The current population of Nicaragua is 7,079,664 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 6,916,140 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Since 2005, population has increased from 5.34M people to 7.08M (32.5% growth in 20 years).
- For the last 20 years, Nicaragua has had an average growth rate of 1.63% per year.
- Nicaragua is ranked 107/197 by population and was ranked 110th in 2005.
- Nicaragua is projected to reach 9.24M people in 2071.
- Nicaragua accounts for 0.09% of the world's population.
Nicaragua population clock
Nicaragua
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
7079664
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 107/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.09% | N/A |
| One net population change |
5.68 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
3.98 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
16.8 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +253 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +92,527 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.36% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 81/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.07 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -8,189 | N/A |
Nicaragua population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,782,370 | - |
| 1961 | 1,836,451 | 3.03% |
| 1962 | 1,892,320 | 3.04% |
| 1963 | 1,950,159 | 3.06% |
| 1964 | 2,010,176 | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 2,072,681 | 3.11% |
| 1966 | 2,137,820 | 3.14% |
| 1967 | 2,205,567 | 3.17% |
| 1968 | 2,275,836 | 3.19% |
| 1969 | 2,348,398 | 3.19% |
| 1970 | 2,423,065 | 3.18% |
| 1971 | 2,499,825 | 3.17% |
| 1972 | 2,573,578 | 2.95% |
| 1973 | 2,649,278 | 2.94% |
| 1974 | 2,732,075 | 3.13% |
| 1975 | 2,816,943 | 3.11% |
| 1976 | 2,903,851 | 3.09% |
| 1977 | 2,992,534 | 3.05% |
| 1978 | 3,080,314 | 2.93% |
| 1979 | 3,164,525 | 2.73% |
| 1980 | 3,252,403 | 2.78% |
| 1981 | 3,345,674 | 2.87% |
| 1982 | 3,438,745 | 2.78% |
| 1983 | 3,530,282 | 2.66% |
| 1984 | 3,619,104 | 2.52% |
| 1985 | 3,706,479 | 2.41% |
| 1986 | 3,794,157 | 2.37% |
| 1987 | 3,882,164 | 2.32% |
| 1988 | 3,972,320 | 2.32% |
| 1989 | 4,066,476 | 2.37% |
| 1990 | 4,162,559 | 2.36% |
| 1991 | 4,259,637 | 2.33% |
| 1992 | 4,357,026 | 2.29% |
| 1993 | 4,453,732 | 2.22% |
| 1994 | 4,549,316 | 2.15% |
| 1995 | 4,642,931 | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 4,729,974 | 1.87% |
| 1997 | 4,809,573 | 1.68% |
| 1998 | 4,883,655 | 1.54% |
| 1999 | 4,954,018 | 1.44% |
| 2000 | 5,022,633 | 1.39% |
| 2001 | 5,087,825 | 1.3% |
| 2002 | 5,149,909 | 1.22% |
| 2003 | 5,210,963 | 1.19% |
| 2004 | 5,272,912 | 1.19% |
| 2005 | 5,342,105 | 1.31% |
| 2006 | 5,418,855 | 1.44% |
| 2007 | 5,497,243 | 1.45% |
| 2008 | 5,576,593 | 1.44% |
| 2009 | 5,656,601 | 1.43% |
| 2010 | 5,737,450 | 1.43% |
| 2011 | 5,819,051 | 1.42% |
| 2012 | 5,901,287 | 1.41% |
| 2013 | 5,983,845 | 1.4% |
| 2014 | 6,066,492 | 1.38% |
| 2015 | 6,149,417 | 1.37% |
| 2016 | 6,232,666 | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 6,316,231 | 1.34% |
| 2018 | 6,400,080 | 1.33% |
| 2019 | 6,483,657 | 1.31% |
| 2020 | 6,565,267 | 1.26% |
| 2021 | 6,644,741 | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 6,730,654 | 1.29% |
| 2023 | 6,823,613 | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 6,916,140 | 1.36% |
| 2025 | 7,007,511 | 1.32% |
| 2026 | 7,097,335 | 1.28% |
| 2027 | 7,185,724 | 1.25% |
| 2028 | 7,272,691 | 1.21% |
| 2029 | 7,358,003 | 1.17% |
| 2030 | 7,441,612 | 1.14% |
| 2031 | 7,523,773 | 1.1% |
| 2032 | 7,604,398 | 1.07% |
| 2033 | 7,683,391 | 1.04% |
| 2034 | 7,760,901 | 1.01% |
| 2035 | 7,836,706 | 0.98% |
| 2036 | 7,910,787 | 0.95% |
| 2037 | 7,983,295 | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 8,054,140 | 0.89% |
| 2039 | 8,122,959 | 0.85% |
| 2040 | 8,189,916 | 0.82% |
| 2041 | 8,255,163 | 0.8% |
| 2042 | 8,318,515 | 0.77% |
| 2043 | 8,380,014 | 0.74% |
| 2044 | 8,439,720 | 0.71% |
| 2045 | 8,497,618 | 0.69% |
| 2046 | 8,553,413 | 0.66% |
| 2047 | 8,607,283 | 0.63% |
| 2048 | 8,659,292 | 0.6% |
| 2049 | 8,708,929 | 0.57% |
| 2050 | 8,756,439 | 0.55% |
Nicaragua has a population of 7.08M as of 2025, compared to 6.15M in 2015, 5.34M in 2005, and 4.64M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.51% per year. Nicaragua is ranked 94th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Nicaragua will have 8,497,618 people (20% growth) with a rank change from 107th to 109th.
By the year 2100, Nicaragua's population is projected to grow by 21.6% to 8.61M people.
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Nicaragua population statistics
|
Nicaragua
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 75.3 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 29.3 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 26.6 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.22 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 148.9 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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