Nicaragua vs Somalia statistics compared

Nicaragua has a population of 6.92M (ranked 108/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Nicaragua's land area is 46,464 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 98th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Nicaragua ranks 131/197 ($19.7B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Nicaragua ranks 141/197 ($2,848), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Nicaragua and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Nicaragua and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Nicaragua

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Nicaragua	Somalia
1960	$227,223,322	$180,459,937
1961	$244,144,237	$191,659,914
1962	$269,283,804	$203,531,928
1963	$297,324,163	$216,145,936
1964	$347,119,918	$229,529,913
1965	$564,290,020	$243,725,898
1966	$607,140,010	$257,375,897
1967	$657,140,011	$271,781,887
1968	$692,859,985	$286,719,885
1969	$750,000,003	$306,357,285
1970	$778,569,939	$347,985,394
1971	$828,569,953	$347,039,446
1972	$878,570,045	$447,883,941
1973	$1,092,900,015	$483,699,611
1974	$1,521,400,012	$572,504,036
1975	$1,581,599,959	$757,015,879
1976	$1,836,899,999	$871,344,245
1977	$2,226,999,874	$498,550,725
1978	$2,127,699,979	$564,571,823
1979	$1,567,599,982	$589,566,929
1980	$2,144,300,006	$602,515,548
1981	$2,474,700,227	$699,302,473
1982	$2,454,499,872	$774,578,932
1983	$2,753,100,058	$735,408,642
1984	$3,117,599,872	$787,434,542
1985	$2,683,699,935	$875,702,247
1986	$2,885,799,994	$916,590,786
1987	$3,851,200,118	$1,018,972,664
1988	$2,630,900,096	$1,051,596,967
1989	$1,013,184,756	$1,181,360,844
1990	$1,009,455,484	$1,031,282,081
1991	$1,488,804,124	$717,974,930
1992	$1,792,800,000	$709,297,579
1993	$1,756,454,248	$1,260,132,956
1994	$3,863,185,119	$1,481,205,098
1995	$4,140,470,000	$1,534,756,135
1996	$4,308,351,903	$1,792,234,297
1997	$4,389,973,490	$2,191,749,014
1998	$4,635,347,386	$2,962,047,564
1999	$4,856,026,259	$3,045,751,528
2000	$5,109,587,050	$3,412,797,450
2001	$5,351,752,034	$2,252,847,465
2002	$5,223,727,303	$2,192,684,135
2003	$5,322,228,351	$2,836,724,352
2004	$5,792,932,838	$3,859,592,813
2005	$6,321,324,279	$4,683,246,454
2006	$6,763,672,381	$5,026,743,282
2007	$7,423,375,015	$5,430,713,729
2008	$8,496,967,597	$5,913,620,293
2009	$8,298,702,489	$2,948,594,552
2010	$8,758,602,233	$2,687,807,004
2011	$9,774,329,333	$2,906,000,097
2012	$10,532,017,232	$4,364,670,160
2013	$10,982,988,249	$5,062,881,600
2014	$11,880,438,824	$5,728,399,720
2015	$12,756,696,261	$6,152,149,100
2016	$13,286,093,388	$6,613,743,070
2017	$13,785,893,007	$7,621,501,710
2018	$13,025,221,974	$7,873,440,830
2019	$12,699,023,614	$8,655,023,960
2020	$12,726,422,432	$8,628,393,720
2021	$14,209,020,362	$9,483,997,390
2022	$15,634,572,502	$10,202,767,270
2023	$17,805,842,284	$10,968,517,090
2024	$19,693,982,968	$12,108,515,110

Nicaragua and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Nicaragua

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nicaragua	Somalia
1960	$127.5	$62.7
1961	$132.9	$64.9
1962	$142.3	$67.2
1963	$152.5	$69.5
1964	$172.7	$71.9
1965	$272.3	$74.4
1966	$284	$76.5
1967	$297.9	$78.7
1968	$304	$80.8
1969	$319	$84.1
1970	$321	$93.1
1971	$331	$90.4
1972	$341	$113.7
1973	$413	$119.6
1974	$557	$137.9
1975	$561	$177.8
1976	$633	$199.6
1977	$744	$111.2
1978	$691	$117.3
1979	$495	$108.2
1980	$659	$101.5
1981	$740	$116.9
1982	$714	$129
1983	$780	$118.6
1984	$861	$122.5
1985	$724	$130.8
1986	$761	$131.4
1987	$992	$141
1988	$662	$145.3
1989	$249.2	$166
1990	$242.5	$145.6
1991	$350	$105.4
1992	$411	$109.2
1993	$394	$188.6
1994	$849	$210.8
1995	$892	$210.7
1996	$911	$237.2
1997	$913	$280.1
1998	$949	$363
1999	$980	$359
2000	$1,017	$386
2001	$1,052	$244.9
2002	$1,014	$229.6
2003	$1,021	$286.3
2004	$1,099	$375
2005	$1,183	$440
2006	$1,248	$458
2007	$1,350	$480
2008	$1,524	$507
2009	$1,467	$246.5
2010	$1,527	$219.2
2011	$1,680	$235.3
2012	$1,785	$350
2013	$1,835	$393
2014	$1,958	$429
2015	$2,074	$446
2016	$2,132	$461
2017	$2,183	$511
2018	$2,035	$510
2019	$1,959	$540
2020	$1,938	$518
2021	$2,138	$549
2022	$2,323	$573
2023	$2,609	$597
2024	$2,848	$637

