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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Peru	Nicaragua	Peru
1960	1,782,370	10,174,127	-	-
1961	1,836,451	10,475,123	3.03%	2.96%
1962	1,892,320	10,784,612	3.04%	2.95%
1963	1,950,159	11,102,099	3.06%	2.94%
1964	2,010,176	11,427,978	3.08%	2.94%
1965	2,072,681	11,761,085	3.11%	2.91%
1966	2,137,820	12,101,297	3.14%	2.89%
1967	2,205,567	12,448,814	3.17%	2.87%
1968	2,275,836	12,803,993	3.19%	2.85%
1969	2,348,398	13,166,767	3.19%	2.83%
1970	2,423,065	13,501,237	3.18%	2.54%
1971	2,499,825	13,838,067	3.17%	2.49%
1972	2,573,578	14,210,147	2.95%	2.69%
1973	2,649,278	14,582,867	2.94%	2.62%
1974	2,732,075	14,956,552	3.13%	2.56%
1975	2,816,943	15,333,957	3.11%	2.52%
1976	2,903,851	15,716,809	3.09%	2.5%
1977	2,992,534	16,109,806	3.05%	2.5%
1978	3,080,314	16,516,059	2.93%	2.52%
1979	3,164,525	16,933,139	2.73%	2.53%
1980	3,252,403	17,360,949	2.78%	2.53%
1981	3,345,674	17,798,805	2.87%	2.52%
1982	3,438,745	18,246,503	2.78%	2.52%
1983	3,530,282	18,705,957	2.66%	2.52%
1984	3,619,104	19,174,716	2.52%	2.51%
1985	3,706,479	19,648,204	2.41%	2.47%
1986	3,794,157	20,117,122	2.37%	2.39%
1987	3,882,164	20,582,320	2.32%	2.31%
1988	3,972,320	21,054,702	2.32%	2.3%
1989	4,066,476	21,532,589	2.37%	2.27%
1990	4,162,559	22,014,771	2.36%	2.24%
1991	4,259,637	22,483,775	2.33%	2.13%
1992	4,357,026	22,946,340	2.29%	2.06%
1993	4,453,732	23,413,783	2.22%	2.04%
1994	4,549,316	23,881,493	2.15%	2%
1995	4,642,931	24,348,919	2.06%	1.96%
1996	4,729,974	24,811,171	1.87%	1.9%
1997	4,809,573	25,274,147	1.68%	1.87%
1998	4,883,655	25,738,095	1.54%	1.84%
1999	4,954,018	26,186,504	1.44%	1.74%
2000	5,022,633	26,598,331	1.39%	1.57%
2001	5,087,825	26,964,601	1.3%	1.38%
2002	5,149,909	27,288,217	1.22%	1.2%
2003	5,210,963	27,580,490	1.19%	1.07%
2004	5,272,912	27,852,190	1.19%	0.99%
2005	5,342,105	28,101,180	1.31%	0.89%
2006	5,418,855	28,324,491	1.44%	0.79%
2007	5,497,243	28,530,699	1.45%	0.73%
2008	5,576,593	28,719,041	1.44%	0.66%
2009	5,656,601	28,896,811	1.43%	0.62%
2010	5,737,450	29,086,019	1.43%	0.65%
2011	5,819,051	29,304,086	1.42%	0.75%
2012	5,901,287	29,550,366	1.41%	0.84%
2013	5,983,845	29,817,919	1.4%	0.91%
2014	6,066,492	30,115,826	1.38%	1%
2015	6,149,417	30,457,600	1.37%	1.13%
2016	6,232,666	30,866,494	1.35%	1.34%
2017	6,316,231	31,324,637	1.34%	1.48%
2018	6,400,080	31,897,584	1.33%	1.83%
2019	6,483,657	32,449,303	1.31%	1.73%
2020	6,565,267	32,838,579	1.26%	1.2%
2021	6,644,741	33,155,882	1.21%	0.97%
2022	6,730,654	33,475,438	1.29%	0.96%
2023	6,823,613	33,845,617	1.38%	1.11%
2024	6,916,140	34,217,848	1.36%	1.1%
2025	7,007,511	34,576,670	1.32%	1.05%
2026	7,097,335	34,922,144	1.28%	1%
2027	7,185,724	35,255,683	1.25%	0.96%
2028	7,272,691	35,578,281	1.21%	0.92%
2029	7,358,003	35,890,705	1.17%	0.88%
2030	7,441,612	36,193,882	1.14%	0.84%
2031	7,523,773	36,488,437	1.1%	0.81%
2032	7,604,398	36,774,937	1.07%	0.79%
2033	7,683,391	37,054,380	1.04%	0.76%
2034	7,760,901	37,326,798	1.01%	0.74%
2035	7,836,706	37,591,420	0.98%	0.71%
2036	7,910,787	37,848,147	0.95%	0.68%
2037	7,983,295	38,096,898	0.92%	0.66%
2038	8,054,140	38,337,328	0.89%	0.63%
2039	8,122,959	38,569,891	0.85%	0.61%
2040	8,189,916	38,794,647	0.82%	0.58%
2041	8,255,163	39,011,537	0.8%	0.56%
2042	8,318,515	39,220,371	0.77%	0.54%
2043	8,380,014	39,420,647	0.74%	0.51%
2044	8,439,720	39,612,847	0.71%	0.49%
2045	8,497,618	39,796,723	0.69%	0.46%
2046	8,553,413	39,971,719	0.66%	0.44%
2047	8,607,283	40,137,869	0.63%	0.42%
2048	8,659,292	40,294,857	0.6%	0.39%
2049	8,708,929	40,443,273	0.57%	0.37%
2050	8,756,439	40,583,875	0.55%	0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nicaragua increased by 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth), while Peru gained 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nicaragua gained 930,247 (a 15.1% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 110th most populous country in 2005 and is 107th in 2025. Peru was ranked 39th in 2005 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.