The latest officially reported population of Nicaragua was 6,916,140 in 2024 vs 14,256,567 people in Rwanda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Nicaragua's population is 7,079,664 people compared to 14,826,674 in Rwanda.
Population statistics:
- Rwanda's population is 2.09 times bigger than Nicaragua's.
- Nicaragua is ranked the 107th most populous country in the world, while Rwanda is the 77th.
- The countries together account for 0.26% of the world: 0.09% for Nicaragua vs 0.18% for Rwanda.
- For the last 10 years, Nicaragua has had an average growth rate of +1.33% per year vs +2.31% in Rwanda.
- Since 2005, the population of Nicaragua has increased from 5.34M people to 7.08M (32.5% growth), while Rwanda has grown from 9.05M to 14.8M (63.7% growth).
- Nicaragua is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 9.24M people compared to the peak of 32.8M people in 2100 for Rwanda.
Nicaragua vs Rwanda: live population counter
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| Current population |
7079664
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14826674
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| Population rank | 107/197 | 77/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.09% | 0.18% |
| One net population change |
5.68 minutes
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1.74 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.98 minutes
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1.33 minutes
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| One death every |
16.8 minutes
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6.35 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.07 hours
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33.7 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -8,189 | -15,582 |
| Daily growth/decline | +253 | +828 |
| Annual growth/decline | +92,527 | +302,096 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.36% | +2.16% |
| Population growth rate rank | 81/197 | 47/197 |
Nicaragua and Rwanda: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,782,370 | 3,022,294 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,836,451 | 3,106,779 | 3.03% | 2.8% |
| 1962 | 1,892,320 | 3,186,025 | 3.04% | 2.55% |
| 1963 | 1,950,159 | 3,258,890 | 3.06% | 2.29% |
| 1964 | 2,010,176 | 3,334,834 | 3.08% | 2.33% |
| 1965 | 2,072,681 | 3,423,210 | 3.11% | 2.65% |
| 1966 | 2,137,820 | 3,521,626 | 3.14% | 2.87% |
| 1967 | 2,205,567 | 3,629,577 | 3.17% | 3.07% |
| 1968 | 2,275,836 | 3,744,010 | 3.19% | 3.15% |
| 1969 | 2,348,398 | 3,861,271 | 3.19% | 3.13% |
| 1970 | 2,423,065 | 3,980,669 | 3.18% | 3.09% |
| 1971 | 2,499,825 | 4,100,044 | 3.17% | 3% |
| 1972 | 2,573,578 | 4,220,335 | 2.95% | 2.93% |
| 1973 | 2,649,278 | 4,345,047 | 2.94% | 2.96% |
| 1974 | 2,732,075 | 4,474,228 | 3.13% | 2.97% |
| 1975 | 2,816,943 | 4,607,728 | 3.11% | 2.98% |
| 1976 | 2,903,851 | 4,745,954 | 3.09% | 3% |
| 1977 | 2,992,534 | 4,888,240 | 3.05% | 3% |
| 1978 | 3,080,314 | 5,035,171 | 2.93% | 3.01% |
| 1979 | 3,164,525 | 5,189,541 | 2.73% | 3.07% |
| 1980 | 3,252,403 | 5,353,259 | 2.78% | 3.15% |
| 1981 | 3,345,674 | 5,527,230 | 2.87% | 3.25% |
| 1982 | 3,438,745 | 5,711,549 | 2.78% | 3.33% |
| 1983 | 3,530,282 | 5,905,311 | 2.66% | 3.39% |
| 1984 | 3,619,104 | 6,107,627 | 2.52% | 3.43% |
| 1985 | 3,706,479 | 6,317,228 | 2.41% | 3.43% |
| 1986 | 3,794,157 | 6,531,881 | 2.37% | 3.4% |
| 1987 | 3,882,164 | 6,749,493 | 2.32% | 3.33% |
| 1988 | 3,972,320 | 6,968,071 | 2.32% | 3.24% |
| 1989 | 4,066,476 | 7,184,706 | 2.37% | 3.11% |
| 1990 | 4,162,559 | 7,375,307 | 2.36% | 2.65% |
| 1991 | 4,259,637 | 7,526,966 | 2.33% | 2.06% |
| 1992 | 4,357,026 | 7,683,266 | 2.29% | 2.08% |
| 1993 | 4,453,732 | 7,981,132 | 2.22% | 3.88% |
