New Zealand vs Nicaragua statistics compared

New Zealand has a population of 5.34M (ranked 121/197), compared with 6.92M in Nicaragua (ranked 108/197). New Zealand's land area is 101,665 sq mi versus 46,464 sq mi for Nicaragua (ranked 74th vs. 98th).

By GDP, New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B) and Nicaragua ranks 131/197 ($19.7B). By GDP per capita, New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747), while Nicaragua ranks 141/197 ($2,848).

New Zealand and Nicaragua: Comparison Charts

New Zealand and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Table

Year	GDP
	New Zealand	Nicaragua
1960	$5,536,098,360	$227,223,322
1961	$5,721,994,864	$244,144,237
1962	$6,133,158,532	$269,283,804
1963	$6,699,741,645	$297,324,163
1964	$7,340,766,415	$347,119,918
1965	$5,706,251,400	$564,290,020
1966	$5,917,437,693	$607,140,010
1967	$6,016,017,227	$657,140,011
1968	$5,228,045,415	$692,859,985
1969	$5,814,357,709	$750,000,003
1970	$6,495,605,331	$778,569,939
1971	$7,911,136,757	$828,569,953
1972	$9,567,331,065	$878,570,045
1973	$12,802,281,898	$1,092,900,015
1974	$13,940,981,798	$1,521,400,012
1975	$12,861,983,284	$1,581,599,959
1976	$13,604,832,424	$1,836,899,999
1977	$15,446,825,318	$2,226,999,874
1978	$18,530,518,395	$2,127,699,979
1979	$20,731,243,113	$1,567,599,982
1980	$23,244,547,385	$2,144,300,006
1981	$24,417,617,184	$2,474,700,227
1982	$24,164,603,059	$2,454,499,872
1983	$24,309,279,706	$2,753,100,058
1984	$21,665,975,319	$3,117,599,872
1985	$24,679,795,396	$2,683,699,935
1986	$30,604,668,357	$2,885,799,994
1987	$40,376,354,070	$3,851,200,118
1988	$45,176,811,594	$2,630,900,096
1989	$43,920,222,525	$1,013,184,756
1990	$45,495,129,385	$1,009,455,484
1991	$42,745,329,732	$1,488,804,124
1992	$41,649,829,860	$1,792,800,000
1993	$46,775,620,817	$1,756,454,248
1994	$55,314,732,279	$3,863,185,119
1995	$63,918,703,507	$4,140,470,000
1996	$70,140,835,299	$4,308,351,903
1997	$66,075,143,415	$4,389,973,490
1998	$56,227,169,851	$4,635,347,386
1999	$58,762,260,626	$4,856,026,259
2000	$52,623,281,957	$5,109,587,050
2001	$53,872,425,917	$5,351,752,034
2002	$66,627,729,311	$5,223,727,303
2003	$88,250,885,550	$5,322,228,351
2004	$103,905,210,084	$5,792,932,838
2005	$114,720,129,550	$6,321,324,279
2006	$111,538,810,713	$6,763,672,381
2007	$137,188,946,866	$7,423,375,015
2008	$133,437,126,590	$8,496,967,597
2009	$121,663,439,315	$8,298,702,489
2010	$146,887,902,524	$8,758,602,233
2011	$168,484,908,960	$9,774,329,333
2012	$176,560,711,239	$10,532,017,232
2013	$191,012,364,177	$10,982,988,249
2014	$201,518,402,787	$11,880,438,824
2015	$178,224,167,088	$12,756,696,261
2016	$189,100,085,275	$13,286,093,388
2017	$206,745,969,246	$13,785,893,007
2018	$211,985,631,173	$13,025,221,974
2019	$213,006,341,102	$12,699,023,614
2020	$213,029,554,654	$12,726,422,432
2021	$253,977,931,815	$14,209,020,362
2022	$249,509,991,440	$15,634,572,502
2023	$255,194,972,673	$17,805,842,284
2024	$260,235,932,559	$19,693,982,968

