Population in Nicaragua compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nicaragua and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	North Korea	Nicaragua	North Korea
1960	1,782,370	11,722,953	-	-
1961	1,836,451	11,990,713	3.03%	2.28%
1962	1,892,320	12,262,882	3.04%	2.27%
1963	1,950,159	12,567,057	3.06%	2.48%
1964	2,010,176	12,889,770	3.08%	2.57%
1965	2,072,681	13,219,369	3.11%	2.56%
1966	2,137,820	13,569,094	3.14%	2.65%
1967	2,205,567	13,958,350	3.17%	2.87%
1968	2,275,836	14,365,596	3.19%	2.92%
1969	2,348,398	14,767,615	3.19%	2.8%
1970	2,423,065	15,172,775	3.18%	2.74%
1971	2,499,825	15,572,457	3.17%	2.63%
1972	2,573,578	15,975,069	2.95%	2.59%
1973	2,649,278	16,350,367	2.94%	2.35%
1974	2,732,075	16,673,121	3.13%	1.97%
1975	2,816,943	16,971,055	3.11%	1.79%
1976	2,903,851	17,243,450	3.09%	1.61%
1977	2,992,534	17,492,798	3.05%	1.45%
1978	3,080,314	17,735,995	2.93%	1.39%
1979	3,164,525	17,983,470	2.73%	1.4%
1980	3,252,403	18,236,786	2.78%	1.41%
1981	3,345,674	18,501,295	2.87%	1.45%
1982	3,438,745	18,776,357	2.78%	1.49%
1983	3,530,282	19,054,034	2.66%	1.48%
1984	3,619,104	19,335,043	2.52%	1.47%
1985	3,706,479	19,620,388	2.41%	1.48%
1986	3,794,157	19,910,855	2.37%	1.48%
1987	3,882,164	20,205,483	2.32%	1.48%
1988	3,972,320	20,503,161	2.32%	1.47%
1989	4,066,476	20,804,367	2.37%	1.47%
1990	4,162,559	21,112,137	2.36%	1.48%
1991	4,259,637	21,428,638	2.33%	1.5%
1992	4,357,026	21,750,911	2.29%	1.5%
1993	4,453,732	22,073,352	2.22%	1.48%
1994	4,549,316	22,393,975	2.15%	1.45%
1995	4,642,931	22,669,304	2.06%	1.23%
1996	4,729,974	22,895,746	1.87%	1%
1997	4,809,573	23,110,830	1.68%	0.94%
1998	4,883,655	23,311,564	1.54%	0.87%
1999	4,954,018	23,497,599	1.44%	0.8%
2000	5,022,633	23,665,910	1.39%	0.72%
2001	5,087,825	23,815,358	1.3%	0.63%
2002	5,149,909	23,943,973	1.22%	0.54%
2003	5,210,963	24,090,380	1.19%	0.61%
2004	5,272,912	24,254,943	1.19%	0.68%
2005	5,342,105	24,396,433	1.31%	0.58%
2006	5,418,855	24,524,507	1.44%	0.52%
2007	5,497,243	24,646,383	1.45%	0.5%
2008	5,576,593	24,764,618	1.44%	0.48%
2009	5,656,601	24,878,332	1.43%	0.46%
2010	5,737,450	24,987,258	1.43%	0.44%
2011	5,819,051	25,097,874	1.42%	0.44%
2012	5,901,287	25,211,728	1.41%	0.45%
2013	5,983,845	25,329,451	1.4%	0.47%
2014	6,066,492	25,451,262	1.38%	0.48%
2015	6,149,417	25,575,350	1.37%	0.49%
2016	6,232,666	25,698,326	1.35%	0.48%
2017	6,316,231	25,817,709	1.34%	0.46%
2018	6,400,080	25,931,147	1.33%	0.44%
2019	6,483,657	26,037,632	1.31%	0.41%
2020	6,565,267	26,136,312	1.26%	0.38%
2021	6,644,741	26,232,534	1.21%	0.37%
2022	6,730,654	26,328,845	1.29%	0.37%
2023	6,823,613	26,418,204	1.38%	0.34%
2024	6,916,140	26,498,823	1.36%	0.31%
2025	7,007,511	26,571,033	1.32%	0.27%
2026	7,097,335	26,633,682	1.28%	0.24%
2027	7,185,724	26,686,492	1.25%	0.2%
2028	7,272,691	26,729,261	1.21%	0.16%
2029	7,358,003	26,762,008	1.17%	0.12%
2030	7,441,612	26,784,894	1.14%	0.09%
2031	7,523,773	26,797,946	1.1%	0.05%
2032	7,604,398	26,801,071	1.07%	0.01%
2033	7,683,391	26,795,061	1.04%	-0.02%
2034	7,760,901	26,780,481	1.01%	-0.05%
2035	7,836,706	26,757,705	0.98%	-0.09%
2036	7,910,787	26,727,309	0.95%	-0.11%
2037	7,983,295	26,689,907	0.92%	-0.14%
2038	8,054,140	26,646,323	0.89%	-0.16%
2039	8,122,959	26,596,967	0.85%	-0.19%
2040	8,189,916	26,542,417	0.82%	-0.21%
2041	8,255,163	26,483,475	0.8%	-0.22%
2042	8,318,515	26,420,812	0.77%	-0.24%
2043	8,380,014	26,354,324	0.74%	-0.25%
2044	8,439,720	26,284,000	0.71%	-0.27%
2045	8,497,618	26,210,196	0.69%	-0.28%
2046	8,553,413	26,132,922	0.66%	-0.29%
2047	8,607,283	26,052,086	0.63%	-0.31%
2048	8,659,292	25,967,581	0.6%	-0.32%
2049	8,708,929	25,879,244	0.57%	-0.34%
2050	8,756,439	25,787,120	0.55%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2006 and ranked 56th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Nicaragua's population will grow by 23.4% to 8,756,439 people with a rank change from 107th to 109th. The population of North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.