Nicaragua vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nicaragua

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nicaragua	Somalia
1950	40.6	41.5
1951	40.8	41.7
1952	41.9	41.9
1953	42.4	42.1
1954	43.1	42.3
1955	43.7	42.5
1956	44.3	42.7
1957	44.9	42.9
1958	45.5	43.1
1959	46.1	43.3
1960	46.4	43.5
1961	47.3	43.7
1962	48	44
1963	48.8	44.2
1964	49.6	44.4
1965	50.6	44.6
1966	51.6	44.8
1967	52.3	45.1
1968	52.9	45.3
1969	53.4	45.5
1970	53.8	45.6
1971	54.2	45.8
1972	48	46
1973	55	46.2
1974	55.4	44.3
1975	55.8	44.5
1976	56.1	44.7
1977	56.1	47
1978	53.5	47
1979	50.8	47.4
1980	58	47.6
1981	58.3	47.8
1982	58.7	48
1983	56.9	48.2
1984	56.1	48.4
1985	56.4	48.3
1986	57.6	48.4
1987	57.3	49
1988	59.8	43.9
1989	61.9	46.6
1990	62.5	46.9
1991	63.3	25.4
1992	63.7	25
1993	64.1	50.6
1994	64.5	50.3
1995	64.9	50.6
1996	65.2	50.5
1997	65.5	50.3
1998	64.1	50.8
1999	65.9	50.6
2000	66.4	50.7
2001	67	50.8
2002	68	50.8
2003	68.7	50.7
2004	69.5	50.7
2005	70.4	50.9
2006	71	50.9
2007	71.2	50.9
2008	71.4	51.5
2009	71.5	52.1
2010	71.8	48.9
2011	72	32.5
2012	72.4	49.1
2013	72.6	54
2014	72.8	54.4
2015	72.9	55.1
2016	73.2	55.3
2017	73.4	52.2
2018	73.9	54.8
2019	73.8	57.2
2020	70.8	57.1
2021	70.5	55.7
2022	74.5	53.9
2023	74.9	58.8
2024	75.1	59
2025	75.3	59.1

Nicaragua and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Nicaragua

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Nicaragua	Somalia
1960	1,782,370	2,876,331
1961	1,836,451	2,952,054
1962	1,892,320	3,030,091
1963	1,950,159	3,110,361
1964	2,010,176	3,192,796
1965	2,072,681	3,277,874
1966	2,137,820	3,365,106
1967	2,205,567	3,454,537
1968	2,275,836	3,546,590
1969	2,348,398	3,641,015
1970	2,423,065	3,738,448
1971	2,499,825	3,837,691
1972	2,573,578	3,939,436
1973	2,649,278	4,045,592
1974	2,732,075	4,151,842
1975	2,816,943	4,257,535
1976	2,903,851	4,365,812
1977	2,992,534	4,484,050
1978	3,080,314	4,814,892
1979	3,164,525	5,449,117
1980	3,252,403	5,936,154
1981	3,345,674	5,982,849
1982	3,438,745	6,003,840
1983	3,530,282	6,198,430
1984	3,619,104	6,428,389
1985	3,706,479	6,693,289
1986	3,794,157	6,974,788
1987	3,882,164	7,228,302
1988	3,972,320	7,235,360
1989	4,066,476	7,114,817
1990	4,162,559	7,082,811
1991	4,259,637	6,813,760
1992	4,357,026	6,495,107
1993	4,453,732	6,681,399
1994	4,549,316	7,026,797
1995	4,642,931	7,285,007
1996	4,729,974	7,554,474
1997	4,809,573	7,824,525
1998	4,883,655	8,155,417
1999	4,954,018	8,492,059
2000	5,022,633	8,838,713
2001	5,087,825	9,198,493
2002	5,149,909	9,550,063
2003	5,210,963	9,909,157
2004	5,272,912	10,280,998
2005	5,342,105	10,644,228
2006	5,418,855	10,975,502
2007	5,497,243	11,322,582
2008	5,576,593	11,663,084
2009	5,656,601	11,961,201
2010	5,737,450	12,261,756
2011	5,819,051	12,348,830
2012	5,901,287	12,461,160
2013	5,983,845	12,869,594
2014	6,066,492	13,339,491
2015	6,149,417	13,806,963
2016	6,232,666	14,348,740
2017	6,316,231	14,916,629
2018	6,400,080	15,452,487
2019	6,483,657	16,030,971
2020	6,565,267	16,651,191
2021	6,644,741	17,271,431
2022	6,730,654	17,801,897
2023	6,823,613	18,358,615
2024	6,916,140	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Nicaragua and Somalia

