National Population Policy 2025

Overview

On the occasion of World Population Day 2025, the Government of Nepal today announced the introduction of the New National Population Policy – 2082 BS. The new population policy incorporates lessons learned and reflections from Nepal’s existing strategic frameworks, including the Population Perspective Plan 2010-2031, the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, the Population Policy 2071, and the National Gender Equality Policy 2077. Furthermore, this new policy aligns with Nepal’s long-standing international commitments, notably the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994, and the Beijing Conference in 1995.

Vision: Capable human capital for the social, economic, and cultural transformation of the country.

Goal: To maintain population and sustainable development harmony through the management of demographic resources and dynamics.

Objectives

• To increase the acquisition and utilization of population dividends based on human capital.
• To strengthen a population-sensitive and responsible population management system and maintain harmony between population and development.
• To build an egalitarian society based on inclusion, social justice, and reproductive rights.
• To make population management effective by strengthening institutional capacity and factual systems.

Targets

• To achieve social and economic prosperity in the country by developing healthy, educated, entrepreneurial, and productive human capital.
• To contribute to sustainable development by achieving the developmental impact of population and to build a healthy and cultured society based on social justice, equality, and inclusion.
• To achieve the vision and goals of the policy, specific, measurable, and time-bound quantitative targets (as per annex 1).

Related readings

• Population Perspective Plan 2010-2031
• Sustainable Development Goals 2030
• The Public Health Service Act, 2075 (2018)
• National Health Policy-2019, Nepal