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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Rwanda	Nicaragua	Rwanda
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 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.