The latest officially reported population of Nicaragua was 6,916,140 in 2024 vs 4,515,577 people in Panama in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Nicaragua's population is 7,079,664 people compared to 4,614,993 in Panama.
Population statistics:
- Nicaragua's population is 1.53 times bigger than Panama's.
- Nicaragua is ranked the 107th most populous country in the world, while Panama is the 128th.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.09% for Nicaragua vs 0.06% for Panama.
- For the last 10 years, Nicaragua has had an average growth rate of +1.33% per year vs +1.52% in Panama.
- Since 2005, the population of Nicaragua has increased from 5.34M people to 7.08M (32.5% growth), while Panama has grown from 3.31M to 4.61M (39.3% growth).
- Nicaragua is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 9.24M people compared to the peak of 6.03M people in 2080 for Panama.
Nicaragua vs Panama: live population counter
Nicaragua
|
Panama
|
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
7079664
|
4614993
|
| Population rank | 107/197 | 128/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.09% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
5.68 minutes
|
9.25 minutes
|
| One birth every |
3.98 minutes
|
7.35 minutes
|
| One death every |
16.8 minutes
|
24.7 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
1.07 hours
|
1.31 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -8,189 | +6,706 |
| Daily growth/decline | +253 | +156 |
| Annual growth/decline | +92,527 | +56,818 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.36% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 81/197 | 85/197 |
Nicaragua and Panama: population history and growth rate by year chart
Nicaragua
Population
Growth rate
Panama
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Nicaragua
|
Panama
|
Nicaragua
|
Panama
|
|
| 1960 | 1,782,370 | 1,126,005 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,836,451 | 1,159,870 | 3.03% | 3.01% |
| 1962 | 1,892,320 | 1,195,301 | 3.04% | 3.05% |
| 1963 | 1,950,159 | 1,232,124 | 3.06% | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 2,010,176 | 1,270,065 | 3.08% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 2,072,681 | 1,308,835 | 3.11% | 3.05% |
| 1966 | 2,137,820 | 1,348,388 | 3.14% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 2,205,567 | 1,388,628 | 3.17% | 2.98% |
| 1968 | 2,275,836 | 1,429,447 | 3.19% | 2.94% |
| 1969 | 2,348,398 | 1,470,886 | 3.19% | 2.9% |
| 1970 | 2,423,065 | 1,513,070 | 3.18% | 2.87% |
| 1971 | 2,499,825 | 1,556,081 | 3.17% | 2.84% |
| 1972 | 2,573,578 | 1,599,723 | 2.95% | 2.8% |
| 1973 | 2,649,278 | 1,643,690 | 2.94% | 2.75% |
| 1974 | 2,732,075 | 1,687,926 | 3.13% | 2.69% |
| 1975 | 2,816,943 | 1,732,389 | 3.11% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 2,903,851 | 1,776,935 | 3.09% | 2.57% |
| 1977 | 2,992,534 | 1,821,543 | 3.05% | 2.51% |
| 1978 | 3,080,314 | 1,866,311 | 2.93% | 2.46% |
| 1979 | 3,164,525 | 1,911,552 | 2.73% | 2.42% |
| 1980 | 3,252,403 | 1,957,534 | 2.78% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 3,345,674 | 2,004,418 | 2.87% | 2.4% |
| 1982 | 3,438,745 | 2,052,271 | 2.78% | 2.39% |
| 1983 | 3,530,282 | 2,101,106 | 2.66% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 3,619,104 | 2,150,782 | 2.52% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 3,706,479 | 2,200,915 | 2.41% | 2.33% |
| 1986 | 3,794,157 | 2,251,325 | 2.37% | 2.29% |
| 1987 | 3,882,164 | 2,301,970 | 2.32% | 2.25% |
| 1988 | 3,972,320 | 2,352,848 | 2.32% | 2.21% |
| 1989 | 4,066,476 | 2,403,820 | 2.37% | 2.17% |
| 1990 | 4,162,559 | 2,455,583 | 2.36% | 2.15% |
| 1991 | 4,259,637 | 2,508,265 | 2.33% | 2.15% |
| 1992 | 4,357,026 | 2,561,336 | 2.29% | 2.12% |
| 1993 | 4,453,732 | 2,615,099 | 2.22% | 2.1% |
| 1994 | 4,549,316 | 2,669,546 | 2.15% | 2.08% |
| 1995 | 4,642,931 | 2,724,557 | 2.06% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 4,729,974 | 2,780,227 | 1.87% | 2.04% |
| 1997 | 4,809,573 | 2,836,695 | 1.68% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 4,883,655 | 2,893,914 | 1.54% | 2.02% |
