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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Syria	Nicaragua	Syria
1960	1,782,370	4,673,500	-	-
1961	1,836,451	4,815,466	3.03%	3.04%
1962	1,892,320	4,959,340	3.04%	2.99%
1963	1,950,159	5,110,467	3.06%	3.05%
1964	2,010,176	5,269,087	3.08%	3.1%
1965	2,072,681	5,435,267	3.11%	3.15%
1966	2,137,820	5,609,047	3.14%	3.2%
1967	2,205,567	5,790,198	3.17%	3.23%
1968	2,275,836	5,978,742	3.19%	3.26%
1969	2,348,398	6,175,166	3.19%	3.29%
1970	2,423,065	6,380,609	3.18%	3.33%
1971	2,499,825	6,598,094	3.17%	3.41%
1972	2,573,578	6,826,024	2.95%	3.45%
1973	2,649,278	7,060,321	2.94%	3.43%
1974	2,732,075	7,302,160	3.13%	3.43%
1975	2,816,943	7,554,364	3.11%	3.45%
1976	2,903,851	7,817,320	3.09%	3.48%
1977	2,992,534	8,090,501	3.05%	3.49%
1978	3,080,314	8,372,759	2.93%	3.49%
1979	3,164,525	8,661,909	2.73%	3.45%
1980	3,252,403	8,957,663	2.78%	3.41%
1981	3,345,674	9,260,189	2.87%	3.38%
1982	3,438,745	9,572,511	2.78%	3.37%
1983	3,530,282	9,904,809	2.66%	3.47%
1984	3,619,104	10,258,398	2.52%	3.57%
1985	3,706,479	10,625,672	2.41%	3.58%
1986	3,794,157	11,002,844	2.37%	3.55%
1987	3,882,164	11,388,923	2.32%	3.51%
1988	3,972,320	11,782,264	2.32%	3.45%
1989	4,066,476	12,179,060	2.37%	3.37%
1990	4,162,559	12,579,208	2.36%	3.29%
1991	4,259,637	12,980,821	2.33%	3.19%
1992	4,357,026	13,385,571	2.29%	3.12%
1993	4,453,732	13,795,686	2.22%	3.06%
1994	4,549,316	14,208,583	2.15%	2.99%
1995	4,642,931	14,616,801	2.06%	2.87%
1996	4,729,974	15,018,104	1.87%	2.75%
1997	4,809,573	15,417,542	1.68%	2.66%
1998	4,883,655	15,820,413	1.54%	2.61%
1999	4,954,018	16,228,061	1.44%	2.58%
2000	5,022,633	16,637,888	1.39%	2.53%
2001	5,087,825	17,051,338	1.3%	2.48%
2002	5,149,909	17,468,332	1.22%	2.45%
2003	5,210,963	17,889,296	1.19%	2.41%
2004	5,272,912	18,336,875	1.19%	2.5%
2005	5,342,105	18,814,091	1.31%	2.6%
2006	5,418,855	19,637,022	1.44%	4.37%
2007	5,497,243	20,884,125	1.45%	6.35%
2008	5,576,593	21,636,564	1.44%	3.6%
2009	5,656,601	21,976,969	1.43%	1.57%
2010	5,737,450	22,482,421	1.43%	2.3%
2011	5,819,051	22,878,098	1.42%	1.76%
2012	5,901,287	22,759,763	1.41%	-0.52%
2013	5,983,845	21,666,917	1.4%	-4.8%
2014	6,066,492	20,273,659	1.38%	-6.43%
2015	6,149,417	19,424,618	1.37%	-4.19%
2016	6,232,666	19,193,834	1.35%	-1.19%
2017	6,316,231	19,224,668	1.34%	0.16%
2018	6,400,080	19,577,845	1.33%	1.84%
2019	6,483,657	20,353,534	1.31%	3.96%
2020	6,565,267	21,049,429	1.26%	3.42%
2021	6,644,741	21,628,839	1.21%	2.75%
2022	6,730,654	22,462,173	1.29%	3.85%
2023	6,823,613	23,594,623	1.38%	5.04%
2024	6,916,140	24,672,760	1.36%	4.57%
2025	7,007,511	25,620,422	1.32%	3.84%
2026	7,097,335	26,472,499	1.28%	3.33%
2027	7,185,724	27,261,544	1.25%	2.98%
2028	7,272,691	28,006,558	1.21%	2.73%
2029	7,358,003	28,719,309	1.17%	2.54%
2030	7,441,612	29,395,545	1.14%	2.35%
2031	7,523,773	30,029,824	1.1%	2.16%
2032	7,604,398	30,633,661	1.07%	2.01%
2033	7,683,391	31,212,478	1.04%	1.89%
2034	7,760,901	31,768,138	1.01%	1.78%
2035	7,836,706	32,294,792	0.98%	1.66%
2036	7,910,787	32,788,153	0.95%	1.53%
2037	7,983,295	33,258,407	0.92%	1.43%
2038	8,054,140	33,710,718	0.89%	1.36%
2039	8,122,959	34,131,238	0.85%	1.25%
2040	8,189,916	34,533,185	0.82%	1.18%
2041	8,255,163	34,916,936	0.8%	1.11%
2042	8,318,515	35,279,863	0.77%	1.04%
2043	8,380,014	35,623,325	0.74%	0.97%
2044	8,439,720	35,944,394	0.71%	0.9%
2045	8,497,618	36,265,295	0.69%	0.89%
2046	8,553,413	36,583,260	0.66%	0.88%
2047	8,607,283	36,878,640	0.63%	0.81%
2048	8,659,292	37,171,029	0.6%	0.79%
2049	8,708,929	37,477,690	0.57%	0.83%
2050	8,756,439	37,793,378	0.55%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.