Nicaragua Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Nicaragua vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Nicaragua	World
1960	16.2	22.5
1961	16.1	22.5
1962	16	22.4
1963	15.9	22.2
1964	15.9	22
1965	15.9	21.8
1966	16	21.7
1967	16	21.6
1968	16	21.5
1969	16.1	21.5
1970	16.1	21.4
1971	16.1	21.4
1972	16.2	21.5
1973	16.2	21.5
1974	16.2	21.6
1975	16.2	21.7
1976	16.2	21.9
1977	16.2	22
1978	16.2	22.2
1979	16.2	22.3
1980	16.2	22.5
1981	16.2	22.6
1982	16.2	22.7
1983	16.3	22.9
1984	16.3	23
1985	16.3	23.2
1986	16.3	23.3
1987	16.4	23.4
1988	16.4	23.6
1989	16.5	23.8
1990	16.7	23.9
1991	16.8	24.1
1992	17	24.3
1993	17.2	24.5
1994	17.4	24.7
1995	17.6	25
1996	17.9	25.2
1997	18.1	25.4
1998	18.4	25.7
1999	18.8	25.9
2000	19.1	26.1
2001	19.4	26.3
2002	19.7	26.5
2003	20.1	26.7
2004	20.4	27
2005	20.8	27.2
2006	21.1	27.4
2007	21.4	27.6
2008	21.7	27.8
2009	22	28
2010	22.2	28.2
2011	22.5	28.4
2012	22.8	28.6
2013	23.1	28.9
2014	23.4	29.1
2015	23.7	29.3
2016	24	29.5
2017	24.3	29.8
2018	24.7	30
2019	25	30.3
2020	25.3	30.6
2021	25.6	30.8
2022	25.9	31
2023	26.3	31.3
2024	26.6	31.6
2025	27	31.9
2026	27.3	32.1
2027	27.7	32.3
2028	28	32.6
2029	28.4	32.8
2030	28.7	33
2031	29.1	33.2
2032	29.4	33.4
2033	29.8	33.6
2034	30.1	33.8
2035	30.5	34
2036	30.8	34.2
2037	31.2	34.4
2038	31.6	34.6
2039	31.9	34.8
2040	32.3	35
2041	32.7	35.2
2042	33	35.4
2043	33.4	35.6
2044	33.8	35.8
2045	34.1	36
2046	34.5	36.2
2047	34.8	36.4
2048	35.2	36.6
2049	35.6	36.8
2050	35.9	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Nicaragua was 16.2 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 26.6 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 186th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Nicaragua ranks 125th currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Nicaragua is expected to increase to around 35.9 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Nicaragua demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Nicaragua
	Male	Female
0-4	4.81%	4.66%
5-9	4.88%	4.74%
10-14	4.9%	4.77%
15-19	4.78%	4.65%
20-24	4.53%	4.42%
25-29	4.42%	4.34%
30-34	4.14%	4.19%
35-39	3.6%	3.81%
40-44	3.06%	3.36%
45-49	2.63%	2.86%
50-54	2.18%	2.36%
55-59	1.7%	1.91%
60-64	1.26%	1.52%
65-69	0.91%	1.17%
70-74	0.67%	0.92%
75-79	0.4%	0.58%
80+	0.32%	0.57%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Nicaragua has average demographic potential with 64.2% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 70/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Nicaragua			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	100.8%	95.6%	5.23%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	101.7%	96.5%	5.21%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	102.5%	97.3%	5.2%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	103%	97.8%	5.18%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	102.9%	97.7%	5.15%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	102.4%	97.2%	5.12%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	101.8%	96.7%	5.1%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	101.4%	96.3%	5.08%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	100.9%	95.9%	5.07%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	100.6%	95.5%	5.07%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	100.3%	95.2%	5.06%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	100%	94.9%	5.06%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	99.7%	94.7%	5.05%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	99.5%	94.5%	5.04%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	99.4%	94.3%	5.05%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	99.3%	94.2%	5.06%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	99.2%	94.1%	5.07%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	99.2%	94.1%	5.09%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	99.3%	94.2%	5.11%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	99.5%	94.4%	5.12%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	99.7%	94.6%	5.15%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	99.6%	94.4%	5.17%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	