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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Suriname	Nicaragua	Suriname
1960	1,782,370	263,918	-	-
1961	1,836,451	272,791	3.03%	3.36%
1962	1,892,320	283,912	3.04%	4.08%
1963	1,950,159	297,034	3.06%	4.62%
1964	2,010,176	309,041	3.08%	4.04%
1965	2,072,681	320,000	3.11%	3.55%
1966	2,137,820	331,135	3.14%	3.48%
1967	2,205,567	342,679	3.17%	3.49%
1968	2,275,836	354,616	3.19%	3.48%
1969	2,348,398	366,906	3.19%	3.47%
1970	2,423,065	379,442	3.18%	3.42%
1971	2,499,825	391,932	3.17%	3.29%
1972	2,573,578	397,413	2.95%	1.4%
1973	2,649,278	395,772	2.94%	-0.41%
1974	2,732,075	393,676	3.13%	-0.53%
1975	2,816,943	391,170	3.11%	-0.64%
1976	2,903,851	388,289	3.09%	-0.74%
1977	2,992,534	385,067	3.05%	-0.83%
1978	3,080,314	381,502	2.93%	-0.93%
1979	3,164,525	377,602	2.73%	-1.02%
1980	3,252,403	375,377	2.78%	-0.59%
1981	3,345,674	375,459	2.87%	0.02%
1982	3,438,745	376,555	2.78%	0.29%
1983	3,530,282	378,746	2.66%	0.58%
1984	3,619,104	382,193	2.52%	0.91%
1985	3,706,479	386,972	2.41%	1.25%
1986	3,794,157	392,330	2.37%	1.38%
1987	3,882,164	396,911	2.32%	1.17%
1988	3,972,320	402,227	2.32%	1.34%
1989	4,066,476	408,409	2.37%	1.54%
1990	4,162,559	412,493	2.36%	1%
1991	4,259,637	415,013	2.33%	0.61%
1992	4,357,026	417,589	2.29%	0.62%
1993	4,453,732	419,352	2.22%	0.42%
1994	4,549,316	422,375	2.15%	0.72%
1995	4,642,931	429,606	2.06%	1.71%
1996	4,729,974	438,830	1.87%	2.15%
1997	4,809,573	448,067	1.68%	2.1%
1998	4,883,655	457,406	1.54%	2.08%
1999	4,954,018	466,916	1.44%	2.08%
2000	5,022,633	476,643	1.39%	2.08%
2001	5,087,825	486,560	1.3%	2.08%
2002	5,149,909	496,551	1.22%	2.05%
2003	5,210,963	506,414	1.19%	1.99%
2004	5,272,912	513,923	1.19%	1.48%
2005	5,342,105	519,313	1.31%	1.05%
2006	5,418,855	524,997	1.44%	1.09%
2007	5,497,243	531,016	1.45%	1.15%
2008	5,576,593	537,245	1.44%	1.17%
2009	5,656,601	543,568	1.43%	1.18%
2010	5,737,450	549,923	1.43%	1.17%
2011	5,819,051	556,269	1.42%	1.15%
2012	5,901,287	562,633	1.41%	1.14%
2013	5,983,845	569,020	1.4%	1.14%
2014	6,066,492	575,373	1.38%	1.12%
2015	6,149,417	581,627	1.37%	1.09%
2016	6,232,666	587,757	1.35%	1.05%
2017	6,316,231	593,713	1.34%	1.01%
2018	6,400,080	599,513	1.33%	0.98%
2019	6,483,657	605,768	1.31%	1.04%
2020	6,565,267	612,317	1.26%	1.08%
2021	6,644,741	617,896	1.21%	0.91%
2022	6,730,654	623,164	1.29%	0.85%
2023	6,823,613	628,886	1.38%	0.92%
2024	6,916,140	634,431	1.36%	0.88%
2025	7,007,511	639,852	1.32%	0.85%
2026	7,097,335	645,257	1.28%	0.84%
2027	7,185,724	650,564	1.25%	0.82%
2028	7,272,691	655,783	1.21%	0.8%
2029	7,358,003	660,793	1.17%	0.76%
2030	7,441,612	665,650	1.14%	0.74%
2031	7,523,773	670,421	1.1%	0.72%
2032	7,604,398	675,070	1.07%	0.69%
2033	7,683,391	679,573	1.04%	0.67%
2034	7,760,901	683,911	1.01%	0.64%
2035	7,836,706	688,189	0.98%	0.63%
2036	7,910,787	692,343	0.95%	0.6%
2037	7,983,295	696,213	0.92%	0.56%
2038	8,054,140	699,908	0.89%	0.53%
2039	8,122,959	703,569	0.85%	0.52%
2040	8,189,916	707,156	0.82%	0.51%
2041	8,255,163	710,619	0.8%	0.49%
2042	8,318,515	713,900	0.77%	0.46%
2043	8,380,014	716,999	0.74%	0.43%
2044	8,439,720	719,920	0.71%	0.41%
2045	8,497,618	722,759	0.69%	0.39%
2046	8,553,413	725,322	0.66%	0.35%
2047	8,607,283	727,726	0.63%	0.33%
2048	8,659,292	730,038	0.6%	0.32%
2049	8,708,929	732,021	0.57%	0.27%
2050	8,756,439	733,898	0.55%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.