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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Paraguay	Nicaragua	Paraguay
1960	1,782,370	1,883,514	-	-
1961	1,836,451	1,927,394	3.03%	2.33%
1962	1,892,320	1,973,130	3.04%	2.37%
1963	1,950,159	2,021,909	3.06%	2.47%
1964	2,010,176	2,073,119	3.08%	2.53%
1965	2,072,681	2,125,177	3.11%	2.51%
1966	2,137,820	2,177,584	3.14%	2.47%
1967	2,205,567	2,229,994	3.17%	2.41%
1968	2,275,836	2,282,391	3.19%	2.35%
1969	2,348,398	2,334,992	3.19%	2.3%
1970	2,423,065	2,388,028	3.18%	2.27%
1971	2,499,825	2,442,537	3.17%	2.28%
1972	2,573,578	2,499,881	2.95%	2.35%
1973	2,649,278	2,561,102	2.94%	2.45%
1974	2,732,075	2,625,621	3.13%	2.52%
1975	2,816,943	2,691,648	3.11%	2.51%
1976	2,903,851	2,758,836	3.09%	2.5%
1977	2,992,534	2,827,874	3.05%	2.5%
1978	3,080,314	2,899,269	2.93%	2.52%
1979	3,164,525	2,973,968	2.73%	2.58%
1980	3,252,403	3,053,235	2.78%	2.67%
1981	3,345,674	3,137,604	2.87%	2.76%
1982	3,438,745	3,226,189	2.78%	2.82%
1983	3,530,282	3,318,068	2.66%	2.85%
1984	3,619,104	3,412,936	2.52%	2.86%
1985	3,706,479	3,510,671	2.41%	2.86%
1986	3,794,157	3,611,474	2.37%	2.87%
1987	3,882,164	3,714,889	2.32%	2.86%
1988	3,972,320	3,820,546	2.32%	2.84%
1989	4,066,476	3,927,802	2.37%	2.81%
1990	4,162,559	4,035,747	2.36%	2.75%
1991	4,259,637	4,144,364	2.33%	2.69%
1992	4,357,026	4,253,600	2.29%	2.64%
1993	4,453,732	4,362,696	2.22%	2.56%
1994	4,549,316	4,471,417	2.15%	2.49%
1995	4,642,931	4,579,806	2.06%	2.42%
1996	4,729,974	4,687,543	1.87%	2.35%
1997	4,809,573	4,794,412	1.68%	2.28%
1998	4,883,655	4,900,025	1.54%	2.2%
1999	4,954,018	5,003,135	1.44%	2.1%
2000	5,022,633	5,100,868	1.39%	1.95%
2001	5,087,825	5,187,689	1.3%	1.7%
2002	5,149,909	5,261,328	1.22%	1.42%
2003	5,210,963	5,326,436	1.19%	1.24%
2004	5,272,912	5,388,175	1.19%	1.16%
2005	5,342,105	5,448,097	1.31%	1.11%
2006	5,418,855	5,505,148	1.44%	1.05%
2007	5,497,243	5,559,386	1.45%	0.99%
2008	5,576,593	5,613,574	1.44%	0.97%
2009	5,656,601	5,671,236	1.43%	1.03%
2010	5,737,450	5,737,971	1.43%	1.18%
2011	5,819,051	5,814,626	1.42%	1.34%
2012	5,901,287	5,897,008	1.41%	1.42%
2013	5,983,845	5,982,445	1.4%	1.45%
2014	6,066,492	6,069,811	1.38%	1.46%
2015	6,149,417	6,159,103	1.37%	1.47%
2016	6,232,666	6,249,126	1.35%	1.46%
2017	6,316,231	6,338,660	1.34%	1.43%
2018	6,400,080	6,427,382	1.33%	1.4%
2019	6,483,657	6,515,058	1.31%	1.36%
2020	6,565,267	6,603,739	1.26%	1.36%
2021	6,644,741	6,684,182	1.21%	1.22%
2022	6,730,654	6,760,464	1.29%	1.14%
2023	6,823,613	6,844,146	1.38%	1.24%
2024	6,916,140	6,929,153	1.36%	1.24%
2025	7,007,511	7,013,079	1.32%	1.21%
2026	7,097,335	7,095,273	1.28%	1.17%
2027	7,185,724	7,175,671	1.25%	1.13%
2028	7,272,691	7,254,526	1.21%	1.1%
2029	7,358,003	7,331,909	1.17%	1.07%
2030	7,441,612	7,407,622	1.14%	1.03%
2031	7,523,773	7,481,641	1.1%	1%
2032	7,604,398	7,554,221	1.07%	0.97%
2033	7,683,391	7,625,459	1.04%	0.94%
2034	7,760,901	7,695,120	1.01%	0.91%
2035	7,836,706	7,763,524	0.98%	0.89%
2036	7,910,787	7,830,885	0.95%	0.87%
2037	7,983,295	7,896,975	0.92%	0.84%
2038	8,054,140	7,961,863	0.89%	0.82%
2039	8,122,959	8,025,487	0.85%	0.8%
2040	8,189,916	8,087,571	0.82%	0.77%
2041	8,255,163	8,148,407	0.8%	0.75%
2042	8,318,515	8,208,318	0.77%	0.74%
2043	8,380,014	8,267,008	0.74%	0.72%
2044	8,439,720	8,324,330	0.71%	0.69%
2045	8,497,618	8,380,533	0.69%	0.68%
2046	8,553,413	8,435,754	0.66%	0.66%
2047	8,607,283	8,489,460	0.63%	0.64%
2048	8,659,292	8,541,342	0.6%	0.61%
2049	8,708,929	8,591,710	0.57%	0.59%
2050	8,756,439	8,640,471	0.55%	0.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nicaragua increased by 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth), while Paraguay gained 711,006 people (a 13.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nicaragua gained 930,247 (a 15.1% growth), while Paraguay's population increased by 920,000 (a 14.9% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 110th most populous country in 2005 and is 107th in 2025. Paraguay was ranked 107th in 2005 and ranked 108th 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 Paraguay will increase by 22.1% to 8,640,471 people and rank change from 108th to 110th.