New Zealand and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP per capita

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	New Zealand	Nicaragua
1960	$2,334	$127.5
1961	$2,365	$132.9
1962	$2,471	$142.3
1963	$2,646	$152.5
1964	$2,839	$172.7
1965	$2,171	$272.3
1966	$2,211	$284
1967	$2,208	$297.9
1968	$1,902	$304
1969	$2,097	$319
1970	$2,311	$321
1971	$2,773	$331
1972	$3,295	$341
1973	$4,323	$413
1974	$4,611	$557
1975	$4,172	$561
1976	$4,374	$633
1977	$4,951	$744
1978	$5,937	$691
1979	$6,668	$495
1980	$7,467	$659
1981	$7,814	$740
1982	$7,656	$714
1983	$7,598	$780
1984	$6,714	$861
1985	$7,601	$724
1986	$9,428	$761
1987	$12,331	$992
1988	$13,759	$662
1989	$13,312	$249.2
1990	$13,663	$242.5
1991	$12,230	$350
1992	$11,793	$411
1993	$13,094	$394
1994	$15,280	$849
1995	$17,400	$892
1996	$18,794	$911
1997	$17,474	$913
1998	$14,738	$949
1999	$15,322	$980
2000	$13,641	$1,017
2001	$13,883	$1,052
2002	$16,874	$1,014
2003	$21,914	$1,021
2004	$25,420	$1,099
2005	$27,751	$1,183
2006	$26,655	$1,248
2007	$32,480	$1,350
2008	$31,325	$1,524
2009	$28,277	$1,467
2010	$33,762	$1,527
2011	$38,432	$1,680
2012	$40,054	$1,785
2013	$43,000	$1,835
2014	$44,618	$1,958
2015	$38,665	$2,074
2016	$40,114	$2,132
2017	$42,950	$2,183
2018	$43,257	$2,035
2019	$42,779	$1,959
2020	$41,851	$1,938
2021	$49,689	$2,138
2022	$48,760	$2,323
2023	$48,655	$2,609
2024	$48,747	$2,848

New Zealand vs. Nicaragua life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	New Zealand	Nicaragua
1950	69.3	40.6
1951	69.1	40.8
1952	69.4	41.9
1953	70.2	42.4
1954	70.3	43.1
1955	70.5	43.7
1956	70.7	44.3
1957	70.3	44.9
1958	70.9	45.5
1959	70.8	46.1
1960	71.2	46.4
1961	70.9	47.3
1962	71.2	48
1963	71.3	48.8
1964	71.3	49.6
1965	71.2	50.6
1966	71.1	51.6
1967	71.4	52.3
1968	71.1	52.9
1969	71.5	53.4
1970	71.2	53.8
1971	71.7	54.2
1972	71.8	48
1973	71.7	55
1974	71.9	55.4
1975	72.2	55.8
1976	72.4	56.1
1977	72.1	56.1
1978	73	53.5
1979	73.1	50.8
1980	72.9	58
1981	73.6	58.3
1982	73.7	58.7
1983	73.8	56.9
1984	74.4	56.1
1985	73.9	56.4
1986	74.1	57.6
1987	74.2	57.3
1988	74.5	59.8
1989	74.9	61.9
1990	75.4	62.5
1991	76.1	63.3
1992	76.2	63.7
1993	76.5	64.1
1994	76.9	64.5
1995	76.8	64.9
1996	76.8	65.2
1997	77.3	65.5
1998	78.2	64.1
1999	77.9	65.9
2000	78.7	66.4
2001	78.7	67
2002	78.9	68
2003	79.1	68.7
2004	79.4	69.5
2005	80	70.4
2006	80	71
2007	80.1	71.2
2008	80.2	71.4
2009	80.5	71.5
2010	81.1	71.8
2011	80.8	72
2012	81.2	72.4
2013	81.6	72.6
2014	81.4	72.8
2015	81.6	72.9
2016	82	73.2
2017	81.6	73.4
2018	81.9	73.9
2019	81.8	73.8
2020	82.7	70.8
2021	82.3	70.5
2022	81	74.5
2023	82.1	74.9
2024	82.2	75.1
2025	82.4	75.3

New Zealand and Nicaragua population clocks and comparison

Population

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Population
	New Zealand	Nicaragua
1960	2,371,800	1,782,370
1961	2,419,700	1,836,451
1962	2,482,000	1,892,320
1963	2,531,800	1,950,159
1964	2,585,400	2,010,176
1965	2,628,400	2,072,681
1966	2,675,900	2,137,820
1967	2,724,100	2,205,567
1968	2,748,100	2,275,836
1969	2,772,800	2,348,398
1970	2,810,700	2,423,065
1971	2,853,000	2,499,825
1972	2,903,900	2,573,578
1973	2,961,300	2,649,278
1974	3,023,700	2,732,075
1975	3,083,100	2,816,943
1976	3,110,500	2,903,851
1977	3,120,200	2,992,534
1978	3,121,200	3,080,314
1979	3,109,000	3,164,525
1980	3,112,900	3,252,403
1981	3,124,900	3,345,674
1982	3,156,100	3,438,745
1983	3,199,300	3,530,282
1984	3,227,100	3,619,104
1985	3,247,100	3,706,479
1986	3,246,300	3,794,157
1987	3,274,400	3,882,164
1988	3,283,400	3,972,320
1989	3,299,200	4,066,476
1990	3,329,800	4,162,559
1991	3,495,100	4,259,637
1992	3,531,700	4,357,026
1993	3,572,200	4,453,732
1994	3,620,000	4,549,316
1995	3,673,400	4,642,931
1996	3,732,000	4,729,974
1997	3,781,300	4,809,573
1998	3,815,000	4,883,655
1999	3,835,100	4,954,018
2000	3,857,700	5,022,633
2001	3,880,500	5,087,825
2002	3,948,500	5,149,909
2003	4,027,200	5,210,963
2004	4,087,500	5,272,912
2005	4,133,900	5,342,105
2006	4,184,600	5,418,855
2007	4,223,800	5,497,243
2008	4,259,800	5,576,593
2009	4,302,600	5,656,601
2010	4,350,700	5,737,450
2011	4,384,000	5,819,051
2012	4,408,100	5,901,287
2013	4,442,100	5,983,845
2014	4,516,500	6,066,492
2015	4,609,400	6,149,417
2016	4,714,100	6,232,666
2017	4,813,600	6,316,231
2018	4,900,600	6,400,080
2019	4,979,200	6,483,657
2020	5,090,200	6,565,267
2021	5,111,300	6,644,741
2022	5,117,100	6,730,654
2023	5,245,000	6,823,613
2024	5,338,500	6,916,140

