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Islam in Nepal
Summary
Islam (नेपाली मुसलमान) is the third largest religion in Nepal. According to the 2021 Nepal census, approximately 1.483 million Muslims, comprising 5.09% of the population, live in Nepal.
Nepalese Muslims
According to the 2021 Nepal census, there are around 1.483 million Muslims in Nepal. Almost all of them live in Terai Region. 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.
The Muslim population was 1,483,060 as per Nepal 2021 Official census which make up 5.09% of Nepal's population. The Muslim population increased from 4.39% in 2011 to 5.09% in 2021.
Decadal percentage of Muslims in Nepal
Islam is the fastest-growing religion in Nepal. By 2050 Pew Research Center have estimated that Nepal will have 3.34 million Muslims and will constitute roughly around 7% of the country's population, thus surpassing Buddhism which is currently the 2nd largest Religion in Nepal as of 2021 Nepal census reports.
Islam is rising fast in bordering areas of Nepal. As per as reports, there are 1,047 villages close to Nepal border, out of which in 116 villages have become Muslim-majority. The Muslim population rose by up to 50 percent in the last 10 years. Also in addition, there are 303 villages where Muslim population rose by 30 to 50 percent. The report says, in the last four years, there has been 25 percent rise in the number of mosques and madrasas in those bordering districts of Nepal specially in Terai Region. The number of mosques and madrasas was 1,349 in 2011, but it has increased to 1,688 in 2021 respectively.
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