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Population in Nicaragua compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Nicaragua was 6,916,140 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Nicaragua's population is 7,079,664 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 9.88 times bigger than Nicaragua's.
  • Nicaragua is ranked the 107th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.93% of the world: 0.09% for Nicaragua vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
  • For the last 10 years, Nicaragua has had an average growth rate of +1.33% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
  • Since 2005, the population of Nicaragua has increased from 5.34M people to 7.08M (32.5% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
  • Nicaragua is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 9.24M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.

Nicaragua vs United Kingdom: live population counter

Nicaragua United Kingdom
Current population
7079664
69945462
Population rank 107/197 22/197
Percent of world population 0.09% 0.85%
One net population change
5.68 minutes
43 seconds
One birth every
3.98 minutes
45.9 seconds
One death every
16.8 minutes
48.4 seconds
One migration net change every
1.07 hours
1.26 minutes
Annual migration change -8,189 +417,114
Daily growth/decline +253 +2,011
Annual growth/decline +92,527 +734,000
Annual growth/decline rate +1.36% +1.07%
Population growth rate rank 81/197 99/197

Nicaragua and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Nicaragua
Population

Growth rate
United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Nicaragua United Kingdom Nicaragua United Kingdom
1960 1,782,370 52,400,000 - -
1961 1,836,451 52,800,000 3.03% 0.76%
1962 1,892,320 53,250,000 3.04% 0.85%
1963 1,950,159 53,650,000 3.06% 0.75%
1964 2,010,176 54,000,000 3.08% 0.65%
1965 2,072,681 54,348,050 3.11% 0.64%
1966 2,137,820 54,648,500 3.14% 0.55%
1967 2,205,567 54,943,600 3.17% 0.54%
1968 2,275,836 55,211,700 3.19% 0.49%
1969 2,348,398 55,441,750 3.19% 0.42%
1970 2,423,065 55,663,250 3.18% 0.4%
1971 2,499,825 55,896,223 3.17% 0.42%
1972 2,573,578 56,086,065 2.95% 0.34%
1973 2,649,278 56,194,527 2.94% 0.19%
1974 2,732,075 56,229,974 3.13% 0.06%
1975 2,816,943 56,225,800 3.11% -0.007%
1976 2,903,851 56,211,968 3.09% -0.02%
1977 2,992,534 56,193,492 3.05% -0.03%
1978 3,080,314 56,196,504 2.93% 0.005%
1979 3,164,525 56,246,951 2.73% 0.09%
1980 3,252,403 56,314,216 2.78% 0.12%
1981 3,345,674 56,333,829 2.87% 0.03%
1982 3,438,745 56,313,641 2.78% -0.04%
1983 3,530,282 56,332,848 2.66% 0.03%
1984 3,619,104 56,422,072 2.52% 0.16%
1985 3,706,479 56,550,268 2.41% 0.23%
1986 3,794,157 56,681,396 2.37% 0.23%
1987 3,882,164 56,802,050 2.32% 0.21%
1988 3,972,320 56,928,327 2.32% 0.22%
1989 4,066,476 57,076,711 2.37% 0.26%
1990 4,162,559 57,247,586 2.36% 0.3%
1991 4,259,637 57,424,897 2.33% 0.31%
1992 4,357,026 57,580,402 2.29% 0.27%
1993 4,453,732 57,718,614 2.22% 0.24%
1994 4,549,316 57,865,745 2.15% 0.25%
1995 4,642,931 58,019,030 2.06% 0.26%
1996 4,729,974 58,166,950 1.87% 0.25%
1997 4,809,573 58,316,954 1.68% 0.26%
1998 4,883,655 58,487,141 1.54% 0.29%
1999 4,954,018 58,682,466 1.44% 0.33%
2000 5,022,633 58,892,514 1.39% 0.36%
2001 5,087,825 59,119,673 1.3% 0.39%
2002 5,149,909 59,370,479 1.22% 0.42%
2003 5,210,963 59,647,577 1.19% 0.47%
2004 5,272,912 59,987,905 1.19% 0.57%
2005 5,342,105 60,401,206 1.31% 0.69%
2006 5,418,855 60,846,820 1.44% 0.74%
2007 5,497,243 61,322,463 1.45% 0.78%
2008 5,576,593 61,806,995 1.44% 0.79%
2009 5,656,601 62,276,270 1.43% 0.76%
2010 5,737,450 62,766,365 1.43% 0.79%
2011 5,819,051 63,258,810 1.42% 0.78%
2012 5,901,287 63,711,000 1.41% 0.71%
2013 5,983,845 64,139,000 1.4% 0.67%
2014 6,066,492 64,620,000 1.38% 0.75%
2015 6,149,417 65,088,000 1.37% 0.72%
2016 6,232,666 65,607,000 1.35% 0.8%
2017 6,316,231 65,966,000 1.34% 0.55%
2018 6,400,080 66,289,000 1.33% 0.49%
2019 6,483,657 66,631,000 1.31% 0.52%
2020 6,565,267 66,744,000 1.26% 0.17%
2021 6,644,741 66,984,000 1.21% 0.36%
2022 6,730,654 67,604,000 1.29% 0.93%
2023 6,823,613 68,492,000 1.38% 1.31%
2024 6,916,140 69,226,000 1.36% 1.07%
2025 7,007,511 69,639,673 1.32% 0.6%
2026 7,097,335 70,020,350 1.28% 0.55%
2027 7,185,724 70,382,853 1.25% 0.52%
2028 7,272,691 70,732,699 1.21% 0.5%
2029 7,358,003 71,061,482 1.17% 0.46%
2030 7,441,612 71,377,535 1.14% 0.44%
2031 7,523,773 71,678,351 1.1% 0.42%
2032 7,604,398 71,959,934 1.07% 0.39%
2033 7,683,391 72,234,509 1.04% 0.38%
2034 7,760,901 72,497,650 1.01% 0.36%
2035 7,836,706 72,749,096 0.98% 0.35%
2036 7,910,787 72,990,847 0.95% 0.33%
2037 7,983,295 73,218,850 0.92% 0.31%
2038 8,054,140 73,441,349 0.89% 0.3%
2039 8,122,959 73,658,392 0.85% 0.3%
2040 8,189,916 73,868,334 0.82% 0.29%
2041 8,255,163 74,074,316 0.8% 0.28%
2042 8,318,515 74,275,779 0.77% 0.27%
2043 8,380,014 74,475,035 0.74% 0.27%
2044 8,439,720 74,667,284 0.71% 0.26%
2045 8,497,618 74,848,605 0.69% 0.24%
2046 8,553,413 75,020,949 0.66% 0.23%
2047 8,607,283 75,184,478 0.63% 0.22%
2048 8,659,292 75,337,543 0.6% 0.2%
2049 8,708,929 75,476,141 0.57% 0.18%
2050 8,756,439 75,600,588 0.55% 0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nicaragua increased by 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nicaragua gained 930,247 (a 15.1% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 110th most populous country in 2005 and is 107th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.

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