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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Spain	Nicaragua	Spain
1960	1,782,370	30,455,000	-	-
1961	1,836,451	30,739,250	3.03%	0.93%
1962	1,892,320	31,023,366	3.04%	0.92%
1963	1,950,159	31,296,651	3.06%	0.88%
1964	2,010,176	31,609,195	3.08%	1%
1965	2,072,681	31,954,292	3.11%	1.09%
1966	2,137,820	32,283,194	3.14%	1.03%
1967	2,205,567	32,682,947	3.17%	1.24%
1968	2,275,836	33,113,134	3.19%	1.32%
1969	2,348,398	33,441,054	3.19%	0.99%
1970	2,423,065	33,814,531	3.18%	1.12%
1971	2,499,825	34,224,490	3.17%	1.21%
1972	2,573,578	34,604,469	2.95%	1.11%
1973	2,649,278	34,988,947	2.94%	1.11%
1974	2,732,075	35,373,335	3.13%	1.1%
1975	2,816,943	35,757,900	3.11%	1.09%
1976	2,903,851	36,137,812	3.09%	1.06%
1977	2,992,534	36,511,638	3.05%	1.03%
1978	3,080,314	36,864,898	2.93%	0.97%
1979	3,164,525	37,191,330	2.73%	0.89%
1980	3,252,403	37,491,165	2.78%	0.81%
1981	3,345,674	37,758,631	2.87%	0.71%
1982	3,438,745	37,986,012	2.78%	0.6%
1983	3,530,282	38,171,525	2.66%	0.49%
1984	3,619,104	38,330,364	2.52%	0.42%
1985	3,706,479	38,469,512	2.41%	0.36%
1986	3,794,157	38,584,624	2.37%	0.3%
1987	3,882,164	38,684,815	2.32%	0.26%
1988	3,972,320	38,766,939	2.32%	0.21%
1989	4,066,476	38,827,764	2.37%	0.16%
1990	4,162,559	38,867,322	2.36%	0.1%
1991	4,259,637	38,966,376	2.33%	0.25%
1992	4,357,026	39,157,685	2.29%	0.49%
1993	4,453,732	39,361,262	2.22%	0.52%
1994	4,549,316	39,549,108	2.15%	0.48%
1995	4,642,931	39,724,050	2.06%	0.44%
1996	4,729,974	39,889,852	1.87%	0.42%
1997	4,809,573	40,057,389	1.68%	0.42%
1998	4,883,655	40,223,509	1.54%	0.41%
1999	4,954,018	40,386,875	1.44%	0.41%
2000	5,022,633	40,567,864	1.39%	0.45%
2001	5,087,825	40,850,412	1.3%	0.7%
2002	5,149,909	41,431,558	1.22%	1.42%
2003	5,210,963	42,187,645	1.19%	1.82%
2004	5,272,912	42,921,895	1.19%	1.74%
2005	5,342,105	43,653,155	1.31%	1.7%
2006	5,418,855	44,397,319	1.44%	1.7%
2007	5,497,243	45,226,803	1.45%	1.87%
2008	5,576,593	45,954,106	1.44%	1.61%
2009	5,656,601	46,362,946	1.43%	0.89%
2010	5,737,450	46,576,897	1.43%	0.46%
2011	5,819,051	46,742,697	1.42%	0.36%
2012	5,901,287	46,773,055	1.41%	0.06%
2013	5,983,845	46,604,197	1.4%	-0.36%
2014	6,066,492	46,460,733	1.38%	-0.31%
2015	6,149,417	46,422,303	1.37%	-0.08%
2016	6,232,666	46,458,139	1.35%	0.08%
2017	6,316,231	46,571,232	1.34%	0.24%
2018	6,400,080	46,782,011	1.33%	0.45%
2019	6,483,657	47,118,501	1.31%	0.72%
2020	6,565,267	47,359,424	1.26%	0.51%
2021	6,644,741	47,443,821	1.21%	0.18%
2022	6,730,654	47,786,102	1.29%	0.72%
2023	6,823,613	48,347,910	1.38%	1.18%
2024	6,916,140	48,807,137	1.36%	0.95%
2025	7,007,511	48,786,181	1.32%	-0.04%
2026	7,097,335	48,746,279	1.28%	-0.08%
2027	7,185,724	48,696,847	1.25%	-0.1%
2028	7,272,691	48,642,132	1.21%	-0.11%
2029	7,358,003	48,578,166	1.17%	-0.13%
2030	7,441,612	48,501,513	1.14%	-0.16%
2031	7,523,773	48,412,854	1.1%	-0.18%
2032	7,604,398	48,321,195	1.07%	-0.19%
2033	7,683,391	48,230,054	1.04%	-0.19%
2034	7,760,901	48,136,421	1.01%	-0.19%
2035	7,836,706	48,036,650	0.98%	-0.21%
2036	7,910,787	47,929,957	0.95%	-0.22%
2037	7,983,295	47,819,257	0.92%	-0.23%
2038	8,054,140	47,706,580	0.89%	-0.24%
2039	8,122,959	47,588,878	0.85%	-0.25%
2040	8,189,916	47,463,597	0.82%	-0.26%
2041	8,255,163	47,332,618	0.8%	-0.28%
2042	8,318,515	47,194,588	0.77%	-0.29%
2043	8,380,014	47,052,293	0.74%	-0.3%
2044	8,439,720	46,902,636	0.71%	-0.32%
2045	8,497,618	46,738,565	0.69%	-0.35%
2046	8,553,413	46,564,383	0.66%	-0.37%
2047	8,607,283	46,381,681	0.63%	-0.39%
2048	8,659,292	46,190,642	0.6%	-0.41%
2049	8,708,929	45,985,428	0.57%	-0.44%
2050	8,756,439	45,769,362	0.55%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nicaragua increased by 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nicaragua gained 930,247 (a 15.1% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 110th most populous country in 2005 and is 107th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.