| 1994 | 4,549,316 | 6,792,352 | 2.15% | -14.9% |
| 1995 | 4,642,931 | 5,674,118 | 2.06% | -16.5% |
| 1996 | 4,729,974 | 6,708,764 | 1.87% | 18.2% |
| 1997 | 4,809,573 | 7,755,238 | 1.68% | 15.6% |
| 1998 | 4,883,655 | 8,081,681 | 1.54% | 4.21% |
| 1999 | 4,954,018 | 8,147,912 | 1.44% | 0.82% |
| 2000 | 5,022,633 | 8,213,931 | 1.39% | 0.81% |
| 2001 | 5,087,825 | 8,287,094 | 1.3% | 0.89% |
| 2002 | 5,149,909 | 8,400,180 | 1.22% | 1.36% |
| 2003 | 5,210,963 | 8,586,875 | 1.19% | 2.22% |
| 2004 | 5,272,912 | 8,816,844 | 1.19% | 2.68% |
| 2005 | 5,342,105 | 9,054,528 | 1.31% | 2.7% |
| 2006 | 5,418,855 | 9,299,246 | 1.44% | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 5,497,243 | 9,549,933 | 1.45% | 2.7% |
| 2008 | 5,576,593 | 9,804,269 | 1.44% | 2.66% |
| 2009 | 5,656,601 | 10,060,432 | 1.43% | 2.61% |
| 2010 | 5,737,450 | 10,317,553 | 1.43% | 2.56% |
| 2011 | 5,819,051 | 10,573,733 | 1.42% | 2.48% |
| 2012 | 5,901,287 | 10,829,901 | 1.41% | 2.42% |
| 2013 | 5,983,845 | 11,093,340 | 1.4% | 2.43% |
| 2014 | 6,066,492 | 11,364,757 | 1.38% | 2.45% |
| 2015 | 6,149,417 | 11,640,022 | 1.37% | 2.42% |
| 2016 | 6,232,666 | 11,919,183 | 1.35% | 2.4% |
| 2017 | 6,316,231 | 12,202,060 | 1.34% | 2.37% |
| 2018 | 6,400,080 | 12,487,996 | 1.33% | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 6,483,657 | 12,776,103 | 1.31% | 2.31% |
| 2020 | 6,565,267 | 13,065,837 | 1.26% | 2.27% |
| 2021 | 6,644,741 | 13,355,260 | 1.21% | 2.22% |
| 2022 | 6,730,654 | 13,651,030 | 1.29% | 2.21% |
| 2023 | 6,823,613 | 13,954,471 | 1.38% | 2.22% |
| 2024 | 6,916,140 | 14,256,567 | 1.36% | 2.16% |
| 2025 | 7,007,511 | 14,569,343 | 1.32% | 2.19% |
| 2026 | 7,097,335 | 14,889,694 | 1.28% | 2.2% |
| 2027 | 7,185,724 | 15,214,324 | 1.25% | 2.18% |
| 2028 | 7,272,691 | 15,536,461 | 1.21% | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 7,358,003 | 15,844,649 | 1.17% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 7,441,612 | 16,154,698 | 1.14% | 1.96% |
| 2031 | 7,523,773 | 16,473,106 | 1.1% | 1.97% |
| 2032 | 7,604,398 | 16,771,820 | 1.07% | 1.81% |
| 2033 | 7,683,391 | 17,073,475 | 1.04% | 1.8% |
| 2034 | 7,760,901 | 17,402,250 | 1.01% | 1.93% |
| 2035 | 7,836,706 | 17,746,315 | 0.98% | 1.98% |
| 2036 | 7,910,787 | 18,076,769 | 0.95% | 1.86% |
| 2037 | 7,983,295 | 18,395,838 | 0.92% | 1.77% |
| 2038 | 8,054,140 | 18,729,778 | 0.89% | 1.82% |
| 2039 | 8,122,959 | 19,076,783 | 0.85% | 1.85% |
| 2040 | 8,189,916 | 19,440,762 | 0.82% | 1.91% |
| 2041 | 8,255,163 | 19,806,170 | 0.8% | 1.88% |
| 2042 | 8,318,515 | 20,153,979 | 0.77% | 1.76% |
| 2043 | 8,380,014 | 20,500,826 | 0.74% | 1.72% |
| 2044 | 8,439,720 | 20,837,079 | 0.71% | 1.64% |
| 2045 | 8,497,618 | 21,152,650 | 0.69% | 1.51% |
| 2046 | 8,553,413 | 21,459,144 | 0.66% | 1.45% |
| 2047 | 8,607,283 | 21,764,578 | 0.63% | 1.42% |
| 2048 | 8,659,292 | 22,086,112 | 0.6% | 1.48% |
| 2049 | 8,708,929 | 22,403,887 | 0.57% | 1.44% |
| 2050 | 8,756,439 | 22,707,896 | 0.55% | 1.36% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nicaragua increased by 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nicaragua gained 930,247 (a 15.1% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).
Nicaragua was ranked 110th most populous country in 2005 and is 107th in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.
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Population differences between Nicaragua and Rwanda
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| Life expectancy | 75.3 years | 68.2 years |
| Average age | 29.3 years | 24.9 years |
| Median age | 26.6 years | 20.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.22 births per woman | 3.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 148.9 ppl/mi² | 1,497 ppl/mi² |
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