Population in Nicaragua compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nicaragua and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	South Africa	Nicaragua	South Africa
1960	1,782,370	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,836,451	16,908,035	3.03%	2.85%
1962	1,892,320	17,418,522	3.04%	3.02%
1963	1,950,159	17,954,564	3.06%	3.08%
1964	2,010,176	18,511,361	3.08%	3.1%
1965	2,072,681	19,089,380	3.11%	3.12%
1966	2,137,820	19,690,087	3.14%	3.15%
1967	2,205,567	20,314,066	3.17%	3.17%
1968	2,275,836	20,957,287	3.19%	3.17%
1969	2,348,398	21,614,676	3.19%	3.14%
1970	2,423,065	22,279,984	3.18%	3.08%
1971	2,499,825	22,942,143	3.17%	2.97%
1972	2,573,578	23,609,456	2.95%	2.91%
1973	2,649,278	24,294,263	2.94%	2.9%
1974	2,732,075	24,989,108	3.13%	2.86%
1975	2,816,943	25,690,940	3.11%	2.81%
1976	2,903,851	26,395,450	3.09%	2.74%
1977	2,992,534	27,118,952	3.05%	2.74%
1978	3,080,314	27,869,507	2.93%	2.77%
1979	3,164,525	28,634,162	2.73%	2.74%
1980	3,252,403	29,518,857	2.78%	3.09%
1981	3,345,674	30,541,044	2.87%	3.46%
1982	3,438,745	31,615,339	2.78%	3.52%
1983	3,530,282	32,739,304	2.66%	3.56%
1984	3,619,104	33,892,788	2.52%	3.52%
1985	3,706,479	35,042,093	2.41%	3.39%
1986	3,794,157	36,180,515	2.37%	3.25%
1987	3,882,164	37,326,190	2.32%	3.17%
1988	3,972,320	38,480,649	2.32%	3.09%
1989	4,066,476	39,628,575	2.37%	2.98%
1990	4,162,559	40,746,268	2.36%	2.82%
1991	4,259,637	41,687,898	2.33%	2.31%
1992	4,357,026	42,443,509	2.29%	1.81%
1993	4,453,732	43,297,156	2.22%	2.01%
1994	4,549,316	44,004,139	2.15%	1.63%
1995	4,642,931	44,541,554	2.06%	1.22%
1996	4,729,974	45,123,018	1.87%	1.31%
1997	4,809,573	45,666,838	1.68%	1.21%
1998	4,883,655	46,223,880	1.54%	1.22%
1999	4,954,018	46,730,335	1.44%	1.1%
2000	5,022,633	47,159,719	1.39%	0.92%
2001	5,087,825	47,566,800	1.3%	0.86%
2002	5,149,909	48,019,415	1.22%	0.95%
2003	5,210,963	48,500,348	1.19%	1%
2004	5,272,912	48,991,421	1.19%	1.01%
2005	5,342,105	49,490,033	1.31%	1.02%
2006	5,418,855	49,998,277	1.44%	1.03%
2007	5,497,243	50,528,584	1.45%	1.06%
2008	5,576,593	51,114,599	1.44%	1.16%
2009	5,656,601	51,728,516	1.43%	1.2%
2010	5,737,450	52,344,051	1.43%	1.19%
2011	5,819,051	52,995,205	1.42%	1.24%
2012	5,901,287	53,782,567	1.41%	1.49%
2013	5,983,845	54,678,791	1.4%	1.67%
2014	6,066,492	55,594,838	1.38%	1.68%
2015	6,149,417	56,723,537	1.37%	2.03%
2016	6,232,666	57,259,551	1.35%	0.94%
2017	6,316,231	57,635,162	1.34%	0.66%
2018	6,400,080	58,613,001	1.33%	1.7%
2019	6,483,657	59,587,885	1.31%	1.66%
2020	6,565,267	60,562,381	1.26%	1.64%
2021	6,644,741	61,502,603	1.21%	1.55%
2022	6,730,654	62,378,410	1.29%	1.42%
2023	6,823,613	63,212,384	1.38%	1.34%
2024	6,916,140	64,007,187	1.36%	1.26%
2025	7,007,511	64,747,317	1.32%	1.16%
2026	7,097,335	65,453,086	1.28%	1.09%
2027	7,185,724	66,143,018	1.25%	1.05%
2028	7,272,691	66,830,384	1.21%	1.04%
2029	7,358,003	67,506,850	1.17%	1.01%
2030	7,441,612	68,161,357	1.14%	0.97%
2031	7,523,773	68,798,574	1.1%	0.93%
2032	7,604,398	69,426,441	1.07%	0.91%
2033	7,683,391	70,040,484	1.04%	0.88%
2034	7,760,901	70,641,572	1.01%	0.86%
2035	7,836,706	71,234,749	0.98%	0.84%
2036	7,910,787	71,816,372	0.95%	0.82%
2037	7,983,295	72,387,807	0.92%	0.8%
2038	8,054,140	72,949,611	0.89%	0.78%
2039	8,122,959	73,496,152	0.85%	0.75%
2040	8,189,916	74,035,615	0.82%	0.73%
2041	8,255,163	74,575,444	0.8%	0.73%
2042	8,318,515	75,111,899	0.77%	0.72%
2043	8,380,014	75,641,512	0.74%	0.71%
2044	8,439,720	76,164,461	0.71%	0.69%
2045	8,497,618	76,681,448	0.69%	0.68%
2046	8,553,413	77,199,542	0.66%	0.68%
2047	8,607,283	77,716,650	0.63%	0.67%
2048	8,659,292	78,215,323	0.6%	0.64%
2049	8,708,929	78,699,584	0.57%	0.62%
2050	8,756,439	79,177,329	0.55%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.