Fertility rates in New Zealand and Nicaragua

Fertility rate

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	New Zealand	Nicaragua
1960	4.24	7.16
1961	4.31	7.11
1962	4.19	7.1
1963	4.05	7.08
1964	3.8	7.06
1965	3.54	7.03
1966	3.41	6.99
1967	3.35	6.94
1968	3.34	6.89
1969	3.28	6.83
1970	3.17	6.77
1971	3.18	6.71
1972	3	6.65
1973	2.76	6.59
1974	2.58	6.52
1975	2.37	6.45
1976	2.27	6.37
1977	2.21	6.28
1978	2.07	6.16
1979	2.12	6.07
1980	2.03	5.96
1981	2.01	5.84
1982	1.95	5.74
1983	1.92	5.61
1984	1.93	5.49
1985	1.93	5.36
1986	1.96	5.22
1987	2.03	5.07
1988	2.1	4.93
1989	2.12	4.76
1990	2.18	4.6
1991	2.09	4.43
1992	2.06	4.27
1993	2.04	4.1
1994	1.98	3.94
1995	1.98	3.78
1996	1.96	3.62
1997	1.96	3.47
1998	1.89	3.34
1999	1.97	3.22
2000	1.98	3.12
2001	1.97	3
2002	1.89	2.89
2003	1.93	2.83
2004	1.98	2.78
2005	1.97	2.77
2006	2.01	2.73
2007	2.18	2.7
2008	2.19	2.66
2009	2.13	2.63
2010	2.17	2.6
2011	2.09	2.56
2012	2.1	2.53
2013	2.01	2.49
2014	1.92	2.46
2015	1.99	2.43
2016	1.87	2.41
2017	1.81	2.38
2018	1.71	2.35
2019	1.72	2.32
2020	1.61	2.3
2021	1.64	2.27
2022	1.66	2.24
2023	1.56	2.22

New Zealand and Nicaragua demographics compared

Median age

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Median age, years
	New Zealand	Nicaragua
1960	27.5	16.2
1961	27.1	16.1
1962	26.8	16
1963	26.4	15.9
1964	26.2	15.9
1965	26	15.9
1966	25.9	16
1967	25.8	16
1968	25.7	16
1969	25.7	16.1
1970	25.6	16.1
1971	25.7	16.1
1972	25.9	16.2
1973	26	16.2
1974	26.2	16.2
1975	26.3	16.2
1976	26.5	16.2
1977	26.8	16.2
1978	27.1	16.2
1979	27.5	16.2
1980	27.9	16.2
1981	28.2	16.2
1982	28.5	16.2
1983	28.8	16.3
1984	29.1	16.3
1985	29.4	16.3
1986	29.8	16.3
1987	30.1	16.4
1988	30.4	16.4
1989	30.8	16.5
1990	31.1	16.7
1991	31.4	16.8
1992	31.7	17
1993	32	17.2
1994	32.3	17.4
1995	32.6	17.6
1996	32.8	17.9
1997	33.2	18.1
1998	33.6	18.4
1999	34	18.8
2000	34.3	19.1
2001	34.6	19.4
2002	34.8	19.7
2003	35	20.1
2004	35.2	20.4
2005	35.5	20.8
2006	35.8	21.1
2007	36.1	21.4
2008	36.4	21.7
2009	36.6	22
2010	36.8	22.2
2011	37	22.5
2012	37.2	22.8
2013	37.4	23.1
2014	37.5	23.4
2015	37.4	23.7
2016	37.3	24
2017	37.2	24.3
2018	37.3	24.7
2019	37.3	25
2020	37.5	25.3
2021	37.8	25.6
2022	38.1	25.9
2023	38.3	26.3
2024	38.6	26.6

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