Population in Mexico compared to Nicaragua: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Mexico and Nicaragua: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mexico	Nicaragua	Mexico	Nicaragua
1960	36,724,615	1,782,370	-	-
1961	37,890,118	1,836,451	3.17%	3.03%
1962	39,129,200	1,892,320	3.27%	3.04%
1963	40,424,065	1,950,159	3.31%	3.06%
1964	41,772,049	2,010,176	3.33%	3.08%
1965	43,174,477	2,072,681	3.36%	3.11%
1966	44,629,106	2,137,820	3.37%	3.14%
1967	46,129,608	2,205,567	3.36%	3.17%
1968	47,668,303	2,275,836	3.34%	3.19%
1969	49,233,194	2,348,398	3.28%	3.19%
1970	50,814,953	2,423,065	3.21%	3.18%
1971	52,412,558	2,499,825	3.14%	3.17%
1972	54,030,168	2,573,578	3.09%	2.95%
1973	55,667,284	2,649,278	3.03%	2.94%
1974	57,320,149	2,732,075	2.97%	3.13%
1975	58,982,400	2,816,943	2.9%	3.11%
1976	60,645,512	2,903,851	2.82%	3.09%
1977	62,308,493	2,992,534	2.74%	3.05%
1978	63,979,046	3,080,314	2.68%	2.93%
1979	65,648,865	3,164,525	2.61%	2.73%
1980	67,300,334	3,252,403	2.52%	2.78%
1981	68,892,108	3,345,674	2.37%	2.87%
1982	70,433,260	3,438,745	2.24%	2.78%
1983	71,971,240	3,530,282	2.18%	2.66%
1984	73,506,846	3,619,104	2.13%	2.52%
1985	75,043,414	3,706,479	2.09%	2.41%
1986	76,585,637	3,794,157	2.06%	2.37%
1987	78,136,651	3,882,164	2.03%	2.32%
1988	79,695,531	3,972,320	2%	2.32%
1989	81,247,182	4,066,476	1.95%	2.37%
1990	82,820,170	4,162,559	1.94%	2.36%
1991	84,430,572	4,259,637	1.94%	2.33%
1992	86,044,809	4,357,026	1.91%	2.29%
1993	87,653,807	4,453,732	1.87%	2.22%
1994	89,259,205	4,549,316	1.83%	2.15%
1995	90,862,455	4,642,931	1.8%	2.06%
1996	92,452,702	4,729,974	1.75%	1.87%
1997	94,021,207	4,809,573	1.7%	1.68%
1998	95,575,245	4,883,655	1.65%	1.54%
1999	97,115,707	4,954,018	1.61%	1.44%
2000	98,625,552	5,022,633	1.55%	1.39%
2001	100,099,099	5,087,825	1.49%	1.3%
2002	101,548,624	5,149,909	1.45%	1.22%
2003	102,978,515	5,210,963	1.41%	1.19%
2004	104,394,131	5,272,912	1.37%	1.19%
2005	105,811,504	5,342,105	1.36%	1.31%
2006	107,253,666	5,418,855	1.36%	1.44%
2007	108,774,360	5,497,243	1.42%	1.45%
2008	110,374,288	5,576,593	1.47%	1.44%
2009	111,999,721	5,656,601	1.47%	1.43%
2010	113,623,895	5,737,450	1.45%	1.43%
2011	115,243,504	5,819,051	1.43%	1.42%
2012	116,818,208	5,901,287	1.37%	1.41%
2013	118,343,573	5,983,845	1.31%	1.4%
2014	119,784,261	6,066,492	1.22%	1.38%
2015	121,072,306	6,149,417	1.08%	1.37%
2016	122,251,351	6,232,666	0.97%	1.35%
2017	123,400,057	6,316,231	0.94%	1.34%
2018	124,573,711	6,400,080	0.95%	1.33%
2019	125,762,982	6,483,657	0.95%	1.31%
2020	126,799,054	6,565,267	0.82%	1.26%
2021	127,648,148	6,644,741	0.67%	1.21%
2022	128,613,117	6,730,654	0.76%	1.29%
2023	129,739,759	6,823,613	0.88%	1.38%
2024	130,861,007	6,916,140	0.86%	1.36%
2025	131,946,905	7,007,511	0.83%	1.32%
2026	132,997,664	7,097,335	0.8%	1.28%
2027	134,017,711	7,185,724	0.77%	1.25%
2028	135,008,697	7,272,691	0.74%	1.21%
2029	135,970,893	7,358,003	0.71%	1.17%
2030	136,904,747	7,441,612	0.69%	1.14%
2031	137,811,068	7,523,773	0.66%	1.1%
2032	138,690,189	7,604,398	0.64%	1.07%
2033	139,542,087	7,683,391	0.61%	1.04%
2034	140,362,026	7,760,901	0.59%	1.01%
2035	141,150,818	7,836,706	0.56%	0.98%
2036	141,909,168	7,910,787	0.54%	0.95%
2037	142,637,546	7,983,295	0.51%	0.92%
2038	143,336,222	8,054,140	0.49%	0.89%
2039	143,998,296	8,122,959	0.46%	0.85%
2040	144,624,328	8,189,916	0.43%	0.82%
2041	145,217,780	8,255,163	0.41%	0.8%
2042	145,777,459	8,318,515	0.39%	0.77%
2043	146,300,011	8,380,014	0.36%	0.74%
2044	146,787,722	8,439,720	0.33%	0.71%
2045	147,240,096	8,497,618	0.31%	0.69%
2046	147,654,160	8,553,413	0.28%	0.66%
2047	148,030,153	8,607,283	0.25%	0.63%
2048	148,372,233	8,659,292	0.23%	0.6%
2049	148,677,894	8,708,929	0.21%	0.57%
2050	148,946,272	8,756,439	0.18%	0.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mexico increased by 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth), while Nicaragua gained 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mexico gained 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth), while Nicaragua's population increased by 930,247 (a 15.1% growth).

Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2005 and is still 11th in 2025. Nicaragua was ranked 110th in 2005 and ranked 107th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Mexico's population will grow by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of Nicaragua will increase by 23.7% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.