Editing Demographics of Nepal (section)

==Migration==
=== Emigration ===
[[File:Gurkha IOC 1.jpg|thumb|right| [[Gurkha]]s of [[Nepal]].]]
{{Main|Non-Resident Nepali}}
=== Nepali in the United Kingdom ===
{{Main|Nepalese British}}
In the 2001 census, approximately 6,000 Nepali were living in the UK.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Soldiers, Migrants, and Citizens – Nepalese in Britain|last=Jessica|first=Sims|publisher=Runnymede|year=2008|isbn=978-1-906732-09-7|pages=1}}</ref> According to latest figure from [[Office for National Statistics]] estimates that 51,000 Nepal-born people are currently resident in the UK.<ref name="ONS">{{cite web | url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-222711 | title=Population by Country of birth and nationality Jan10-Dec10 | publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] | date=September 2011 | access-date=17 September 2010 | archive-date=11 September 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911154106/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-222711 | url-status=live }}</ref> There has been increasing interest in the opportunities offered in the UK by the Nepali, especially education. Between the years of 2001 to 2006, there were 7,500 applications for student visas.<ref name=":1" />

=== Nepali in Hong Kong ===
{{Main|South Asians in Hong Kong}}
The Nepali people residing in Hong Kong are primarily made up of children of ex-[[Gurkha]]s; born in Hong Kong during their parents' service with the [[British Army]]'s [[Brigade of Gurkhas]], which was based in Hong Kong from the 1970s until the [[Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong|handover]]. Large groups of Nepali people can be found in [[Shek Kong]] and [[Yuen Long District]] off of the main bases of the British army. Many ex-Gurkhas remained in Hong Kong after the end of their service under the sponsorship of their Hong Kong-born children, who held [[Right of abode issue, Hong Kong|right of abode]].

Nepali of middle age or older generations in Hong Kong are predominantly found in [[security]], while those of younger generations are predominantly found in the business industry.

Mostly the people from [[Kirati]] [[ethnic groups]] such as [[Rai (ethnic group)|Rai]] and [[Limbu people|Limbu]] are the ones residing in [[Hong Kong]] and other neighbouring nations such as [[Singapore]] and [[Japan]].

=== Nepali overseas ===
Nepali migrants abroad have suffered tremendous hardships, including some 7,500 deaths in the [[Middle East]] and [[Malaysia]] alone since the year 2000, some 3,500 in [[Saudi Arabia]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Sedhai |first=Roshan |date=2014-01-07 |title='Natural deaths' raise doubts |url=http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/01/07/top-story/natural-deaths-raise-doubts/383506.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626125754/http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/01/07/top-story/natural-deaths-raise-doubts/383506.html |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |work=ekantipur.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Overseas Nepali population
! Country || Population<br />(thousands)
|-
| [[India]]<ref>{{cite web
| title=About India Nepal Relations
| url=https://www.indembkathmandu.gov.in/page/about-india-nepal-relations/#:~:text=Nearly%208%20million%20Nepalese%20citizens%20live%20and%20work%20in%20India.&text=There%20are%20regular%20exchanges%20of,interactions%20between%20India%20and%20Nepal.
| access-date=7 September 2022
| archive-date=12 September 2019
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912101420/http://www.indembkathmandu.gov.in/page/about-india-nepal-relations/#:~:text=Nearly%208%20million%20Nepalese%20citizens%20live%20and%20work%20in%20India.&text=There%20are%20regular%20exchanges%20of,interactions%20between%20India%20and%20Nepal.
| url-status=live
}}</ref> ||  align=right | 720
|-
| [[Nepalis in the United Arab Emirates#Nepali|United Arab Emirates]] || align=right | 400
|-
| [[Nepalis in Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saudi Arabia 2022 Census |url=https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/AR_20230514_GASTAT_Population_Report%204.06.12%20PM%202.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240428202653/https://portal.saudicensus.sa/static-assets/media/content/AR_20230514_GASTAT_Population_Report%204.06.12%20PM%202.pdf?crafterSite=gastat-portal |archive-date=2024-04-28 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia}}</ref> || align=right | 297 
|-
| [[Nepalese Australians|Australia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/log?openagent&34120do005_201819.xls&3412.0&Data%20Cubes&B95CDCBDF3B53509CA25855700002DC2&0&2018-19&28.04.2020&Latest |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=28 April 2020 |archive-date=2 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702055137/https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/migration-australia/latest-release |url-status=live }}</ref> || align=right | 219
|-
| [[Nepalese Americans|United States]]<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Chinese, Except Taiwanese, Was The Largest Asian Alone or in Any Combination Group; Nepalese Population Grew Fastest |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/09/2020-census-dhc-a-asian-population.html |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Census.gov |archive-date=22 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422080352/https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2023/09/2020-census-dhc-a-asian-population.html |url-status=live }}</ref> || align=right | 205
|-
| [[Nepalis in Qatar|Qatar]]<ref name="bqdoha.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.bqdoha.com/2013/12/population-qatar|title=Qatar's population – by nationality|work=bq Magazine|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423020356/http://www.bqdoha.com/2013/12/population-qatar|archive-date=23 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ||  align=right | 200
|-
| [[Nepalis in Japan|Japan]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/publications/press/13_00036.html |title=令和５年６月末現在における在留外国人数について |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-date=9 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109111757/https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/publications/press/13_00036.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  || align=right | 156
|-
| [[Nepalis in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]<ref name="ONS" /> || align=right | 62
|-
| [[Iraq]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10795646|title=Nepal government lifts Iraq working ban|work=BBC News|date=28 July 2010|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=31 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031132938/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10795646|url-status=live}}</ref> || align=right | 30
|-
| [[Nepalis in South Korea|South Korea]] || align=right | 22
|-
| [[Nepalis in Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] || align=right | 16
|-
| [[Nepalese Canadians|Canada]]<ref name="Nepalese Canadians">{{cite web |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110558&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |author=[[Statistics Canada]] |title=Data tables, 2016 Census |access-date=10 March 2019 |archive-date=13 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713152332/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?TABID=2&LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110558&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=120&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF= |url-status=live }}</ref> || align=right | 14
|-
| [[Malaysia]]  || align=right | 6
|-
| [[Nepalis in Singapore|Singapore]] || align=right | 4
|-
| [[Nepalis in China|China]] || align=right | 3.5
|- style="background:#f0f0f0;"
!Approx. total!! align=right | 2,355
|}

=== Immigration ===
[[File:Foreing population in Nepal 2001.png|thumb|Foreign population in Nepal as per census of 2001]]
According to the 2001 census, there were 116,571 foreign born citizens in Nepal; 90% of them were of Indian origin followed by Bhutan, Pakistan and China.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Subedi|first1=Bhim Prasad|title=The Issue of Foreign Born Population in Nepal: A Short Essay in Honor of Dr. Harka Gurung|journal=The Himalayan Review|date=2007|volume=38|pages=23–34|url=http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/HR/article/view/2015|access-date=6 August 2017|archive-date=7 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807020819/http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/HR/article/view/2015|url-status=live}}</ref> This number does not include the refugees from Bhutan and Tibet, nor does it include 4 million indian immigrants who were given Nepali citizenship in 2008 after the promulgation of the New Constitution of Nepal.