Nicaragua vs Venezuela statistics compared

Nicaragua has a population of 6.92M (ranked 108/197), compared with 28.4M in Venezuela (ranked 53/197). Nicaragua's land area is 46,464 sq mi versus 340,561 sq mi for Venezuela (ranked 98th vs. 32nd).

By GDP, Nicaragua ranks 131/197 ($19.7B) and Venezuela ranks 33/197 ($482B). By GDP per capita, Nicaragua ranks 141/197 ($2,848), while Venezuela ranks 66/197 ($15,944).

Nicaragua and Venezuela: Comparison Charts

Nicaragua and Venezuela economies compared

GDP

Nicaragua

Venezuela

Table

Year	GDP
	Nicaragua	Venezuela
1960	$227,223,322	$7,663,938,303
1961	$244,144,237	$8,067,267,031
1962	$269,283,804	$8,814,309,884
1963	$297,324,163	$9,608,717,288
1964	$347,119,918	$8,192,413,793
1965	$564,290,020	$8,427,777,778
1966	$607,140,010	$8,781,333,333
1967	$657,140,011	$9,250,000,000
1968	$692,859,985	$10,034,444,444
1969	$750,000,003	$10,285,111,111
1970	$778,569,939	$11,561,111,111
1971	$828,569,953	$12,986,590,909
1972	$878,570,045	$13,977,727,273
1973	$1,092,900,015	$17,035,581,395
1974	$1,521,400,012	$26,100,930,233
1975	$1,581,599,959	$27,464,651,163
1976	$1,836,899,999	$31,419,534,884
1977	$2,226,999,874	$36,210,697,674
1978	$2,127,699,979	$39,316,279,070
1979	$1,567,599,982	$48,310,930,233
1980	$2,144,300,006	$59,116,511,628
1981	$2,474,700,227	$66,327,441,860
1982	$2,454,499,872	$67,736,744,186
1983	$2,753,100,058	$67,556,279,070
1984	$3,117,599,872	$59,867,743,468
1985	$2,683,699,935	$61,965,466,667
1986	$2,885,799,994	$60,516,123,711
1987	$3,851,200,118	$48,029,034,483
1988	$2,630,900,096	$60,226,413,793
1989	$1,013,184,756	$43,536,709,104
1990	$1,009,455,484	$48,606,952,195
1991	$1,488,804,124	$53,453,444,787
1992	$1,792,800,000	$60,416,519,620
1993	$1,756,454,248	$60,037,460,783
1994	$3,863,185,119	$58,418,666,667
1995	$4,140,470,000	$77,389,487,770
1996	$4,308,351,903	$70,543,211,119
1997	$4,389,973,490	$85,837,678,560
1998	$4,635,347,386	$91,336,763,255
1999	$4,856,026,259	$97,972,842,462
2000	$5,109,587,050	$117,146,466,003
2001	$5,351,752,034	$122,911,036,747
2002	$5,223,727,303	$92,893,587,734
2003	$5,322,228,351	$83,620,628,582
2004	$5,792,932,838	$112,451,400,425
2005	$6,321,324,279	$145,513,489,652
2006	$6,763,672,381	$183,477,522,124
2007	$7,423,375,015	$230,364,012,576
2008	$8,496,967,597	$315,953,388,511
2009	$8,298,702,489	$329,787,628,928
2010	$8,758,602,233	$393,192,354,511
2011	$9,774,329,333	$316,482,190,800
2012	$10,532,017,232	$381,286,237,848
2013	$10,982,988,249	$371,005,379,787
2014	$11,880,438,824	$482,359,318,768
2015	$12,756,696,261	-
2016	$13,286,093,388	-
2017	$13,785,893,007	-
2018	$13,025,221,974	-
2019	$12,699,023,614	-
2020	$12,726,422,432	-
2021	$14,209,020,362	-
2022	$15,634,572,502	-
2023	$17,805,842,284	-
2024	$19,693,982,968	-

