Nicaragua vs Zambia statistics compared

Nicaragua has a population of 6.92M (ranked 108/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Nicaragua's land area is 46,464 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 98th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Nicaragua ranks 131/197 ($19.7B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Nicaragua ranks 141/197 ($2,848), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Nicaragua and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Nicaragua and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Nicaragua

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Nicaragua	Zambia
1960	$227,223,322	$698,739,721
1961	$244,144,237	$682,359,727
1962	$269,283,804	$679,279,729
1963	$297,324,163	$704,339,719
1964	$347,119,918	$822,639,671
1965	$564,290,020	$1,061,199,576
1966	$607,140,010	$1,238,999,505
1967	$657,140,011	$1,340,639,464
1968	$692,859,985	$1,573,739,371
1969	$750,000,003	$1,926,399,230
1970	$778,569,939	$1,788,779,285
1971	$828,569,953	$1,653,259,341
1972	$878,570,045	$1,872,416,680
1973	$1,092,900,015	$2,434,255,237
1974	$1,521,400,012	$2,910,981,262
1975	$1,581,599,959	$2,442,672,141
1976	$1,836,899,999	$2,742,859,263
1977	$2,226,999,874	$2,515,296,940
1978	$2,127,699,979	$2,811,032,473
1979	$1,567,599,982	$3,353,445,378
1980	$2,144,300,006	$3,884,530,854
1981	$2,474,700,227	$4,008,126,497
1982	$2,454,499,872	$3,871,117,093
1983	$2,753,100,058	$3,321,048,451
1984	$3,117,599,872	$2,719,518,933
1985	$2,683,699,935	$2,252,454,500
1986	$2,885,799,994	$1,664,413,508
1987	$3,851,200,118	$2,265,250,972
1988	$2,630,900,096	$3,728,878,149
1989	$1,013,184,756	$3,994,673,161
1990	$1,009,455,484	$3,288,381,797
1991	$1,488,804,124	$3,376,806,697
1992	$1,792,800,000	$3,182,810,841
1993	$1,756,454,248	$3,273,505,344
1994	$3,863,185,119	$3,656,806,166
1995	$4,140,470,000	$3,806,983,413
1996	$4,308,351,903	$3,597,220,962
1997	$4,389,973,490	$4,303,288,480
1998	$4,635,347,386	$3,537,741,942
1999	$4,856,026,259	$3,404,284,891
2000	$5,109,587,050	$3,600,632,111
2001	$5,351,752,034	$4,094,441,301
2002	$5,223,727,303	$4,193,850,445
2003	$5,322,228,351	$4,901,869,764
2004	$5,792,932,838	$6,221,110,219
2005	$6,321,324,279	$8,331,870,169
2006	$6,763,672,381	$12,756,858,899
2007	$7,423,375,015	$14,056,957,976
2008	$8,496,967,597	$17,910,858,638
2009	$8,298,702,489	$15,328,342,304
2010	$8,758,602,233	$20,265,559,484
2011	$9,774,329,333	$23,459,515,276
2012	$10,532,017,232	$25,503,060,420
2013	$10,982,988,249	$28,037,239,463
2014	$11,880,438,824	$27,141,023,558
2015	$12,756,696,261	$21,251,216,799
2016	$13,286,093,388	$20,958,412,538
2017	$13,785,893,007	$25,873,601,261
2018	$13,025,221,974	$26,311,507,274
2019	$12,699,023,614	$23,308,667,781
2020	$12,726,422,432	$18,137,764,931
2021	$14,209,020,362	$22,096,416,932
2022	$15,634,572,502	$29,163,782,140
2023	$17,805,842,284	$27,577,956,471
2024	$19,693,982,968	$26,325,775,287

