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title: "Canada vs Nepal — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Nepal is 147,181 km² with 29,618,118. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-nepal/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Nepal

**Canada vs Nepal: Canada is larger; Canada has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 147,181 km² · 41,651,653 vs 29,618,118

Canada is 68 times larger than Nepal — 9,984,670 against 147,181 km². Canada is 1.4 times more populous than Nepal — 41,651,653 against 29,618,118 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Nepal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Kathmandu |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 147,181 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 29,618,118 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 201.2 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Nepalese rupee (NPR) |
| Official languages | English, French | Nepali |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+05:45 |
| Calling code | +1 | +977 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | North America | Asia |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | NP / NPL |

## Population density

Nepal is 48 times more densely populated than Canada — 201 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- They drive on opposite sides — Canada on the right, Nepal on the left.
- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Nepalese rupee.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Asia.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Nepal

Eight of the world's fourteen peaks above 8,000 m are here, including Everest at 8,849 m on the Chinese border. Elevation runs from 59 m in the southern plains to the top of the world in about 200 km. Nepal keeps its clock 5 hours 45 minutes ahead of UTC — the only country whose national standard time sits on a 45-minute offset.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Nepal?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 147,181 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Nepal?

Canada, with 41,651,653 against 29,618,118.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Nepal?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Nepal is UTC+05:45. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Nepal](https://atoneplace.net/country/nepal/)
- [India vs Nepal](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-nepal/)
- [China vs Nepal](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-nepal/)
- [Japan vs Nepal](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-nepal/)
- [Canada vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-states/)
- [Canada vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-india/)
- [Canada vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-china/)
- [Canada vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Canada vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-japan/)
- [Canada vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-new-zealand/)
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- [Canada vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-germany/)
- [Canada vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-italy/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]