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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	United States	Nicaragua	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	1,782,370	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	1,836,451	183,691,481	3.03%	1.67%
1962	1,892,320	186,537,737	3.04%	1.55%
1963	1,950,159	189,241,798	3.06%	1.45%
1964	2,010,176	191,888,791	3.08%	1.4%
1965	2,072,681	194,302,963	3.11%	1.26%
1966	2,137,820	196,560,338	3.14%	1.16%
1967	2,205,567	198,712,056	3.17%	1.09%
1968	2,275,836	200,706,052	3.19%	1%
1969	2,348,398	202,676,946	3.19%	0.98%
1970	2,423,065	205,052,174	3.18%	1.17%
1971	2,499,825	207,660,677	3.17%	1.27%
1972	2,573,578	209,896,021	2.95%	1.08%
1973	2,649,278	211,908,788	2.94%	0.96%
1974	2,732,075	213,853,928	3.13%	0.92%
1975	2,816,943	215,973,199	3.11%	0.99%
1976	2,903,851	218,035,164	3.09%	0.95%
1977	2,992,534	220,239,425	3.05%	1.01%
1978	3,080,314	222,584,545	2.93%	1.06%
1979	3,164,525	225,055,487	2.73%	1.11%
1980	3,252,403	226,542,250	2.78%	0.66%
1981	3,345,674	229,465,744	2.87%	1.29%
1982	3,438,745	231,664,432	2.78%	0.96%
1983	3,530,282	233,792,014	2.66%	0.92%
1984	3,619,104	235,824,908	2.52%	0.87%
1985	3,706,479	237,923,734	2.41%	0.89%
1986	3,794,157	240,132,831	2.37%	0.93%
1987	3,882,164	242,288,936	2.32%	0.9%
1988	3,972,320	244,499,004	2.32%	0.91%
1989	4,066,476	246,819,222	2.37%	0.95%
1990	4,162,559	250,131,894	2.36%	1.34%
1991	4,259,637	253,492,503	2.33%	1.34%
1992	4,357,026	256,894,189	2.29%	1.34%
1993	4,453,732	260,255,352	2.22%	1.31%
1994	4,549,316	263,435,673	2.15%	1.22%
1995	4,642,931	266,557,091	2.06%	1.18%
1996	4,729,974	269,667,391	1.87%	1.17%
1997	4,809,573	272,911,760	1.68%	1.2%
1998	4,883,655	276,115,288	1.54%	1.17%
1999	4,954,018	279,294,713	1.44%	1.15%
2000	5,022,633	282,162,411	1.39%	1.03%
2001	5,087,825	284,968,955	1.3%	0.99%
2002	5,149,909	287,625,193	1.22%	0.93%
2003	5,210,963	290,107,933	1.19%	0.86%
2004	5,272,912	292,805,298	1.19%	0.93%
2005	5,342,105	295,516,599	1.31%	0.93%
2006	5,418,855	298,379,912	1.44%	0.97%
2007	5,497,243	301,231,207	1.45%	0.96%
2008	5,576,593	304,093,966	1.44%	0.95%
2009	5,656,601	306,771,529	1.43%	0.88%
2010	5,737,450	309,327,143	1.43%	0.83%
2011	5,819,051	311,583,481	1.42%	0.73%
2012	5,901,287	313,877,662	1.41%	0.74%
2013	5,983,845	316,059,947	1.4%	0.7%
2014	6,066,492	318,386,329	1.38%	0.74%
2015	6,149,417	320,738,994	1.37%	0.74%
2016	6,232,666	323,071,755	1.35%	0.73%
2017	6,316,231	325,122,128	1.34%	0.63%
2018	6,400,080	326,838,199	1.33%	0.53%
2019	6,483,657	328,329,953	1.31%	0.46%
2020	6,565,267	331,526,933	1.26%	0.97%
2021	6,644,741	331,893,745	1.21%	0.11%
2022	6,730,654	333,271,411	1.29%	0.42%
2023	6,823,613	334,914,895	1.38%	0.49%
2024	6,916,140	340,110,988	1.36%	1.55%
2025	7,007,511	341,931,772	1.32%	0.54%
2026	7,097,335	343,664,369	1.28%	0.51%
2027	7,185,724	345,331,185	1.25%	0.49%
2028	7,272,691	346,981,137	1.21%	0.48%
2029	7,358,003	348,601,982	1.17%	0.47%
2030	7,441,612	350,176,974	1.14%	0.45%
2031	7,523,773	351,725,612	1.1%	0.44%
2032	7,604,398	353,249,060	1.07%	0.43%
2033	7,683,391	354,749,644	1.04%	0.42%
2034	7,760,901	356,234,239	1.01%	0.42%
2035	7,836,706	357,694,316	0.98%	0.41%
2036	7,910,787	359,119,002	0.95%	0.4%
2037	7,983,295	360,517,853	0.92%	0.39%
2038	8,054,140	361,895,407	0.89%	0.38%
2039	8,122,959	363,229,908	0.85%	0.37%
2040	8,189,916	364,512,364	0.82%	0.35%
2041	8,255,163	365,753,139	0.8%	0.34%
2042	8,318,515	366,969,419	0.77%	0.33%
2043	8,380,014	368,146,925	0.74%	0.32%
2044	8,439,720	369,258,123	0.71%	0.3%
2045	8,497,618	370,318,770	0.69%	0.29%
2046	8,553,413	371,328,255	0.66%	0.27%
2047	8,607,283	372,299,116	0.63%	0.26%
2048	8,659,292	373,230,539	0.6%	0.25%
2049	8,708,929	374,119,803	0.57%	0.24%
2050	8,756,439	374,986,259	0.55%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.