Nicaragua and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Nicaragua

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nicaragua	Zambia
1960	$127.5	$221.6
1961	$132.9	$209.7
1962	$142.3	$202.3
1963	$152.5	$203.2
1964	$172.7	$230
1965	$272.3	$287.4
1966	$284	$325
1967	$297.9	$341
1968	$304	$387
1969	$319	$459
1970	$321	$414
1971	$331	$372
1972	$341	$410
1973	$413	$518
1974	$557	$601
1975	$561	$490
1976	$633	$533
1977	$744	$474
1978	$691	$514
1979	$495	$595
1980	$659	$669
1981	$740	$670
1982	$714	$627
1983	$780	$520
1984	$861	$413
1985	$724	$332
1986	$761	$238.2
1987	$992	$315
1988	$662	$504
1989	$249.2	$526
1990	$242.5	$422
1991	$350	$423
1992	$411	$389
1993	$394	$391
1994	$849	$426
1995	$892	$433
1996	$911	$400
1997	$913	$466
1998	$949	$373
1999	$980	$350
2000	$1,017	$359
2001	$1,052	$397
2002	$1,014	$394
2003	$1,021	$446
2004	$1,099	$549
2005	$1,183	$711
2006	$1,248	$1,052
2007	$1,350	$1,119
2008	$1,524	$1,376
2009	$1,467	$1,136
2010	$1,527	$1,451
2011	$1,680	$1,625
2012	$1,785	$1,710
2013	$1,835	$1,821
2014	$1,958	$1,707
2015	$2,074	$1,296
2016	$2,132	$1,239
2017	$2,183	$1,483
2018	$2,035	$1,464
2019	$1,959	$1,259
2020	$1,938	$952
2021	$2,138	$1,127
2022	$2,323	$1,447
2023	$2,609	$1,331
2024	$2,848	$1,235

Nicaragua vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nicaragua

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nicaragua	Zambia
1950	40.6	46.8
1951	40.8	47.2
1952	41.9	47.6
1953	42.4	48
1954	43.1	48.4
1955	43.7	48.8
1956	44.3	49.1
1957	44.9	49.5
1958	45.5	49.9
1959	46.1	50.3
1960	46.4	50.6
1961	47.3	51
1962	48	51.3
1963	48.8	51.6
1964	49.6	51.2
1965	50.6	52.1
1966	51.6	52.3
1967	52.3	52.5
1968	52.9	52.7
1969	53.4	53
1970	53.8	53.4
1971	54.2	53.9
1972	48	54.4
1973	55	54.9
1974	55.4	55.4
1975	55.8	55.7
1976	56.1	56.1
1977	56.1	56.3
1978	53.5	56.3
1979	50.8	56
1980	58	55.5
1981	58.3	55
1982	58.7	54.4
1983	56.9	53.7
1984	56.1	52.9
1985	56.4	52
1986	57.6	51.1
1987	57.3	50.4
1988	59.8	49.7
1989	61.9	48.9
1990	62.5	48.2
1991	63.3	47.4
1992	63.7	47
1993	64.1	46.7
1994	64.5	46.3
1995	64.9	46.1
1996	65.2	45.8
1997	65.5	45.7
1998	64.1	45.7
1999	65.9	45.9
2000	66.4	46.6
2001	67	47.4
2002	68	48.5
2003	68.7	49.6
2004	69.5	50.5
2005	70.4	51.6
2006	71	52.7
2007	71.2	53.7
2008	71.4	54.8
2009	71.5	55.9
2010	71.8	56.9
2011	72	57.8
2012	72.4	58.7
2013	72.6	59.4
2014	72.8	60.1
2015	72.9	60.7
2016	73.2	61.1
2017	73.4	61.6
2018	73.9	62.1
2019	73.8	62.9
2020	70.8	63.4
2021	70.5	62.4
2022	74.5	65.3
2023	74.9	66.3
2024	75.1	66.5
2025	75.3	66.7

Nicaragua and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Nicaragua

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Nicaragua	Zambia
1960	1,782,370	3,153,729
1961	1,836,451	3,254,086
1962	1,892,320	3,358,099
1963	1,950,159	3,465,907
1964	2,010,176	3,577,017
1965	2,072,681	3,692,086
1966	2,137,820	3,812,003
1967	2,205,567	3,936,343
1968	2,275,836	4,065,593
1969	2,348,398	4,197,116
1970	2,423,065	4,321,718
1971	2,499,825	4,442,525
1972	2,573,578	4,569,309
1973	2,649,278	4,702,693
1974	2,732,075	4,842,746
1975	2,816,943	4,990,086
1976	2,903,851	5,143,842
1977	2,992,534	5,302,480
1978	3,080,314	5,465,374
1979	3,164,525	5,631,728
1980	3,252,403	5,802,833
1981	3,345,674	5,983,289
1982	3,438,745	6,178,637
1983	3,530,282	6,381,038
1984	3,619,104	6,580,490
1985	3,706,479	6,780,953
1986	3,794,157	6,986,471
1987	3,882,164	7,191,282
1988	3,972,320	7,391,440
1989	4,066,476	7,589,216
1990	4,162,559	7,786,169
1991	4,259,637	7,981,650
1992	4,357,026	8,176,680
1993	4,453,732	8,373,921
1994	4,549,316	8,576,269
1995	4,642,931	8,785,763
1996	4,729,974	9,004,053
1997	4,809,573	9,237,063
1998	4,883,655	9,482,408
1999	4,954,018	9,740,005
2000	5,022,633	10,017,631
2001	5,087,825	10,325,185
2002	5,149,909	10,647,949
2003	5,210,963	10,983,595
2004	5,272,912	11,338,198
2005	5,342,105	11,718,819
2006	5,418,855	12,129,553
2007	5,497,243	12,565,085
2008	5,576,593	13,021,324
2009	5,656,601	13,490,389
2010	5,737,450	13,965,594
2011	5,819,051	14,437,796
2012	5,901,287	14,913,629
2013	5,983,845	15,398,997
2014	6,066,492	15,895,315
2015	6,149,417	16,399,089
2016	6,232,666	16,914,423
2017	6,316,231	17,441,320
2018	6,400,080	17,973,569
2019	6,483,657	18,513,839
2020	6,565,267	19,059,395
2021	6,644,741	19,603,607
2022	6,730,654	20,152,938
2023	6,823,613	20,723,965
2024	6,916,140	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Nicaragua and Zambia

