Population in Nicaragua compared to the Philippines: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nicaragua and the Philippines: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Philippines	Nicaragua	Philippines
1960	1,782,370	27,891,897	-	-
1961	1,836,451	28,792,621	3.03%	3.23%
1962	1,892,320	29,723,536	3.04%	3.23%
1963	1,950,159	30,674,731	3.06%	3.2%
1964	2,010,176	31,643,032	3.08%	3.16%
1965	2,072,681	32,625,316	3.11%	3.1%
1966	2,137,820	33,617,170	3.14%	3.04%
1967	2,205,567	34,621,320	3.17%	2.99%
1968	2,275,836	35,638,342	3.19%	2.94%
1969	2,348,398	36,660,799	3.19%	2.87%
1970	2,423,065	37,622,204	3.18%	2.62%
1971	2,499,825	38,518,659	3.17%	2.38%
1972	2,573,578	39,408,560	2.95%	2.31%
1973	2,649,278	40,294,130	2.94%	2.25%
1974	2,732,075	41,174,341	3.13%	2.18%
1975	2,816,943	42,120,826	3.11%	2.3%
1976	2,903,851	43,201,488	3.09%	2.57%
1977	2,992,534	44,367,962	3.05%	2.7%
1978	3,080,314	45,575,281	2.93%	2.72%
1979	3,164,525	46,807,103	2.73%	2.7%
1980	3,252,403	48,043,740	2.78%	2.64%
1981	3,345,674	49,311,727	2.87%	2.64%
1982	3,438,745	50,695,707	2.78%	2.81%
1983	3,530,282	52,194,620	2.66%	2.96%
1984	3,619,104	53,726,181	2.52%	2.93%
1985	3,706,479	55,213,006	2.41%	2.77%
1986	3,794,157	56,645,077	2.37%	2.59%
1987	3,882,164	58,157,496	2.32%	2.67%
1988	3,972,320	59,739,052	2.32%	2.72%
1989	4,066,476	61,265,260	2.37%	2.55%
1990	4,162,559	62,854,666	2.36%	2.59%
1991	4,259,637	64,382,249	2.33%	2.43%
1992	4,357,026	65,926,125	2.29%	2.4%
1993	4,453,732	67,530,621	2.22%	2.43%
1994	4,549,316	69,019,291	2.15%	2.2%
1995	4,642,931	70,546,246	2.06%	2.21%
1996	4,729,974	72,190,242	1.87%	2.33%
1997	4,809,573	73,908,810	1.68%	2.38%
1998	4,883,655	75,791,024	1.54%	2.55%
1999	4,954,018	77,753,257	1.44%	2.59%
2000	5,022,633	79,625,397	1.39%	2.41%
2001	5,087,825	81,401,488	1.3%	2.23%
2002	5,149,909	83,068,889	1.22%	2.05%
2003	5,210,963	84,731,835	1.19%	2%
2004	5,272,912	86,394,504	1.19%	1.96%
2005	5,342,105	88,015,962	1.31%	1.88%
2006	5,418,855	89,508,986	1.44%	1.7%
2007	5,497,243	91,075,184	1.45%	1.75%
2008	5,576,593	92,699,095	1.44%	1.78%
2009	5,656,601	94,384,250	1.43%	1.82%
2010	5,737,450	96,337,125	1.43%	2.07%
2011	5,819,051	98,248,614	1.42%	1.98%
2012	5,901,287	100,175,512	1.41%	1.96%
2013	5,983,845	102,076,336	1.4%	1.9%
2014	6,066,492	103,767,130	1.38%	1.66%
2015	6,149,417	105,312,992	1.37%	1.49%
2016	6,232,666	106,735,719	1.35%	1.35%
2017	6,316,231	108,119,693	1.34%	1.3%
2018	6,400,080	109,465,287	1.33%	1.24%
2019	6,483,657	110,804,683	1.31%	1.22%
2020	6,565,267	112,081,264	1.26%	1.15%
2021	6,644,741	113,100,950	1.21%	0.91%
2022	6,730,654	113,964,338	1.29%	0.76%
2023	6,823,613	114,891,199	1.38%	0.81%
2024	6,916,140	115,843,670	1.36%	0.83%
2025	7,007,511	116,786,968	1.32%	0.81%
2026	7,097,335	117,724,479	1.28%	0.8%
2027	7,185,724	118,656,426	1.25%	0.79%
2028	7,272,691	119,583,984	1.21%	0.78%
2029	7,358,003	120,502,132	1.17%	0.77%
2030	7,441,612	121,408,897	1.14%	0.75%
2031	7,523,773	122,301,606	1.1%	0.74%
2032	7,604,398	123,180,341	1.07%	0.72%
2033	7,683,391	124,049,036	1.04%	0.71%
2034	7,760,901	124,904,124	1.01%	0.69%
2035	7,836,706	125,740,977	0.98%	0.67%
2036	7,910,787	126,558,232	0.95%	0.65%
2037	7,983,295	127,352,607	0.92%	0.63%
2038	8,054,140	128,118,535	0.89%	0.6%
2039	8,122,959	128,850,047	0.85%	0.57%
2040	8,189,916	129,546,666	0.82%	0.54%
2041	8,255,163	130,209,810	0.8%	0.51%
2042	8,318,515	130,837,005	0.77%	0.48%
2043	8,380,014	131,427,404	0.74%	0.45%
2044	8,439,720	131,979,673	0.71%	0.42%
2045	8,497,618	132,492,038	0.69%	0.39%
2046	8,553,413	132,962,001	0.66%	0.35%
2047	8,607,283	133,385,290	0.63%	0.32%
2048	8,659,292	133,759,436	0.6%	0.28%
2049	8,708,929	134,089,011	0.57%	0.25%
2050	8,756,439	134,373,439	0.55%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,226,733 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 10,998,945 (a 10.3% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2006 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.1% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.