99.5%	94.3%	5.2%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	99.4%	94.2%	5.22%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	99.3%	94%	5.26%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	99.2%	93.9%	5.3%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	98.9%	93.5%	5.34%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	98.4%	93.1%	5.39%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	97.8%	92.3%	5.43%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	96.8%	91.3%	5.47%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	95.6%	90.1%	5.5%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	94.3%	88.7%	5.53%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	92.8%	87.2%	5.54%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	91.1%	85.6%	5.56%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	89.4%	83.8%	5.56%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	87.6%	82%	5.57%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	85.7%	80%	5.65%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	83.7%	77.9%	5.81%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	81.8%	75.8%	5.97%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	79.9%	73.7%	6.12%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	78%	71.8%	6.28%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	76.3%	69.8%	6.44%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	74.5%	67.9%	6.61%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	72.8%	66%	6.79%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	71.1%	64.1%	6.96%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	69.5%	62.4%	7.11%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	68%	60.8%	7.16%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	66.6%	59.4%	7.16%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	65.3%	58.1%	7.16%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	64%	56.9%	7.16%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	62.9%	55.7%	7.16%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	61.8%	54.6%	7.16%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	60.8%	53.6%	7.17%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	59.9%	52.7%	7.21%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	59.1%	51.8%	7.31%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	58.4%	51%	7.44%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	57.8%	50.2%	7.57%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	57.2%	49.5%	7.71%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	56.6%	48.8%	7.84%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	56%	48%	7.98%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	55.2%	47.2%	8.01%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	54.4%	46.4%	7.97%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	53.6%	45.5%	8.05%	54%	39%	15%
2023	52.9%	44.6%	8.22%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	52.2%	43.8%	8.42%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Nicaragua decreased from 71.1% to 52.2% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Nicaragua working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Nicaragua	World
1960	49.8%	57.6%
1961	49.6%	57.5%
1962	49.4%	57.4%
1963	49.3%	57.2%
1964	49.3%	57%
1965	49.4%	56.9%
1966	49.5%	56.8%
1967	49.7%	56.9%
1968	49.8%	56.9%
1969	49.9%	56.9%
1970	49.9%	57%
1971	50%	57.1%
1972	50.1%	57.2%
1973	50.1%	57.3%
1974	50.2%	57.3%
1975	50.2%	57.4%
1976	50.2%	57.5%
1977	50.2%	57.7%
1978	50.2%	58%
1979	50.1%	58.4%
1980	50.1%	58.7%
1981	50.1%	59%
1982	50.1%	59.3%
1983	50.2%	59.6%
1984	50.2%	59.9%
1985	50.2%	60.1%
1986	50.3%	60.4%
1987	50.4%	60.5%
1988	50.6%	60.7%
1989	50.8%	60.8%
1990	51.1%	60.9%
1991	51.5%	61%
1992	51.9%	61.1%
1993	52.3%	61.2%
1994	52.8%	61.3%
1995	53.3%	61.5%
1996	53.9%	61.7%
1997	54.4%	61.9%
1998	55%	62.2%
1999	55.6%	62.5%
2000	56.2%	62.8%
2001	56.7%	63.1%
2002	57.3%	63.4%
2003	57.9%	63.7%
2004	58.5%	64%
2005	59%	64.3%
2006	59.5%	64.5%
2007	60%	64.7%
2008	60.5%	64.9%
2009	61%	65%
2010	61.4%	65.1%
2011	61.8%	65.2%
2012	62.2%	65.2%
2013	62.5%	65.2%
