| TABLE 20 : POPULATION BY RELIGION, SEX AND AGE GROUP | |||||||||
| AREA SEX & | TOTAL | R E L I G I O N | |||||||
| AGE GROUP | HINDU | BOUDDHA | ISLAM | JAIN | CHRISTIAN | KIRATI | OTHERS | NOT STATED | |
| NEPAL | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 18491097 | 15996953 | 1439142 | 653218 | 7561 | 31280 | 318389 | 26416 | 18138 |
| 00 - 04 YEARS | 2707352 | 2340122 | 201261 | 107136 | 804 | 5669 | 45965 | 3734 | 2661 |
| 05 - 14 YEARS | 5133419 | 4451272 | 388453 | 183957 | 1729 | 8456 | 87855 | 7015 | 4682 |
| 15 - 24 YEARS | 3379290 | 2928531 | 269115 | 106605 | 1288 | 5491 | 59566 | 5073 | 3621 |
| 25 - 34 YEARS | 2528710 | 2185999 | 193524 | 96290 | 1191 | 4140 | 41250 | 3807 | 2509 |
| 35 - 44 YEARS | 1869966 | 1619488 | 141349 | 68842 | 922 | 3187 | 31523 | 2859 | 1796 |
| 45 - 54 YEARS | 1332646 | 1153143 | 107680 | 42922 | 661 | 2120 | 22978 | 1845 | 1297 |
| 55 - 64 YEARS | 897602 | 769696 | 79865 | 27007 | 483 | 1300 | 17127 | 1219 | 905 |
| 65 + YEARS | 639589 | 546481 | 57752 | 20371 | 473 | 895 | 12096 | 855 | 666 |
| NOT STATED | 2523 | 2221 | 143 | 88 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 1 |
| MALE | 9220974 | 7978792 | 708903 | 336435 | 3732 | 15564 | 155041 | 13232 | 9275 |
| 00 - 04 YEARS | 1371225 | 1186506 | 101023 | 54104 | 413 | 2887 | 23049 | 1923 | 1320 |
| 05 - 14 YEARS | 2640068 | 2290028 | 197375 | 97397 | 876 | 4298 | 44171 | 3524 | 2399 |
| 15 - 24 YEARS | 1607314 | 1389559 | 129264 | 52741 | 616 | 2622 | 28212 | 2423 | 1877 |
| 25 - 34 YEARS | 1200607 | 1037049 | 91730 | 47092 | 623 | 1998 | 18910 | 1881 | 1324 |
| 35 - 44 YEARS | 926221 | 802186 | 68192 | 36684 | 472 | 1560 | 14787 | 1414 | 926 |
| 45 - 54 YEARS | 681808 | 591434 | 52720 | 23281 | 321 | 1046 | 11341 | 1010 | 655 |
| 55 - 64 YEARS | 465519 | 400650 | 40095 | 14292 | 198 | 689 | 8520 | 639 | 436 |
| 65 + YEARS | 327259 | 280540 | 28457 | 10811 | 209 | 450 | 6040 | 414 | 338 |
| NOT STATED | 953 | 840 | 47 | 33 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| FEMALE | 9270123 | 8018161 | 730239 | 316783 | 3829 | 15716 | 163348 | 13184 | 8863 |
| 00 - 04 YEARS | 1336127 | 1153616 | 100238 | 53032 | 391 | 2782 | 22916 | 1811 | 1341 |
| 05 - 14 YEARS | 2493351 | 2161244 | 191078 | 86560 | 853 | 4158 | 43684 | 3491 | 2283 |
| 15 - 24 YEARS | 1771976 | 1538972 | 139851 | 53864 | 672 | 2869 | 31354 | 2650 | 1744 |
| 25 - 34 YEARS | 1328103 | 1148950 | 101794 | 49198 | 568 | 2142 | 22340 | 1926 | 1185 |
| 35 - 44 YEARS | 943745 | 817302 | 73157 | 32158 | 450 | 1627 | 16736 | 1445 | 870 |
| 45 - 54 YEARS | 650838 | 561709 | 54960 | 19641 | 340 | 1074 | 11637 | 835 | 642 |
| 55 - 64 YEARS | 432083 | 369046 | 39770 | 12715 | 285 | 611 | 8607 | 580 | 469 |
| 65 + YEARS | 312330 | 265941 | 29295 | 9560 | 264 | 445 | 6056 | 441 | 328 |
| NOT STATED | 1570 | 1381 | 96 | 55 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 |