Fertility rate

Nicaragua

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nicaragua	Somalia
1960	7.16	7.25
1961	7.11	7.25
1962	7.1	7.26
1963	7.08	7.26
1964	7.06	7.26
1965	7.03	7.26
1966	6.99	7.26
1967	6.94	7.25
1968	6.89	7.23
1969	6.83	7.21
1970	6.77	7.18
1971	6.71	7.15
1972	6.65	7.12
1973	6.59	7.09
1974	6.52	7.06
1975	6.45	7.03
1976	6.37	7.02
1977	6.28	7
1978	6.16	7.13
1979	6.07	7.16
1980	5.96	7.18
1981	5.84	7.23
1982	5.74	7.25
1983	5.61	7.28
1984	5.49	7.3
1985	5.36	7.33
1986	5.22	7.35
1987	5.07	7.37
1988	4.93	7.4
1989	4.76	7.42
1990	4.6	7.44
1991	4.43	7.47
1992	4.27	7.5
1993	4.1	7.53
1994	3.94	7.54
1995	3.78	7.58
1996	3.62	7.62
1997	3.47	7.66
1998	3.34	7.66
1999	3.22	7.66
2000	3.12	7.65
2001	3	7.64
2002	2.89	7.63
2003	2.83	7.6
2004	2.78	7.57
2005	2.77	7.53
2006	2.73	7.49
2007	2.7	7.46
2008	2.66	7.42
2009	2.63	7.38
2010	2.6	7.32
2011	2.56	7.27
2012	2.53	7.21
2013	2.49	7.14
2014	2.46	7.06
2015	2.43	6.98
2016	2.41	6.88
2017	2.38	6.77
2018	2.35	6.66
2019	2.32	6.56
2020	2.3	6.45
2021	2.27	6.35
2022	2.24	6.26
2023	2.22	6.13

Nicaragua and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Nicaragua

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nicaragua	Somalia
1960	16.2	18.1
1961	16.1	17.9
1962	16	17.8
1963	15.9	17.7
1964	15.9	17.6
1965	15.9	17.5
1966	16	17.5
1967	16	17.5
1968	16	17.5
1969	16.1	17.5
1970	16.1	17.5
1971	16.1	17.6
1972	16.2	17.6
1973	16.2	17.6
1974	16.2	17.7
1975	16.2	17.7
1976	16.2	17.7
1977	16.2	17.7
1978	16.2	17.7
1979	16.2	17.6
1980	16.2	17.6
1981	16.2	17.5
1982	16.2	17.4
1983	16.3	17.4
1984	16.3	17.3
1985	16.3	17.2
1986	16.3	17.1
1987	16.4	17
1988	16.4	16.8
1989	16.5	16.7
1990	16.7	16.5
1991	16.8	16.5
1992	17	16.7
1993	17.2	16.8
1994	17.4	16.7
1995	17.6	16.6
1996	17.9	16.5
1997	18.1	16.4
1998	18.4	16.4
1999	18.8	16.3
2000	19.1	16.3
2001	19.4	16.2
2002	19.7	16.2
2003	20.1	16.1
2004	20.4	16
2005	20.8	15.9
2006	21.1	15.7
2007	21.4	15.6
2008	21.7	15.6
2009	22	15.6
2010	22.2	15.7
2011	22.5	15.8
2012	22.8	16
2013	23.1	16
2014	23.4	16
2015	23.7	16.1
2016	24	16.1
2017	24.3	16.2
2018	24.7	16.2
2019	25	16.3
2020	25.3	16.3
2021	25.6	16.4
2022	25.9	16.5
2023	26.3	16.5
2024	26.6	16.6

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