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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Switzerland	Nicaragua	Switzerland
1960	1,782,370	5,327,827	-	-
1961	1,836,451	5,434,294	3.03%	2%
1962	1,892,320	5,573,815	3.04%	2.57%
1963	1,950,159	5,694,247	3.06%	2.16%
1964	2,010,176	5,789,228	3.08%	1.67%
1965	2,072,681	5,856,472	3.11%	1.16%
1966	2,137,820	5,918,002	3.14%	1.05%
1967	2,205,567	5,991,785	3.17%	1.25%
1968	2,275,836	6,067,714	3.19%	1.27%
1969	2,348,398	6,136,387	3.19%	1.13%
1970	2,423,065	6,180,877	3.18%	0.73%
1971	2,499,825	6,213,399	3.17%	0.53%
1972	2,573,578	6,260,956	2.95%	0.77%
1973	2,649,278	6,307,347	2.94%	0.74%
1974	2,732,075	6,341,405	3.13%	0.54%
1975	2,816,943	6,338,632	3.11%	-0.04%
1976	2,903,851	6,302,504	3.09%	-0.57%
1977	2,992,534	6,281,174	3.05%	-0.34%
1978	3,080,314	6,281,738	2.93%	0.009%
1979	3,164,525	6,294,365	2.73%	0.2%
1980	3,252,403	6,319,408	2.78%	0.4%
1981	3,345,674	6,354,074	2.87%	0.55%
1982	3,438,745	6,391,309	2.78%	0.59%
1983	3,530,282	6,418,773	2.66%	0.43%
1984	3,619,104	6,441,865	2.52%	0.36%
1985	3,706,479	6,470,365	2.41%	0.44%
1986	3,794,157	6,504,124	2.37%	0.52%
1987	3,882,164	6,545,106	2.32%	0.63%
1988	3,972,320	6,593,386	2.32%	0.74%
1989	4,066,476	6,646,912	2.37%	0.81%
1990	4,162,559	6,715,519	2.36%	1.03%
1991	4,259,637	6,799,978	2.33%	1.26%
1992	4,357,026	6,875,364	2.29%	1.11%
1993	4,453,732	6,938,265	2.22%	0.91%
1994	4,549,316	6,993,795	2.15%	0.8%
1995	4,642,931	7,040,687	2.06%	0.67%
1996	4,729,974	7,071,850	1.87%	0.44%
1997	4,809,573	7,088,906	1.68%	0.24%
1998	4,883,655	7,110,001	1.54%	0.3%
1999	4,954,018	7,143,991	1.44%	0.48%
2000	5,022,633	7,184,250	1.39%	0.56%
2001	5,087,825	7,229,854	1.3%	0.63%
2002	5,149,909	7,284,753	1.22%	0.76%
2003	5,210,963	7,339,001	1.19%	0.74%
2004	5,272,912	7,389,625	1.19%	0.69%
2005	5,342,105	7,437,115	1.31%	0.64%
2006	5,418,855	7,483,934	1.44%	0.63%
2007	5,497,243	7,551,117	1.45%	0.9%
2008	5,576,593	7,647,675	1.44%	1.28%
2009	5,656,601	7,743,831	1.43%	1.26%
2010	5,737,450	7,824,909	1.43%	1.05%
2011	5,819,051	7,912,398	1.42%	1.12%
2012	5,901,287	7,996,861	1.41%	1.07%
2013	5,983,845	8,089,346	1.4%	1.16%
2014	6,066,492	8,188,649	1.38%	1.23%
2015	6,149,417	8,282,396	1.37%	1.14%
2016	6,232,666	8,373,338	1.35%	1.1%
2017	6,316,231	8,451,840	1.34%	0.94%
2018	6,400,080	8,514,329	1.33%	0.74%
2019	6,483,657	8,575,280	1.31%	0.72%
2020	6,565,267	8,638,167	1.26%	0.73%
2021	6,644,741	8,704,546	1.21%	0.77%
2022	6,730,654	8,777,088	1.29%	0.83%
2023	6,823,613	8,888,822	1.38%	1.27%
2024	6,916,140	9,005,582	1.36%	1.31%
2025	7,007,511	9,051,441	1.32%	0.51%
2026	7,097,335	9,092,200	1.28%	0.45%
2027	7,185,724	9,128,649	1.25%	0.4%
2028	7,272,691	9,161,558	1.21%	0.36%
2029	7,358,003	9,190,268	1.17%	0.31%
2030	7,441,612	9,215,844	1.14%	0.28%
2031	7,523,773	9,239,801	1.1%	0.26%
2032	7,604,398	9,260,664	1.07%	0.23%
2033	7,683,391	9,278,524	1.04%	0.19%
2034	7,760,901	9,295,500	1.01%	0.18%
2035	7,836,706	9,310,659	0.98%	0.16%
2036	7,910,787	9,323,296	0.95%	0.14%
2037	7,983,295	9,334,565	0.92%	0.12%
2038	8,054,140	9,344,395	0.89%	0.11%
2039	8,122,959	9,353,187	0.85%	0.09%
2040	8,189,916	9,363,095	0.82%	0.11%
2041	8,255,163	9,372,148	0.8%	0.1%
2042	8,318,515	9,380,579	0.77%	0.09%
2043	8,380,014	9,389,228	0.74%	0.09%
2044	8,439,720	9,396,409	0.71%	0.08%
2045	8,497,618	9,402,783	0.69%	0.07%
2046	8,553,413	9,408,721	0.66%	0.06%
2047	8,607,283	9,415,274	0.63%	0.07%
2048	8,659,292	9,422,270	0.6%	0.07%
2049	8,708,929	9,427,479	0.57%	0.06%
2050	8,756,439	9,430,133	0.55%	0.03%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while Switzerland gained 889,404 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 719,260 (a 8.59% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. Switzerland was ranked 96th in 2006 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.71% to 9,430,133 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.