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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Uganda	Nicaragua	Uganda
1960	1,782,370	7,640,973	-	-
1961	1,836,451	7,862,217	3.03%	2.9%
1962	1,892,320	8,092,231	3.04%	2.93%
1963	1,950,159	8,333,663	3.06%	2.98%
1964	2,010,176	8,586,363	3.08%	3.03%
1965	2,072,681	8,849,203	3.11%	3.06%
1966	2,137,820	9,122,864	3.14%	3.09%
1967	2,205,567	9,408,924	3.17%	3.14%
1968	2,275,836	9,708,632	3.19%	3.19%
1969	2,348,398	10,014,858	3.19%	3.15%
1970	2,423,065	10,321,603	3.18%	3.06%
1971	2,499,825	10,618,206	3.17%	2.87%
1972	2,573,578	10,885,796	2.95%	2.52%
1973	2,649,278	11,144,236	2.94%	2.37%
1974	2,732,075	11,424,846	3.13%	2.52%
1975	2,816,943	11,725,240	3.11%	2.63%
1976	2,903,851	12,037,294	3.09%	2.66%
1977	2,992,534	12,359,669	3.05%	2.68%
1978	3,080,314	12,692,113	2.93%	2.69%
1979	3,164,525	13,002,163	2.73%	2.44%
1980	3,252,403	13,275,741	2.78%	2.1%
1981	3,345,674	13,556,452	2.87%	2.11%
1982	3,438,745	13,873,631	2.78%	2.34%
1983	3,530,282	14,221,881	2.66%	2.51%
1984	3,619,104	14,607,677	2.52%	2.71%
1985	3,706,479	15,023,681	2.41%	2.85%
1986	3,794,157	15,467,579	2.37%	2.95%
1987	3,882,164	15,954,170	2.32%	3.15%
1988	3,972,320	16,470,483	2.32%	3.24%
1989	4,066,476	17,010,698	2.37%	3.28%
1990	4,162,559	17,569,897	2.36%	3.29%
1991	4,259,637	18,155,901	2.33%	3.34%
1992	4,357,026	18,785,032	2.29%	3.47%
1993	4,453,732	19,445,161	2.22%	3.51%
1994	4,549,316	20,108,801	2.15%	3.41%
1995	4,642,931	20,665,667	2.06%	2.77%
1996	4,729,974	21,231,550	1.87%	2.74%
1997	4,809,573	21,856,046	1.68%	2.94%
1998	4,883,655	22,515,806	1.54%	3.02%
1999	4,954,018	23,257,281	1.44%	3.29%
2000	5,022,633	24,000,150	1.39%	3.19%
2001	5,087,825	24,745,676	1.3%	3.11%
2002	5,149,909	25,532,870	1.22%	3.18%
2003	5,210,963	26,352,124	1.19%	3.21%
2004	5,272,912	27,154,515	1.19%	3.04%
2005	5,342,105	27,963,289	1.31%	2.98%
2006	5,418,855	28,794,003	1.44%	2.97%
2007	5,497,243	29,653,430	1.45%	2.98%
2008	5,576,593	30,539,553	1.44%	2.99%
2009	5,656,601	31,451,151	1.43%	2.98%
2010	5,737,450	32,390,802	1.43%	2.99%
2011	5,819,051	33,354,543	1.42%	2.98%
2012	5,901,287	34,337,438	1.41%	2.95%
2013	5,983,845	35,337,042	1.4%	2.91%
2014	6,066,492	36,395,539	1.38%	3%
2015	6,149,417	37,531,446	1.37%	3.12%
2016	6,232,666	38,799,152	1.35%	3.38%
2017	6,316,231	40,177,388	1.34%	3.55%
2018	6,400,080	41,565,831	1.33%	3.46%
2019	6,483,657	42,999,637	1.31%	3.45%
2020	6,565,267	44,457,152	1.26%	3.39%
2021	6,644,741	45,910,930	1.21%	3.27%
2022	6,730,654	47,312,719	1.29%	3.05%
2023	6,823,613	48,656,601	1.38%	2.84%
2024	6,916,140	50,015,092	1.36%	2.79%
2025	7,007,511	51,384,895	1.32%	2.74%
2026	7,097,335	52,761,471	1.28%	2.68%
2027	7,185,724	54,144,274	1.25%	2.62%
2028	7,272,691	55,532,564	1.21%	2.56%
2029	7,358,003	56,922,797	1.17%	2.5%
2030	7,441,612	58,312,944	1.14%	2.44%
2031	7,523,773	59,703,537	1.1%	2.38%
2032	7,604,398	61,089,060	1.07%	2.32%
2033	7,683,391	62,464,116	1.04%	2.25%
2034	7,760,901	63,833,872	1.01%	2.19%
2035	7,836,706	65,205,570	0.98%	2.15%
2036	7,910,787	66,573,737	0.95%	2.1%
2037	7,983,295	67,942,634	0.92%	2.06%
2038	8,054,140	69,312,210	0.89%	2.02%
2039	8,122,959	70,669,875	0.85%	1.96%
2040	8,189,916	72,020,414	0.82%	1.91%
2041	8,255,163	73,372,658	0.8%	1.88%
2042	8,318,515	74,730,004	0.77%	1.85%
2043	8,380,014	76,090,991	0.74%	1.82%
2044	8,439,720	77,449,517	0.71%	1.79%
2045	8,497,618	78,797,995	0.69%	1.74%
2046	8,553,413	80,139,174	0.66%	1.7%
2047	8,607,283	81,478,503	0.63%	1.67%
2048	8,659,292	82,812,102	0.6%	1.64%
2049	8,708,929	84,130,056	0.57%	1.59%
2050	8,756,439	85,431,202	0.55%	1.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while Uganda gained 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 13,977,431 (a 36% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. Uganda was ranked 38th in 2006 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.