Population in Nicaragua compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nicaragua and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Papua New Guinea	Nicaragua	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,782,370	1,995,110	-	-
1961	1,836,451	2,046,127	3.03%	2.56%
1962	1,892,320	2,093,919	3.04%	2.34%
1963	1,950,159	2,141,376	3.06%	2.27%
1964	2,010,176	2,188,325	3.08%	2.19%
1965	2,072,681	2,235,820	3.11%	2.17%
1966	2,137,820	2,285,774	3.14%	2.23%
1967	2,205,567	2,337,532	3.17%	2.26%
1968	2,275,836	2,390,803	3.19%	2.28%
1969	2,348,398	2,446,927	3.19%	2.35%
1970	2,423,065	2,505,628	3.18%	2.4%
1971	2,499,825	2,566,421	3.17%	2.43%
1972	2,573,578	2,628,432	2.95%	2.42%
1973	2,649,278	2,690,629	2.94%	2.37%
1974	2,732,075	2,752,671	3.13%	2.31%
1975	2,816,943	2,814,820	3.11%	2.26%
1976	2,903,851	2,877,327	3.09%	2.22%
1977	2,992,534	2,940,327	3.05%	2.19%
1978	3,080,314	3,003,714	2.93%	2.16%
1979	3,164,525	3,067,341	2.73%	2.12%
1980	3,252,403	3,131,512	2.78%	2.09%
1981	3,345,674	3,197,019	2.87%	2.09%
1982	3,438,745	3,264,291	2.78%	2.1%
1983	3,530,282	3,333,633	2.66%	2.12%
1984	3,619,104	3,405,198	2.52%	2.15%
1985	3,706,479	3,478,936	2.41%	2.17%
1986	3,794,157	3,554,793	2.37%	2.18%
1987	3,882,164	3,632,543	2.32%	2.19%
1988	3,972,320	3,711,880	2.32%	2.18%
1989	4,066,476	3,796,078	2.37%	2.27%
1990	4,162,559	3,896,481	2.36%	2.64%
1991	4,259,637	4,021,837	2.33%	3.22%
1992	4,357,026	4,166,699	2.29%	3.6%
1993	4,453,732	4,320,872	2.22%	3.7%
1994	4,549,316	4,480,208	2.15%	3.69%
1995	4,642,931	4,644,278	2.06%	3.66%
1996	4,729,974	4,813,361	1.87%	3.64%
1997	4,809,573	4,987,883	1.68%	3.63%
1998	4,883,655	5,166,390	1.54%	3.58%
1999	4,954,018	5,349,333	1.44%	3.54%
2000	5,022,633	5,537,064	1.39%	3.51%
2001	5,087,825	5,728,435	1.3%	3.46%
2002	5,149,909	5,924,003	1.22%	3.41%
2003	5,210,963	6,123,997	1.19%	3.38%
2004	5,272,912	6,328,041	1.19%	3.33%
2005	5,342,105	6,535,905	1.31%	3.28%
2006	5,418,855	6,747,720	1.44%	3.24%
2007	5,497,243	6,963,345	1.45%	3.2%
2008	5,576,593	7,183,002	1.44%	3.15%
2009	5,656,601	7,406,438	1.43%	3.11%
2010	5,737,450	7,633,523	1.43%	3.07%
2011	5,819,051	7,859,346	1.42%	2.96%
2012	5,901,287	8,081,390	1.41%	2.83%
2013	5,983,845	8,302,698	1.4%	2.74%
2014	6,066,492	8,523,441	1.38%	2.66%
2015	6,149,417	8,743,246	1.37%	2.58%
2016	6,232,666	8,961,718	1.35%	2.5%
2017	6,316,231	9,178,714	1.34%	2.42%
2018	6,400,080	9,394,513	1.33%	2.35%
2019	6,483,657	9,609,010	1.31%	2.28%
2020	6,565,267	9,815,746	1.26%	2.15%
2021	6,644,741	10,012,896	1.21%	2.01%
2022	6,730,654	10,203,169	1.29%	1.9%
2023	6,823,613	10,389,635	1.38%	1.83%
2024	6,916,140	10,576,502	1.36%	1.8%
2025	7,007,511	10,762,813	1.32%	1.76%
2026	7,097,335	10,947,845	1.28%	1.72%
2027	7,185,724	11,131,268	1.25%	1.68%
2028	7,272,691	11,312,895	1.21%	1.63%
2029	7,358,003	11,492,799	1.17%	1.59%
2030	7,441,612	11,671,420	1.14%	1.55%
2031	7,523,773	11,848,221	1.1%	1.51%
2032	7,604,398	12,023,121	1.07%	1.48%
2033	7,683,391	12,196,639	1.04%	1.44%
2034	7,760,901	12,369,248	1.01%	1.42%
2035	7,836,706	12,540,596	0.98%	1.39%
2036	7,910,787	12,710,682	0.95%	1.36%
2037	7,983,295	12,879,737	0.92%	1.33%
2038	8,054,140	13,047,122	0.89%	1.3%
2039	8,122,959	13,212,668	0.85%	1.27%
2040	8,189,916	13,376,156	0.82%	1.24%
2041	8,255,163	13,537,361	0.8%	1.21%
2042	8,318,515	13,696,139	0.77%	1.17%
2043	8,380,014	13,853,410	0.74%	1.15%
2044	8,439,720	14,009,926	0.71%	1.13%
2045	8,497,618	14,165,578	0.69%	1.11%
2046	8,553,413	14,318,889	0.66%	1.08%
2047	8,607,283	14,469,210	0.63%	1.05%
2048	8,659,292	14,617,364	0.6%	1.02%
2049	8,708,929	14,763,600	0.57%	1%
2050	8,756,439	14,906,584	0.55%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.