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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Niger	Nicaragua	Niger
1960	1,782,370	3,505,050	-	-
1961	1,836,451	3,608,162	3.03%	2.94%
1962	1,892,320	3,714,520	3.04%	2.95%
1963	1,950,159	3,823,873	3.06%	2.94%
1964	2,010,176	3,935,814	3.08%	2.93%
1965	2,072,681	4,049,695	3.11%	2.89%
1966	2,137,820	4,165,544	3.14%	2.86%
1967	2,205,567	4,283,590	3.17%	2.83%
1968	2,275,836	4,403,637	3.19%	2.8%
1969	2,348,398	4,525,725	3.19%	2.77%
1970	2,423,065	4,650,275	3.18%	2.75%
1971	2,499,825	4,776,225	3.17%	2.71%
1972	2,573,578	4,904,845	2.95%	2.69%
1973	2,649,278	5,037,865	2.94%	2.71%
1974	2,732,075	5,174,953	3.13%	2.72%
1975	2,816,943	5,317,019	3.11%	2.75%
1976	2,903,851	5,464,962	3.09%	2.78%
1977	2,992,534	5,619,716	3.05%	2.83%
1978	3,080,314	5,782,932	2.93%	2.9%
1979	3,164,525	5,955,556	2.73%	2.99%
1980	3,252,403	6,135,971	2.78%	3.03%
1981	3,345,674	6,322,006	2.87%	3.03%
1982	3,438,745	6,512,732	2.78%	3.02%
1983	3,530,282	6,708,644	2.66%	3.01%
1984	3,619,104	6,909,971	2.52%	3%
1985	3,706,479	7,118,457	2.41%	3.02%
1986	3,794,157	7,335,811	2.37%	3.05%
1987	3,882,164	7,561,150	2.32%	3.07%
1988	3,972,320	7,793,748	2.32%	3.08%
1989	4,066,476	8,034,780	2.37%	3.09%
1990	4,162,559	8,286,059	2.36%	3.13%
1991	4,259,637	8,546,900	2.33%	3.15%
1992	4,357,026	8,817,633	2.29%	3.17%
1993	4,453,732	9,100,789	2.22%	3.21%
1994	4,549,316	9,398,258	2.15%	3.27%
1995	4,642,931	9,714,529	2.06%	3.37%
1996	4,729,974	10,044,852	1.87%	3.4%
1997	4,809,573	10,383,969	1.68%	3.38%
1998	4,883,655	10,741,413	1.54%	3.44%
1999	4,954,018	11,117,411	1.44%	3.5%
2000	5,022,633	11,509,630	1.39%	3.53%
2001	5,087,825	11,920,647	1.3%	3.57%
2002	5,149,909	12,349,144	1.22%	3.59%
2003	5,210,963	12,796,984	1.19%	3.63%
2004	5,272,912	13,265,836	1.19%	3.66%
2005	5,342,105	13,756,192	1.31%	3.7%
2006	5,418,855	14,268,581	1.44%	3.72%
2007	5,497,243	14,803,610	1.45%	3.75%
2008	5,576,593	15,361,915	1.44%	3.77%
2009	5,656,601	15,943,675	1.43%	3.79%
2010	5,737,450	16,548,835	1.43%	3.8%
2011	5,819,051	17,176,283	1.42%	3.79%
2012	5,901,287	17,836,769	1.41%	3.85%
2013	5,983,845	18,519,898	1.4%	3.83%
2014	6,066,492	19,215,909	1.38%	3.76%
2015	6,149,417	19,939,498	1.37%	3.77%
2016	6,232,666	20,685,753	1.35%	3.74%
2017	6,316,231	21,435,446	1.34%	3.62%
2018	6,400,080	22,188,069	1.33%	3.51%
2019	6,483,657	22,947,757	1.31%	3.42%
2020	6,565,267	23,717,613	1.26%	3.35%
2021	6,644,741	24,502,140	1.21%	3.31%
2022	6,730,654	25,311,973	1.29%	3.31%
2023	6,823,613	26,159,867	1.38%	3.35%
2024	6,916,140	27,032,412	1.36%	3.34%
2025	7,007,511	27,917,825	1.32%	3.28%
2026	7,097,335	28,814,872	1.28%	3.21%
2027	7,185,724	29,723,688	1.25%	3.15%
2028	7,272,691	30,643,561	1.21%	3.09%
2029	7,358,003	31,575,091	1.17%	3.04%
2030	7,441,612	32,518,069	1.14%	2.99%
2031	7,523,773	33,469,616	1.1%	2.93%
2032	7,604,398	34,428,638	1.07%	2.87%
2033	7,683,391	35,397,029	1.04%	2.81%
2034	7,760,901	36,372,374	1.01%	2.76%
2035	7,836,706	37,353,462	0.98%	2.7%
2036	7,910,787	38,340,142	0.95%	2.64%
2037	7,983,295	39,330,372	0.92%	2.58%
2038	8,054,140	40,323,460	0.89%	2.52%
2039	8,122,959	41,318,407	0.85%	2.47%
2040	8,189,916	42,316,733	0.82%	2.42%
2041	8,255,163	43,319,236	0.8%	2.37%
2042	8,318,515	44,326,115	0.77%	2.32%
2043	8,380,014	45,337,248	0.74%	2.28%
2044	8,439,720	46,353,160	0.71%	2.24%
2045	8,497,618	47,374,113	0.69%	2.2%
2046	8,553,413	48,397,993	0.66%	2.16%
2047	8,607,283	49,423,853	0.63%	2.12%
2048	8,659,292	50,452,202	0.6%	2.08%
2049	8,708,929	51,482,559	0.57%	2.04%
2050	8,756,439	52,513,870	0.55%	2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nicaragua increased by 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth), while Niger gained 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nicaragua gained 930,247 (a 15.1% growth), while Niger's population increased by 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 110th most populous country in 2005 and is 107th in 2025. Niger was ranked 65th in 2005 and ranked 53rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Nicaragua's population will grow by 23.7% to 8,756,439 people with a rank change from 107th to 109th. The population of Niger will increase by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.