Nicaragua and Venezuela economies compared

GDP per capita

Nicaragua

Venezuela

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nicaragua	Venezuela
1960	$127.5	$939
1961	$132.9	$954
1962	$142.3	$1,007
1963	$152.5	$1,060
1964	$172.7	$874
1965	$272.3	$869
1966	$284	$876
1967	$297.9	$893
1968	$304	$938
1969	$319	$932
1970	$321	$1,015
1971	$331	$1,106
1972	$341	$1,155
1973	$413	$1,367
1974	$557	$2,034
1975	$561	$2,078
1976	$633	$2,309
1977	$744	$2,585
1978	$691	$2,727
1979	$495	$3,257
1980	$659	$3,874
1981	$740	$4,228
1982	$714	$4,202
1983	$780	$4,079
1984	$861	$3,520
1985	$724	$3,549
1986	$761	$3,376
1987	$992	$2,611
1988	$662	$3,191
1989	$249.2	$2,250
1990	$242.5	$2,452
1991	$350	$2,633
1992	$411	$2,907
1993	$394	$2,825
1994	$849	$2,689
1995	$892	$3,487
1996	$911	$3,113
1997	$913	$3,711
1998	$949	$3,870
1999	$980	$4,071
2000	$1,017	$4,776
2001	$1,052	$4,920
2002	$1,014	$3,652
2003	$1,021	$3,230
2004	$1,099	$4,269
2005	$1,183	$5,432
2006	$1,248	$6,739
2007	$1,350	$8,332
2008	$1,524	$11,262
2009	$1,467	$11,597
2010	$1,527	$13,646
2011	$1,680	$10,844
2012	$1,785	$12,901
2013	$1,835	$12,403
2014	$1,958	$15,944
2015	$2,074	-
2016	$2,132	-
2017	$2,183	-
2018	$2,035	-
2019	$1,959	-
2020	$1,938	-
2021	$2,138	-
2022	$2,323	-
2023	$2,609	-
2024	$2,848	-

Nicaragua vs. Venezuela life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nicaragua

Venezuela

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nicaragua	Venezuela
1950	40.6	51.1
1951	40.8	52
1952	41.9	52.7
1953	42.4	53.4
1954	43.1	54.1
1955	43.7	54.8
1956	44.3	55.5
1957	44.9	56.2
1958	45.5	56.9
1959	46.1	57.7
1960	46.4	58.4
1961	47.3	59.1
1962	48	59.7
1963	48.8	60.5
1964	49.6	61.2
1965	50.6	61.9
1966	51.6	62.9
1967	52.3	63.6
1968	52.9	63.9
1969	53.4	63.8
1970	53.8	64.8
1971	54.2	65.2
1972	48	65.6
1973	55	65.7
1974	55.4	66.2
1975	55.8	66.7
1976	56.1	67.3
1977	56.1	67.7
1978	53.5	68.1
1979	50.8	68.2
1980	58	68.2
1981	58.3	68.7
1982	58.7	69
1983	56.9	69.5
1984	56.1	69.7
1985	56.4	70
1986	57.6	70.5
1987	57.3	70.7
1988	59.8	70.8
1989	61.9	70.8
1990	62.5	71
1991	63.3	71.2
1992	63.7	71.2
1993	64.1	71.4
1994	64.5	71.3
1995	64.9	71.7
1996	65.2	71.9
1997	65.5	72.6
1998	64.1	72.4
1999	65.9	72.1
2000	66.4	72.4
2001	67	71
2002	68	72.8
2003	68.7	72.1
2004	69.5	72.8
2005	70.4	73.1
2006	71	73
2007	71.2	73.3
2008	71.4	72.6
2009	71.5	72.8
2010	71.8	73.1
2011	72	73.1
2012	72.4	73.1
2013	72.6	73.1
2014	72.8	72.8
2015	72.9	73
2016	73.2	72
2017	73.4	71.9
2018	73.9	72.6
2019	73.8	72.8
2020	70.8	72.4
2021	70.5	71.5
2022	74.5	72.6
2023	74.9	72.5
2024	75.1	72.7
2025	75.3	72.8

Nicaragua and Venezuela population clocks and comparison

Population

Nicaragua

Venezuela

Table

Year	Population
	Nicaragua	Venezuela
1960	1,782,370	8,160,090
1961	1,836,451	8,455,915
1962	1,892,320	8,756,870
1963	1,950,159	9,064,021
1964	2,010,176	9,377,712
1965	2,072,681	9,697,790
1966	2,137,820	10,024,854
1967	2,205,567	10,358,513
1968	2,275,836	10,697,530
1969	2,348,398	11,040,280
1970	2,423,065	11,387,790
1971	2,499,825	11,741,008
1972	2,573,578	12,099,180
1973	2,649,278	12,463,537
1974	2,732,075	12,835,351
1975	2,816,943	13,215,892
1976	2,903,851	13,606,284
1977	2,992,534	14,006,812
1978	3,080,314	14,416,684
1979	3,164,525	14,834,552
1980	3,252,403	15,258,218
1981	3,345,674	15,687,297
1982	3,438,745	16,121,874
1983	3,530,282	16,562,205
1984	3,619,104	17,008,841
1985	3,706,479	17,461,434
1986	3,794,157	17,923,536
1987	3,882,164	18,394,963
1988	3,972,320	18,871,020
1989	4,066,476	19,348,921
1990	4,162,559	19,827,010
1991	4,259,637	20,304,896
1992	4,357,026	20,780,948
1993	4,453,732	21,254,520
1994	4,549,316	21,725,188
1995	4,642,931	22,193,821
1996	4,729,974	22,662,113
1997	4,809,573	23,131,685
1998	4,883,655	23,601,337
1999	4,954,018	24,066,593
2000	5,022,633	24,526,708
2001	5,087,825	24,979,922
2002	5,149,909	25,435,671
2003	5,210,963	25,892,703
2004	5,272,912	26,340,838
2005	5,342,105	26,785,804
2006	5,418,855	27,224,686
2007	5,497,243	27,649,363
2008	5,576,593	28,053,696
2009	5,656,601	28,438,298
2010	5,737,450	28,813,101
2011	5,819,051	29,185,212
2012	5,901,287	29,553,826
2013	5,983,845	29,912,198
2014	6,066,492	30,254,079
2015	6,149,417	30,573,972
2016	6,232,666	30,765,720
2017	6,316,231	30,565,323
2018	6,400,080	29,807,592
2019	6,483,657	28,938,098
2020	6,565,267	28,444,077
2021	6,644,741	28,237,826
2022	6,730,654	28,213,017
2023	6,823,613	28,300,854
2024	6,916,140	28,405,543

