▶
NPL HDX Subnational Population NPL-HDX-SUBNATIONAL-POP Population
54 rows · 1 table · 2024 OCHA HDX Humanitarian Data Exchange 0 1 2 3 ▶
NPL LandScan Global (ORNL) NPL-LANDSCAN Modeled Population
30 rows · 3 tables · 2024 LandScan Global (ORNL) 0 1 2 3 Locality 21 SEL 2 ext ▶
NPL GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) NPL-GHSL_UCDB Modeled Population
22 rows · 1 table · 2025 GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) 0 1 2 3 Locality 3 SEL 7 ext ▶
NPL OpenFactBook NPL-OPENFACTBOOK Country Profile
15 rows · 15 tables · 2024 OpenFactBook 0 1 2 3 94 SEL 4 CCL 586 ext ▶
NPL D-PLACE NPL-DPLACE Ethnographic Societies
2 rows · 2 tables · 2024 D-PLACE 0 1 2 3 2 SEL 15 CCL 55 ext ▶
NPL INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) NPL-INFORM Risk Index
1 row · 1 table · 2026 INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) 0 1 2 3 ▶
Toponymic Footprint 101,855 place names from NGA GNS

Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge. Counts include variant and foreign-language renderings of the same place, so a language can rank high because outside sources record names in it rather than because it is spoken locally — and a widely spoken language can be almost absent where official naming is in another language.

LanguagePlace names Share*Script
Nepali (nep) 92,858 99.6% Devanagari (Nagari)
English (eng) 352 0.4% —
+ 5 further languages (32 names, each under 0.05%)

92,508 distinct features · 7 languages · 3 scripts · 13 names in non-Roman script · 2 conventional English names
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server (public domain) · rebuilt Fri, 14 Aug 2026.
* Shares are of the 93,242 names that carry a language code; the remaining 8,613 of 101,855 are unattributed, so these percentages do not divide into the headline count. Names follow the US/BGN convention.

Data Sources (13)

The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.

SourceTypeAccess
National Statistics Office (NSO), Nepal official_nso bulk_download
HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) international_organization bulk_download
OCHA HDX Humanitarian Data Exchange (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) international_organization bulk_download
D-PLACE (Database of Places, Language, Culture & Environment) academic bulk_download
World Bank Open Data international_organization api
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) international_organization api
USAID DHS Program (US Agency for International Development · Demographic and Health Surveys) international_organization api
Glottolog Language Catalog academic bulk_download
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) official_government bulk_download
INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) international_organization api
LandScan Global (ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory) research_institution earth_engine
GHS Urban Centre Database (Global Human Settlement · EU Joint Research Centre) international_organization bulk_download
OpenFactBook community_compilation bulk_download

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