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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Nicaragua was 6,916,140 in 2024 vs 2,857,822 people in Qatar in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Nicaragua's population is 7,079,664 people compared to 2,964,497 in Qatar.

Population statistics:

  • Nicaragua's population is 2.39 times bigger than Qatar's.
  • Nicaragua is ranked the 107th most populous country in the world, while Qatar is the 137th.
  • The countries together account for 0.12% of the world: 0.09% for Nicaragua vs 0.04% for Qatar.
  • For the last 10 years, Nicaragua has had an average growth rate of +1.33% per year vs +3.86% in Qatar.
  • Since 2005, the population of Nicaragua has increased from 5.34M people to 7.08M (32.5% growth), while Qatar has grown from 825K to 2.96M (259.2% growth).
  • Nicaragua is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 9.24M people compared to the peak of 6.82M people in 2100 for Qatar.

Nicaragua vs Qatar: live population counter

Nicaragua Qatar
Current population
7079664
2964497
Population rank 107/197 137/197
Percent of world population 0.09% 0.04%
One net population change
5.68 minutes
2.6 minutes
One birth every
3.98 minutes
20 minutes
One death every
16.8 minutes
3.55 hours
One migration net change every
1.07 hours
11.4 minutes
Annual migration change -8,189 +46,105
Daily growth/decline +253 +553
Annual growth/decline +92,527 +201,790
Annual growth/decline rate +1.36% +7.6%
Population growth rate rank 81/197 1/197

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

Nicaragua
Population

Growth rate
Qatar
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Nicaragua Qatar Nicaragua Qatar
1960 1,782,370 36,010 - -
1961 1,836,451 39,680 3.03% 10.2%
1962 1,892,320 44,630 3.04% 12.5%
1963 1,950,159 50,380 3.06% 12.9%
1964 2,010,176 56,867 3.08% 12.9%
1965 2,072,681 64,065 3.11% 12.7%
1966 2,137,820 72,192 3.14% 12.7%
1967 2,205,567 81,439 3.17% 12.8%
1968 2,275,836 91,749 3.19% 12.7%
1969 2,348,398 103,025 3.19% 12.3%
1970 2,423,065 116,350 3.18% 12.9%
1971 2,499,825 131,346 3.17% 12.9%
1972 2,573,578 146,506 2.95% 11.5%
1973 2,649,278 161,841 2.94% 10.5%
1974 2,732,075 177,362 3.13% 9.59%
1975 2,816,943 193,087 3.11% 8.87%
1976 2,903,851 209,052 3.09% 8.27%
1977 2,992,534 225,285 3.05% 7.77%
1978 3,080,314 241,808 2.93% 7.33%
1979 3,164,525 258,670 2.73% 6.97%
1980 3,252,403 275,913 2.78% 6.67%
1981 3,345,674 293,553 2.87% 6.39%
1982 3,438,745 311,537 2.78% 6.13%
1983 3,530,282 329,709 2.66% 5.83%
1984 3,619,104 347,878 2.52% 5.51%
1985 3,706,479 365,940 2.41% 5.19%
1986 3,794,157 382,422 2.37% 4.5%
1987 3,882,164 397,005 2.32% 3.81%
1988 3,972,320 411,264 2.32% 3.59%
1989 4,066,476 425,646 2.37% 3.5%
1990 4,162,559 440,175 2.36% 3.41%
1991 4,259,637 454,853 2.33% 3.33%
1992 4,357,026 469,657 2.29% 3.25%
1993 4,453,732 484,545 2.22% 3.17%
1994 4,549,316 499,459 2.15% 3.08%
1995 4,642,931 514,325 2.06% 2.98%
1996 4,729,974 529,019 1.87% 2.86%
1997 4,809,573 550,500 1.68% 4.06%
1998 4,883,655 580,540 1.54% 5.46%
1999 4,954,018 612,500 1.44% 5.51%
2000 5,022,633 644,989 1.39% 5.3%
2001 5,087,825 677,925 1.3% 5.11%
2002 5,149,909 711,205 1.22% 4.91%
2003 5,210,963 744,682 1.19% 4.71%
2004 5,272,912 773,332 1.19% 3.85%
2005 5,342,105 825,408 1.31% 6.73%
2006 5,418,855 972,831 1.44% 17.9%
2007 5,497,243 1,208,595 1.45% 24.2%
2008 5,576,593 1,426,938 1.44% 18.1%
2009 5,656,601 1,608,903 1.43% 12.8%
2010 5,737,450 1,616,832 1.43% 0.49%
2011 5,819,051 1,624,761 1.42% 0.49%
2012 5,901,287 1,722,438 1.41% 6.01%
2013 5,983,845 1,916,426 1.4% 11.3%
2014 6,066,492 2,151,745 1.38% 12.3%
2015 6,149,417 2,344,557 1.37% 8.96%
2016 6,232,666 2,477,113 1.35% 5.65%
2017 6,316,231 2,545,820 1.34% 2.77%
2018 6,400,080 2,580,734 1.33% 1.37%
2019 6,483,657 2,638,657 1.31% 2.24%
2020 6,565,267 2,794,148 1.26% 5.89%
2021 6,644,741 2,504,910 1.21% -10.4%
2022 6,730,654 2,657,333 1.29% 6.08%
2023 6,823,613 2,656,032 1.38% -0.05%
2024 6,916,140 2,857,822 1.36% 7.6%
2025 7,007,511 2,921,065 1.32% 2.21%
2026 7,097,335 2,975,134 1.28% 1.85%
2027 7,185,724 3,019,526 1.25% 1.49%
2028 7,272,691 3,057,695 1.21% 1.26%
2029 7,358,003 3,092,803 1.17% 1.15%
2030 7,441,612 3,125,174 1.14% 1.05%
2031 7,523,773 3,156,754 1.1% 1.01%
2032 7,604,398 3,189,188 1.07% 1.03%
2033 7,683,391 3,222,500 1.04% 1.04%
2034 7,760,901 3,256,691 1.01% 1.06%
2035 7,836,706 3,291,711 0.98% 1.08%
2036 7,910,787 3,327,585 0.95% 1.09%
2037 7,983,295 3,364,333 0.92% 1.1%
2038 8,054,140 3,401,906 0.89% 1.12%
2039 8,122,959 3,440,293 0.85% 1.13%
2040 8,189,916 3,479,439 0.82% 1.14%
2041 8,255,163 3,519,302 0.8% 1.15%
2042 8,318,515 3,559,840 0.77% 1.15%
2043 8,380,014 3,601,019 0.74% 1.16%
2044 8,439,720 3,642,784 0.71% 1.16%
2045 8,497,618 3,685,111 0.69% 1.16%
2046 8,553,413 3,727,959 0.66% 1.16%
2047 8,607,283 3,771,287 0.63% 1.16%
2048 8,659,292 3,815,108 0.6% 1.16%
2049 8,708,929 3,859,368 0.57% 1.16%
2050 8,756,439 3,904,074 0.55% 1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nicaragua increased by 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nicaragua gained 930,247 (a 15.1% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 110th most populous country in 2005 and is 107th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.

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