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Nepalese diaspora

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Nepalese diaspora
नेपाली प्रवासी
Flag of Nepal
Total population
c. 2,637,195[1]
Regions with significant populations
Burma1,005,069[citation needed]
 India663,518 (2024)[1]
Malaysia502,596 (2024)[1]
Saudi Arabia297,561 (2024)[1]
 Qatar266,580 (2024)[1]
 United States264,317 (2024)[1]
 Australia213,580 (2025)[2]
 Japan185,644 (2024)[1]
South Korea90,097 (2025)[3]
 United Kingdom64,000 (2018)[4]
Portugal56,866 (2025)[5]
 Bangladesh52,621 (2024)[1]
 Canada29,554 (2024)[1]
Kuwait26,292 (2024)[1]
 United Arab Emirates26,097 (2024)[1]
 Thailand20,000[6]
 Croatia20,000 (2023)[7]
Oman18,147 (2024)[1]
Hong Kong15,950[8]
 Fiji10,000[citation needed]
Denmark8,562 (2024)[1]
Singapore7,000 (2019)[9]
 New Zealand6,832 (2024)[1]
Brunei6,237 (2024)[1]
Belgium5,887 (2024)[1]
Bahrain2,641 (2024)[1]
 Germany5,705 (2019)[10]
 Sri Lanka5,000
France5,000 (2019)[9]
Poland4,400
Finland4,232 (2024)[1]
Spain4,301 (2019)[9]
 Israel3,599 (2019)[9]
China3,500[11]
Libya3,064
Netherlands3,000 (2019)[9]
 Philippines2,745 (2000 Philippines census)
 Italy2,550 (2024)[1]
Norway2,483 (2024)[1]
Sweden2,200 (2019)[9]
Vietnam2,000[12]
Romania1,000[12]
 Bhutan1,000[12]
 Austria679 (2019)[9]
Russia500 (2019)[9]
Languages
Languages of Nepal
Religion
Religions of Nepal

Nepalese diaspora (ISO: Nepālī Prabāsī), officially Non-Resident Nepalese (NRNs) and People of Nepalese Origin (PONs), are people of Nepalese ancestry who reside or originate outside of Nepal. According to the Government of Nepal, Non-Resident Nepalese are Nepalese citizens who are currently living abroad, while People of Nepalese Origin are individuals of Nepalese ancestry who hold citizenship of countries other than Nepal, such as British Gurkhas, Indian Gorkhas, or Burmese Gurkhas.

The Non-Resident Nepali Act of 2007, has defined Non-Resident Nepali (NRN) (Nepali: गैर आवासीय नेपाली, as person of Nepali origin (By birth, ancestry blood rights or by other means) who currently reside out of Nepal for any reason.

Nepali citizen residing abroad (आप्रवासी नेपाली/"Aaprabashi Nepali") means a Nepali citizen who has been residing in any foreign country for at least two years by doing any profession, occupation, business and employment except a Nepali citizen residing in a foreign country under the assignment of the Government of Nepal. Or a person of Nepali origin is a person of Nepali origin or ancestry who was or whose ancestors were born in Nepal or other nations with Nepali ancestry but is not a citizen of Nepal.[13] The Non-Resident Nepali Association was established by the conference held by 11–14 October 2003 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The seventh NRNA global conference was held on 14–17 October 2017 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Activities

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NRN are opening business opportunities in Nepal by investing in various sectors such as banking, tourism, hotel, and hydropower.

Non-resident Nepalis can acquire Nepali citizenship as per the Nepal Citizenship (Third Amendment) Regulations 2080. According to the Act, Non-Resident Nepalis can acquire Non-Resident Nepali Citizenship as per Rule 8(a) of the Regulation.[14] NRNs can also obtain an ID card which provides the rights to free visa, investment, property purchase, and repatriation in Nepal.[15] A significant amount of permits for overseas employment have been issued in recent time for Nepalese citizens. This promotes immigration for a large part of the population to find work and higher levels of education or escaping political instability in the country, being major reasons for Nepalese immigrants to migrate in the first place.[16]

Notable persons

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "International Migrant Stock". Population Division. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  2. ^ https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/population/australias-population-country-birth/jun-2025
  3. ^ "2025년 10월 출입국외국인정책 통계월보".
  4. ^ "Table 1.3: Overseas-born population in the United Kingdom, excluding some residents in communal establishments, by sex, by country of birth, January 2018 to December 2018". Office for National Statistics. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2020-04-19. Figure given is the central estimate. See the source for 95% confidence intervals.
  5. ^ "População residente atinge 11,4 milhões - 2025". ine.pt. INE. 2026-06-22. Retrieved 2026-06-22.
  6. ^ "Nepali diaspora". Archived from the original on 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
  7. ^ "International Migrants Day – Nepalese Workers in Croatia". 2023-12-18.
  8. ^ "Thematic Report: Ethnic Minorities" (PDF). Publications and Products of the 2006 Population By-census (xvi). Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong. 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h "Migration in Nepal: A Country Profile 2019". 2019-12-18.
  10. ^ "Mapping the Nepalese Diaspora 2024".
  11. ^ "Start Kathmandu-Guangzhou flight: NRNs Archived 20 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine", The Himalayan Times, 30 May 2011.
  12. ^ a b c "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination". 2014-02-10.
  13. ^ "Non Resident Nepali Act 2064". Nepal Law Commission. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
  14. ^ "NRN Citizenship in Nepal: A 2-Day Service – NRN Services & Consulting". nrnlawnepal.com. 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  15. ^ "NRN ID Card in Nepal: Reliable NRN Service in Nepal". nrnlawnepal.com. 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  16. ^ Seo, Seonyoung (2019-03-01). "Temporalities of class in Nepalese labour migration to South Korea". Current Sociology. 67 (2): 186–205. doi:10.1177/0011392118792925. ISSN 0011-3921.
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