Fertility rate

Nicaragua

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nicaragua	Zambia
1960	7.16	6.95
1961	7.11	6.98
1962	7.1	7.01
1963	7.08	7.06
1964	7.06	7.09
1965	7.03	7.12
1966	6.99	7.14
1967	6.94	7.15
1968	6.89	7.18
1969	6.83	7.18
1970	6.77	7.22
1971	6.71	7.26
1972	6.65	7.3
1973	6.59	7.34
1974	6.52	7.36
1975	6.45	7.42
1976	6.37	7.39
1977	6.28	7.35
1978	6.16	7.29
1979	6.07	7.22
1980	5.96	7.14
1981	5.84	7.07
1982	5.74	7.04
1983	5.61	7.01
1984	5.49	6.97
1985	5.36	6.93
1986	5.22	6.87
1987	5.07	6.8
1988	4.93	6.7
1989	4.76	6.64
1990	4.6	6.57
1991	4.43	6.46
1992	4.27	6.35
1993	4.1	6.3
1994	3.94	6.26
1995	3.78	6.23
1996	3.62	6.18
1997	3.47	6.12
1998	3.34	6.07
1999	3.22	6
2000	3.12	5.92
2001	3	5.85
2002	2.89	5.77
2003	2.83	5.71
2004	2.78	5.7
2005	2.77	5.7
2006	2.73	5.68
2007	2.7	5.61
2008	2.66	5.53
2009	2.63	5.45
2010	2.6	5.36
2011	2.56	5.26
2012	2.53	5.14
2013	2.49	5.01
2014	2.46	4.89
2015	2.43	4.78
2016	2.41	4.67
2017	2.38	4.57
2018	2.35	4.49
2019	2.32	4.42
2020	2.3	4.32
2021	2.27	4.25
2022	2.24	4.18
2023	2.22	4.1

Nicaragua and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Nicaragua

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nicaragua	Zambia
1960	16.2	17
1961	16.1	16.9
1962	16	16.8
1963	15.9	16.7
1964	15.9	16.6
1965	15.9	16.6
1966	16	16.5
1967	16	16.5
1968	16	16.4
1969	16.1	16.4
1970	16.1	16.2
1971	16.1	16.1
1972	16.2	15.9
1973	16.2	15.8
1974	16.2	15.7
1975	16.2	15.5
1976	16.2	15.4
1977	16.2	15.4
1978	16.2	15.3
1979	16.2	15.3
1980	16.2	15.2
1981	16.2	15.3
1982	16.2	15.3
1983	16.3	15.4
1984	16.3	15.4
1985	16.3	15.5
1986	16.3	15.5
1987	16.4	15.6
1988	16.4	15.6
1989	16.5	15.7
1990	16.7	15.7
1991	16.8	15.7
1992	17	15.8
1993	17.2	15.8
1994	17.4	15.8
1995	17.6	15.8
1996	17.9	15.8
1997	18.1	15.8
1998	18.4	15.8
1999	18.8	15.8
2000	19.1	15.9
2001	19.4	15.9
2002	19.7	16
2003	20.1	16.1
2004	20.4	16.2
2005	20.8	16.3
2006	21.1	16.3
2007	21.4	16.4
2008	21.7	16.5
2009	22	16.6
2010	22.2	16.7
2011	22.5	16.8
2012	22.8	16.9
2013	23.1	17
2014	23.4	17.1
2015	23.7	17.2
2016	24	17.4
2017	24.3	17.5
2018	24.7	17.7
2019	25	17.9
2020	25.3	18
2021	25.6	18.2
2022	25.9	18.4
2023	26.3	18.6
2024	26.6	18.8

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