Fertility rates in Nicaragua and Venezuela

Fertility rate

Nicaragua

Venezuela

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nicaragua	Venezuela
1960	7.16	6.38
1961	7.11	6.3
1962	7.1	6.23
1963	7.08	6.16
1964	7.06	6.07
1965	7.03	5.98
1966	6.99	5.87
1967	6.94	5.75
1968	6.89	5.61
1969	6.83	5.47
1970	6.77	5.32
1971	6.71	5.17
1972	6.65	5.04
1973	6.59	4.91
1974	6.52	4.79
1975	6.45	4.69
1976	6.37	4.59
1977	6.28	4.49
1978	6.16	4.4
1979	6.07	4.3
1980	5.96	4.2
1981	5.84	4.1
1982	5.74	4.01
1983	5.61	3.93
1984	5.49	3.86
1985	5.36	3.79
1986	5.22	3.73
1987	5.07	3.67
1988	4.93	3.6
1989	4.76	3.52
1990	4.6	3.45
1991	4.43	3.37
1992	4.27	3.29
1993	4.1	3.22
1994	3.94	3.15
1995	3.78	3.08
1996	3.62	3.02
1997	3.47	2.97
1998	3.34	2.91
1999	3.22	2.86
2000	3.12	2.79
2001	3	2.78
2002	2.89	2.74
2003	2.83	2.7
2004	2.78	2.64
2005	2.77	2.63
2006	2.73	2.6
2007	2.7	2.52
2008	2.66	2.48
2009	2.63	2.42
2010	2.6	2.4
2011	2.56	2.4
2012	2.53	2.38
2013	2.49	2.33
2014	2.46	2.3
2015	2.43	2.25
2016	2.41	2.22
2017	2.38	2.18
2018	2.35	2.15
2019	2.32	2.13
2020	2.3	2.12
2021	2.27	2.11
2022	2.24	2.09
2023	2.22	2.08

Nicaragua and Venezuela demographics compared

Median age

Nicaragua

Venezuela

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nicaragua	Venezuela
1960	16.2	16.6
1961	16.1	16.6
1962	16	16.5
1963	15.9	16.5
1964	15.9	16.5
1965	15.9	16.5
1966	16	16.6
1967	16	16.6
1968	16	16.7
1969	16.1	16.9
1970	16.1	17
1971	16.1	17.2
1972	16.2	17.3
1973	16.2	17.5
1974	16.2	17.7
1975	16.2	17.9
1976	16.2	18.1
1977	16.2	18.3
1978	16.2	18.5
1979	16.2	18.7
1980	16.2	18.8
1981	16.2	19
1982	16.2	19.2
1983	16.3	19.4
1984	16.3	19.6
1985	16.3	19.8
1986	16.3	20
1987	16.4	20.2
1988	16.4	20.4
1989	16.5	20.6
1990	16.7	20.8
1991	16.8	21
1992	17	21.2
1993	17.2	21.4
1994	17.4	21.6
1995	17.6	21.9
1996	17.9	22.1
1997	18.1	22.3
1998	18.4	22.6
1999	18.8	22.8
2000	19.1	23.1
2001	19.4	23.4
2002	19.7	23.6
2003	20.1	23.9
2004	20.4	24.1
2005	20.8	24.4
2006	21.1	24.7
2007	21.4	24.9
2008	21.7	25.2
2009	22	25.5
2010	22.2	25.8
2011	22.5	26.1
2012	22.8	26.5
2013	23.1	26.8
2014	23.4	27.1
2015	23.7	27.4
2016	24	27.7
2017	24.3	28
2018	24.7	28.4
2019	25	28.9
2020	25.3	29.2
2021	25.6	29.6
2022	25.9	29.8
2023	26.3	30
2024	26.6	30.2

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