| 1999 | 4,954,018 | 2,951,822 | 1.44% | 2% |
| 2000 | 5,022,633 | 3,010,369 | 1.39% | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 5,087,825 | 3,069,537 | 1.3% | 1.97% |
| 2002 | 5,149,909 | 3,129,344 | 1.22% | 1.95% |
| 2003 | 5,210,963 | 3,189,807 | 1.19% | 1.93% |
| 2004 | 5,272,912 | 3,251,155 | 1.19% | 1.92% |
| 2005 | 5,342,105 | 3,313,026 | 1.31% | 1.9% |
| 2006 | 5,418,855 | 3,375,024 | 1.44% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 5,497,243 | 3,437,490 | 1.45% | 1.85% |
| 2008 | 5,576,593 | 3,500,648 | 1.44% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 5,656,601 | 3,564,381 | 1.43% | 1.82% |
| 2010 | 5,737,450 | 3,628,535 | 1.43% | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 5,819,051 | 3,693,505 | 1.42% | 1.79% |
| 2012 | 5,901,287 | 3,759,256 | 1.41% | 1.78% |
| 2013 | 5,983,845 | 3,825,329 | 1.4% | 1.76% |
| 2014 | 6,066,492 | 3,892,101 | 1.38% | 1.75% |
| 2015 | 6,149,417 | 3,960,035 | 1.37% | 1.75% |
| 2016 | 6,232,666 | 4,029,086 | 1.35% | 1.74% |
| 2017 | 6,316,231 | 4,098,707 | 1.34% | 1.73% |
| 2018 | 6,400,080 | 4,167,860 | 1.33% | 1.69% |
| 2019 | 6,483,657 | 4,234,700 | 1.31% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 6,565,267 | 4,293,261 | 1.26% | 1.38% |
| 2021 | 6,644,741 | 4,345,405 | 1.21% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 6,730,654 | 4,400,773 | 1.29% | 1.27% |
| 2023 | 6,823,613 | 4,458,759 | 1.38% | 1.32% |
| 2024 | 6,916,140 | 4,515,577 | 1.36% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 7,007,511 | 4,571,195 | 1.32% | 1.23% |
| 2026 | 7,097,335 | 4,625,720 | 1.28% | 1.19% |
| 2027 | 7,185,724 | 4,679,241 | 1.25% | 1.16% |
| 2028 | 7,272,691 | 4,731,818 | 1.21% | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 7,358,003 | 4,783,378 | 1.17% | 1.09% |
| 2030 | 7,441,612 | 4,833,856 | 1.14% | 1.06% |
| 2031 | 7,523,773 | 4,883,390 | 1.1% | 1.02% |
| 2032 | 7,604,398 | 4,932,075 | 1.07% | 1% |
| 2033 | 7,683,391 | 4,979,812 | 1.04% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 7,760,901 | 5,026,494 | 1.01% | 0.94% |
| 2035 | 7,836,706 | 5,072,267 | 0.98% | 0.91% |
| 2036 | 7,910,787 | 5,117,124 | 0.95% | 0.88% |
| 2037 | 7,983,295 | 5,161,085 | 0.92% | 0.86% |
| 2038 | 8,054,140 | 5,204,053 | 0.89% | 0.83% |
| 2039 | 8,122,959 | 5,245,902 | 0.85% | 0.8% |
| 2040 | 8,189,916 | 5,286,595 | 0.82% | 0.78% |
| 2041 | 8,255,163 | 5,326,183 | 0.8% | 0.75% |
| 2042 | 8,318,515 | 5,364,671 | 0.77% | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 8,380,014 | 5,402,037 | 0.74% | 0.7% |
| 2044 | 8,439,720 | 5,438,259 | 0.71% | 0.67% |
| 2045 | 8,497,618 | 5,473,283 | 0.69% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 8,553,413 | 5,507,148 | 0.66% | 0.62% |
| 2047 | 8,607,283 | 5,539,873 | 0.63% | 0.59% |
| 2048 | 8,659,292 | 5,571,404 | 0.6% | 0.57% |
| 2049 | 8,708,929 | 5,601,670 | 0.57% | 0.54% |
| 2050 | 8,756,439 | 5,630,681 | 0.55% | 0.52% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nicaragua increased by 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth), while Panama gained 647,009 people (a 19.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nicaragua gained 930,247 (a 15.1% growth), while Panama's population increased by 654,958 (a 16.5% growth).
Nicaragua was ranked 110th most populous country in 2005 and is 107th in 2025. Panama was ranked 128th in 2005 and still ranked 128th 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 Panama will increase by 22% to 5,630,681 people and rank change from 128th to 124th.
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Population differences between Nicaragua and Panama
|
Nicaragua
|
Panama
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 75.3 years | 80 years |
| Average age | 29.3 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 26.6 years | 30.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 2.22 births per woman | 2.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 148.9 ppl/mi² | 157.7 ppl/mi² |
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