2014	62.8%	65.2%
2015	63.1%	65.1%
2016	63.4%	65.1%
2017	63.6%	65%
2018	63.9%	64.9%
2019	64.1%	64.9%
2020	64.4%	64.8%
2021	64.8%	64.9%
2022	65.1%	64.9%
2023	65.4%	65%
2024	65.7%	65.1%
2025	66%	65.2%
2026	66.3%	65.3%
2027	66.5%	65.4%
2028	66.8%	65.4%
2029	67%	65.4%
2030	67.2%	65.4%
2031	67.4%	65.4%
2032	67.5%	65.4%
2033	67.6%	65.4%
2034	67.7%	65.3%
2035	67.8%	65.2%
2036	67.9%	65%
2037	67.9%	64.9%
2038	67.9%	64.7%
2039	67.9%	64.6%
2040	67.9%	64.5%
2041	67.9%	64.4%
2042	67.9%	64.3%
2043	67.8%	64.2%
2044	67.7%	64.1%
2045	67.6%	63.9%
2046	67.5%	63.8%
2047	67.4%	63.7%
2048	67.3%	63.6%
2049	67.1%	63.4%
2050	66.9%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Nicaragua changed from 58.5% to 65.7% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Nicaragua	World
1960	47.6%	37.4%
1961	47.8%	37.5%
1962	48%	37.6%
1963	48.2%	37.8%
1964	48.2%	38%
1965	48.1%	38%
1966	47.9%	38%
1967	47.8%	38%
1968	47.7%	37.9%
1969	47.6%	37.8%
1970	47.5%	37.7%
1971	47.5%	37.6%
1972	47.4%	37.5%
1973	47.4%	37.3%
1974	47.3%	37.2%
1975	47.3%	37.1%
1976	47.3%	36.9%
1977	47.2%	36.7%
1978	47.3%	36.3%
1979	47.3%	35.9%
1980	47.3%	35.5%
1981	47.3%	35.2%
1982	47.3%	34.9%
1983	47.2%	34.6%
1984	47.2%	34.3%
1985	47.1%	34%
1986	47%	33.8%
1987	46.9%	33.6%
1988	46.7%	33.4%
1989	46.4%	33.2%
1990	46.1%	33%
1991	45.7%	32.9%
1992	45.2%	32.7%
1993	44.8%	32.5%
1994	44.3%	32.3%
1995	43.7%	32.1%
1996	43.1%	31.8%
1997	42.4%	31.5%
1998	41.7%	31.1%
1999	41%	30.8%
2000	40.3%	30.4%
2001	39.6%	30%
2002	38.9%	29.6%
2003	38.2%	29.2%
2004	37.5%	28.8%
2005	36.8%	28.5%
2006	36.2%	28.1%
2007	35.7%	27.9%
2008	35.2%	27.6%
2009	34.7%	27.5%
2010	34.2%	27.3%
2011	33.8%	27.1%
2012	33.3%	27%
2013	32.9%	26.9%
2014	32.6%	26.8%
2015	32.2%	26.6%
2016	31.8%	26.5%
2017	31.5%	26.4%
2018	31.1%	26.2%
2019	30.8%	26%
2020	30.4%	25.8%
2021	30.1%	25.6%
2022	29.6%	25.3%
2023	29.2%	25%
2024	28.8%	24.7%
2025	28.3%	24.4%
2026	27.9%	24.1%
2027	27.4%	23.8%
2028	27%	23.4%
2029	26.6%	23.1%
2030	26.2%	22.8%
2031	25.8%	22.6%
2032	25.4%	22.3%
2033	25%	22.1%
2034	24.7%	21.9%
2035	24.4%	21.7%
2036	24%	21.6%
2037	23.7%	21.5%
2038	23.4%	21.4%
2039	23.1%	21.3%
2040	22.8%	21.2%
2041	22.5%	21.1%
2042	22.2%	21%
2043	22%	21%
2044	21.7%	20.9%
2045	21.4%	20.8%
2046	21.2%	20.7%
2047	20.9%	20.7%
2048	20.7%	20.6%
2049	20.5%	20.5%
2050	20.2%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Nicaragua decreased from 37.5% to 28.8% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Nicaragua	World
1960	2.6%	4.97%
1961	2.58%	4.99%
1962	2.57%	5.01%
1963	2.55%	5.02%
1964	2.54%	5.04%
1965	2.53%	5.08%
1966	2.53%	5.12%
1967	2.52%	5.16%
1968	2.52%	5.2%
1969	2.53%	5.24%
1970	2.53%	5.28%
1971	2.53%	5.32%
1972	2.53%	5.37%
1973	2.52%	5.42%
1974	2.53%	5.47%
1975	2.54%	5.53%
1976	2.55%	5.59%
1977	2.56%	5.65%
1978	2.56%	5.71%
1979	2.57%	5.77%
1980	2.58%	5.81%
1981	2.59%	5.81%
1982	2.6%	5.8%
1983	2.62%	5.79%
1984	2.64%	5.8%
1985	2.66%	5.82%
1986	2.69%	5.86%
1987	2.71%	5.91%
1988	2.75%	5.95%
1989	2.78%	6.01%
1990	2.81%	6.07%
1991	2.84%	6.14%
1992	2.88%	6.21%
1993	2.91%	6.29%
1994	2.94%	6.37%
1995	2.97%	6.45%
1996	3.04%	6.53%
1997	3.16%	6.61%
1998	3.28%	6.68%
1999	3.4%	6.76%
2000	3.53%	6.84%
2001	3.66%	6.92%
2002	3.79%	7.01%
2003	3.93%	7.1%
2004	4.07%	7.18%
2005	4.19%	7.26%
2006	4.27%	7.34%
2007	4.3%	7.41%
2008	4.33%	7.47%
2009	4.36%	7.52%
2010	4.39%	7.58%
2011	4.42%	7.66%
2012	4.46%	7.78%
2013	4.51%	7.92%
2014	4.59%	8.08%
2015	4.7%	8.26%
2016	4.8%	8.45%
2017	4.9%	8.65%
2018	5.01%	8.88%
2019	5.12%	9.1%
2020	5.16%	9.33%
2021	5.16%	9.53%
2022	5.24%	9.74%
2023	5.38%	9.98%
2024	5.53%	10.2%
2025	5.7%	10.4%
2026	5.87%	10.6%
2027	6.05%	10.8%
2028	6.23%	11.1%
2029	6.43%	11.5%
2030	6.64%	11.7%
2031	6.85%	12%
2032	7.08%	12.3%
2033	7.32%	12.6%
2034	7.57%	12.8%
2035	7.83%	13.1%
2036	8.1%	13.4%
2037	8.38%	13.7%
2038	8.67%	13.9%
2039	8.97%	14.1%
2040	9.28%	14.3%
2041	9.59%	14.5%
2042	9.92%	14.7%
2043	10.3%	14.9%
2044	10.6%	15%
2045	11%	15.2%
2046	11.3%	15.4%
2047	11.7%	15.7%
2048	12.1%	15.9%
2049	12.4%	16.1%
2050	12.8%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Nicaragua increased from 4.07% to 5.53% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.