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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Nigeria	Nicaragua	Nigeria
1960	1,782,370	45,053,782	-	-
1961	1,836,451	45,989,310	3.03%	2.08%
1962	1,892,320	46,965,292	3.04%	2.12%
1963	1,950,159	47,973,575	3.06%	2.15%
1964	2,010,176	49,012,016	3.08%	2.16%
1965	2,072,681	50,086,764	3.11%	2.19%
1966	2,137,820	51,188,234	3.14%	2.2%
1967	2,205,567	52,293,065	3.17%	2.16%
1968	2,275,836	53,432,783	3.19%	2.18%
1969	2,348,398	54,631,914	3.19%	2.24%
1970	2,423,065	55,893,838	3.18%	2.31%
1971	2,499,825	57,214,684	3.17%	2.36%
1972	2,573,578	58,601,748	2.95%	2.42%
1973	2,649,278	60,082,139	2.94%	2.53%
1974	2,732,075	61,679,144	3.13%	2.66%
1975	2,816,943	63,410,815	3.11%	2.81%
1976	2,903,851	65,258,009	3.09%	2.91%
1977	2,992,534	67,234,590	3.05%	3.03%
1978	3,080,314	69,326,532	2.93%	3.11%
1979	3,164,525	71,498,242	2.73%	3.13%
1980	3,252,403	73,764,641	2.78%	3.17%
1981	3,345,674	76,068,103	2.87%	3.12%
1982	3,438,745	78,378,701	2.78%	3.04%
1983	3,530,282	80,438,260	2.66%	2.63%
1984	3,619,104	82,526,443	2.52%	2.6%
1985	3,706,479	84,897,973	2.41%	2.87%
1986	3,794,157	87,235,953	2.37%	2.75%
1987	3,882,164	89,591,716	2.32%	2.7%
1988	3,972,320	92,020,090	2.32%	2.71%
1989	4,066,476	94,531,014	2.37%	2.73%
1990	4,162,559	97,120,925	2.36%	2.74%
1991	4,259,637	99,720,162	2.33%	2.68%
1992	4,357,026	102,372,770	2.29%	2.66%
1993	4,453,732	105,122,069	2.22%	2.69%
1994	4,549,316	107,935,714	2.15%	2.68%
1995	4,642,931	110,819,428	2.06%	2.67%
1996	4,729,974	113,754,779	1.87%	2.65%
1997	4,809,573	116,754,792	1.68%	2.64%
1998	4,883,655	119,846,254	1.54%	2.65%
1999	4,954,018	123,047,320	1.44%	2.67%
2000	5,022,633	126,382,494	1.39%	2.71%
2001	5,087,825	129,862,595	1.3%	2.75%
2002	5,149,909	133,471,989	1.22%	2.78%
2003	5,210,963	137,202,644	1.19%	2.8%
2004	5,272,912	141,057,045	1.19%	2.81%
2005	5,342,105	145,017,253	1.31%	2.81%
2006	5,418,855	149,077,334	1.44%	2.8%
2007	5,497,243	153,267,261	1.45%	2.81%
2008	5,576,593	157,595,014	1.44%	2.82%
2009	5,656,601	162,049,464	1.43%	2.83%
2010	5,737,450	166,642,886	1.43%	2.83%
2011	5,819,051	171,379,598	1.42%	2.84%
2012	5,901,287	176,200,625	1.41%	2.81%
2013	5,983,845	181,049,443	1.4%	2.75%
2014	6,066,492	185,896,915	1.38%	2.68%
2015	6,149,417	190,671,878	1.37%	2.57%
2016	6,232,666	195,443,700	1.35%	2.5%
2017	6,316,231	200,254,579	1.34%	2.46%
2018	6,400,080	204,938,755	1.33%	2.34%
2019	6,483,657	209,485,641	1.31%	2.22%
2020	6,565,267	213,996,181	1.26%	2.15%
2021	6,644,741	218,529,286	1.21%	2.12%
2022	6,730,654	223,150,896	1.29%	2.11%
2023	6,823,613	227,882,945	1.38%	2.12%
2024	6,916,140	232,679,478	1.36%	2.1%
2025	7,007,511	237,527,783	1.32%	2.08%
2026	7,097,335	242,431,830	1.28%	2.06%
2027	7,185,724	247,374,258	1.25%	2.04%
2028	7,272,691	252,346,128	1.21%	2.01%
2029	7,358,003	257,352,638	1.17%	1.98%
2030	7,441,612	262,380,975	1.14%	1.95%
2031	7,523,773	267,421,079	1.1%	1.92%
2032	7,604,398	272,483,635	1.07%	1.89%
2033	7,683,391	277,555,116	1.04%	1.86%
2034	7,760,901	282,622,388	1.01%	1.83%
2035	7,836,706	287,685,757	0.98%	1.79%
2036	7,910,787	292,739,390	0.95%	1.76%
2037	7,983,295	297,773,236	0.92%	1.72%
2038	8,054,140	302,782,350	0.89%	1.68%
2039	8,122,959	307,764,754	0.85%	1.65%
2040	8,189,916	312,710,403	0.82%	1.61%
2041	8,255,163	317,607,237	0.8%	1.57%
2042	8,318,515	322,450,302	0.77%	1.52%
2043	8,380,014	327,243,941	0.74%	1.49%
2044	8,439,720	331,983,354	0.71%	1.45%
2045	8,497,618	336,662,502	0.69%	1.41%
2046	8,553,413	341,281,757	0.66%	1.37%
2047	8,607,283	345,844,004	0.63%	1.34%
2048	8,659,292	350,347,757	0.6%	1.3%
2049	8,708,929	354,792,418	0.57%	1.27%
2050	8,756,439	359,185,550	0.55%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nicaragua increased by 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nicaragua gained 930,247 (a 15.1% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 110th most populous country in 2005 and is 107th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.