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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Palau	Nicaragua	Palau
1960	1,782,370	9,328	-	-
1961	1,836,451	9,555	3.03%	2.43%
1962	1,892,320	9,793	3.04%	2.49%
1963	1,950,159	10,037	3.06%	2.49%
1964	2,010,176	10,292	3.08%	2.54%
1965	2,072,681	10,547	3.11%	2.48%
1966	2,137,820	10,805	3.14%	2.45%
1967	2,205,567	10,988	3.17%	1.69%
1968	2,275,836	11,080	3.19%	0.84%
1969	2,348,398	11,159	3.19%	0.71%
1970	2,423,065	11,368	3.18%	1.87%
1971	2,499,825	11,759	3.17%	3.44%
1972	2,573,578	12,194	2.95%	3.7%
1973	2,649,278	12,552	2.94%	2.94%
1974	2,732,075	12,687	3.13%	1.08%
1975	2,816,943	12,655	3.11%	-0.25%
1976	2,903,851	12,598	3.09%	-0.45%
1977	2,992,534	12,525	3.05%	-0.58%
1978	3,080,314	12,440	2.93%	-0.68%
1979	3,164,525	12,337	2.73%	-0.83%
1980	3,252,403	12,271	2.78%	-0.53%
1981	3,345,674	12,402	2.87%	1.07%
1982	3,438,745	12,694	2.78%	2.35%
1983	3,530,282	13,006	2.66%	2.46%
1984	3,619,104	13,337	2.52%	2.54%
1985	3,706,479	13,688	2.41%	2.63%
1986	3,794,157	14,024	2.37%	2.45%
1987	3,882,164	14,334	2.32%	2.21%
1988	3,972,320	14,645	2.32%	2.17%
1989	4,066,476	14,945	2.37%	2.05%
1990	4,162,559	15,259	2.36%	2.1%
1991	4,259,637	15,614	2.33%	2.33%
1992	4,357,026	15,989	2.29%	2.4%
1993	4,453,732	16,372	2.22%	2.4%
1994	4,549,316	16,770	2.15%	2.43%
1995	4,642,931	17,195	2.06%	2.53%
1996	4,729,974	17,654	1.87%	2.67%
1997	4,809,573	18,108	1.68%	2.57%
1998	4,883,655	18,524	1.54%	2.3%
1999	4,954,018	18,901	1.44%	2.04%
2000	5,022,633	19,178	1.39%	1.47%
2001	5,087,825	19,352	1.3%	0.91%
2002	5,149,909	19,503	1.22%	0.78%
2003	5,210,963	19,659	1.19%	0.8%
2004	5,272,912	19,820	1.19%	0.82%
2005	5,342,105	19,819	1.31%	-0.005%
2006	5,418,855	19,593	1.44%	-1.14%
2007	5,497,243	19,302	1.45%	-1.49%
2008	5,576,593	19,009	1.44%	-1.52%
2009	5,656,601	18,709	1.43%	-1.58%
2010	5,737,450	18,396	1.43%	-1.67%
2011	5,819,051	18,078	1.42%	-1.73%
2012	5,901,287	17,765	1.41%	-1.73%
2013	5,983,845	17,648	1.4%	-0.66%
2014	6,066,492	17,715	1.38%	0.38%
2015	6,149,417	17,770	1.37%	0.31%
2016	6,232,666	17,797	1.35%	0.15%
2017	6,316,231	17,812	1.34%	0.08%
2018	6,400,080	17,814	1.33%	0.01%
2019	6,483,657	17,798	1.31%	-0.09%
2020	6,565,267	17,792	1.26%	-0.03%
2021	6,644,741	17,783	1.21%	-0.05%
2022	6,730,654	17,759	1.29%	-0.13%
2023	6,823,613	17,727	1.38%	-0.18%
2024	6,916,140	17,695	1.36%	-0.18%
2025	7,007,511	17,663	1.32%	-0.18%
2026	7,097,335	17,618	1.28%	-0.25%
2027	7,185,724	17,564	1.25%	-0.31%
2028	7,272,691	17,504	1.21%	-0.34%
2029	7,358,003	17,436	1.17%	-0.39%
2030	7,441,612	17,376	1.14%	-0.34%
2031	7,523,773	17,299	1.1%	-0.44%
2032	7,604,398	17,228	1.07%	-0.41%
2033	7,683,391	17,163	1.04%	-0.38%
2034	7,760,901	17,092	1.01%	-0.41%
2035	7,836,706	17,012	0.98%	-0.47%
2036	7,910,787	16,940	0.95%	-0.43%
2037	7,983,295	16,858	0.92%	-0.48%
2038	8,054,140	16,779	0.89%	-0.47%
2039	8,122,959	16,689	0.85%	-0.54%
2040	8,189,916	16,604	0.82%	-0.51%
2041	8,255,163	16,510	0.8%	-0.57%
2042	8,318,515	16,403	0.77%	-0.65%
2043	8,380,014	16,302	0.74%	-0.61%
2044	8,439,720	16,202	0.71%	-0.62%
2045	8,497,618	16,097	0.69%	-0.65%
2046	8,553,413	15,977	0.66%	-0.74%
2047	8,607,283	15,863	0.63%	-0.71%
2048	8,659,292	15,749	0.6%	-0.72%
2049	8,708,929	15,632	0.57%	-0.74%
2050	8,756,439	15,515	0.55%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while Palau lost 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -179 (a 1.01% decline).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. Palau was ranked 194th in 2006 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 11.9% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.