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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Samoa	Nicaragua	Samoa
1960	1,782,370	112,490	-	-
1961	1,836,451	115,496	3.03%	2.67%
1962	1,892,320	118,597	3.04%	2.68%
1963	1,950,159	121,764	3.06%	2.67%
1964	2,010,176	124,894	3.08%	2.57%
1965	2,072,681	127,978	3.11%	2.47%
1966	2,137,820	131,073	3.14%	2.42%
1967	2,205,567	133,764	3.17%	2.05%
1968	2,275,836	136,020	3.19%	1.69%
1969	2,348,398	138,233	3.19%	1.63%
1970	2,423,065	140,400	3.18%	1.57%
1971	2,499,825	142,503	3.17%	1.5%
1972	2,573,578	144,538	2.95%	1.43%
1973	2,649,278	146,516	2.94%	1.37%
1974	2,732,075	149,431	3.13%	1.99%
1975	2,816,943	153,344	3.11%	2.62%
1976	2,903,851	157,113	3.09%	2.46%
1977	2,992,534	159,753	3.05%	1.68%
1978	3,080,314	161,375	2.93%	1.02%
1979	3,164,525	162,882	2.73%	0.93%
1980	3,252,403	164,322	2.78%	0.88%
1981	3,345,674	165,678	2.87%	0.83%
1982	3,438,745	166,484	2.78%	0.49%
1983	3,530,282	166,714	2.66%	0.14%
1984	3,619,104	166,796	2.52%	0.05%
1985	3,706,479	166,849	2.41%	0.03%
1986	3,794,157	167,061	2.37%	0.13%
1987	3,882,164	167,661	2.32%	0.36%
1988	3,972,320	168,346	2.32%	0.41%
1989	4,066,476	168,768	2.37%	0.25%
1990	4,162,559	169,042	2.36%	0.16%
1991	4,259,637	169,368	2.33%	0.19%
1992	4,357,026	170,331	2.29%	0.57%
1993	4,453,732	171,774	2.22%	0.85%
1994	4,549,316	173,159	2.15%	0.81%
1995	4,642,931	174,571	2.06%	0.82%
1996	4,729,974	176,071	1.87%	0.86%
1997	4,809,573	177,547	1.68%	0.84%
1998	4,883,655	178,905	1.54%	0.76%
1999	4,954,018	180,275	1.44%	0.77%
2000	5,022,633	181,685	1.39%	0.78%
2001	5,087,825	183,166	1.3%	0.82%
2002	5,149,909	184,471	1.22%	0.71%
2003	5,210,963	185,430	1.19%	0.52%
2004	5,272,912	186,249	1.19%	0.44%
2005	5,342,105	186,978	1.31%	0.39%
2006	5,418,855	187,709	1.44%	0.39%
2007	5,497,243	188,753	1.45%	0.56%
2008	5,576,593	190,107	1.44%	0.72%
2009	5,656,601	191,513	1.43%	0.74%
2010	5,737,450	193,023	1.43%	0.79%
2011	5,819,051	194,713	1.42%	0.88%
2012	5,901,287	196,498	1.41%	0.92%
2013	5,983,845	198,268	1.4%	0.9%
2014	6,066,492	200,037	1.38%	0.89%
2015	6,149,417	201,782	1.37%	0.87%
2016	6,232,666	203,499	1.35%	0.85%
2017	6,316,231	205,415	1.34%	0.94%
2018	6,400,080	207,582	1.33%	1.05%
2019	6,483,657	209,780	1.31%	1.06%
2020	6,565,267	211,944	1.26%	1.03%
2021	6,644,741	213,779	1.21%	0.87%
2022	6,730,654	215,261	1.29%	0.69%
2023	6,823,613	216,663	1.38%	0.65%
2024	6,916,140	218,019	1.36%	0.63%
2025	7,007,511	219,302	1.32%	0.59%
2026	7,097,335	220,530	1.28%	0.56%
2027	7,185,724	221,772	1.25%	0.56%
2028	7,272,691	223,104	1.21%	0.6%
2029	7,358,003	224,504	1.17%	0.63%
2030	7,441,612	225,968	1.14%	0.65%
2031	7,523,773	227,581	1.1%	0.71%
2032	7,604,398	229,298	1.07%	0.75%
2033	7,683,391	231,110	1.04%	0.79%
2034	7,760,901	233,061	1.01%	0.84%
2035	7,836,706	235,172	0.98%	0.91%
2036	7,910,787	237,415	0.95%	0.95%
2037	7,983,295	239,730	0.92%	0.98%
2038	8,054,140	242,155	0.89%	1.01%
2039	8,122,959	244,653	0.85%	1.03%
2040	8,189,916	247,196	0.82%	1.04%
2041	8,255,163	249,796	0.8%	1.05%
2042	8,318,515	252,427	0.77%	1.05%
2043	8,380,014	255,023	0.74%	1.03%
2044	8,439,720	257,609	0.71%	1.01%
2045	8,497,618	260,250	0.69%	1.03%
2046	8,553,413	262,849	0.66%	1%
2047	8,607,283	265,365	0.63%	0.96%
2048	8,659,292	267,836	0.6%	0.93%
2049	8,708,929	270,291	0.57%	0.92%
2050	8,756,439	272,711	0.55%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2006 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.