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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Uruguay	Nicaragua	Uruguay
1960	1,782,370	2,529,957	-	-
1961	1,836,451	2,562,044	3.03%	1.27%
1962	1,892,320	2,593,298	3.04%	1.22%
1963	1,950,159	2,623,766	3.06%	1.17%
1964	2,010,176	2,653,180	3.08%	1.12%
1965	2,072,681	2,681,169	3.11%	1.05%
1966	2,137,820	2,707,646	3.14%	0.99%
1967	2,205,567	2,732,277	3.17%	0.91%
1968	2,275,836	2,754,606	3.19%	0.82%
1969	2,348,398	2,773,974	3.19%	0.7%
1970	2,423,065	2,790,807	3.18%	0.61%
1971	2,499,825	2,806,462	3.17%	0.56%
1972	2,573,578	2,821,644	2.95%	0.54%
1973	2,649,278	2,837,133	2.94%	0.55%
1974	2,732,075	2,853,944	3.13%	0.59%
1975	2,816,943	2,872,320	3.11%	0.64%
1976	2,903,851	2,891,392	3.09%	0.66%
1977	2,992,534	2,909,461	3.05%	0.62%
1978	3,080,314	2,925,715	2.93%	0.56%
1979	3,164,525	2,939,903	2.73%	0.48%
1980	3,252,403	2,951,953	2.78%	0.41%
1981	3,345,674	2,963,246	2.87%	0.38%
1982	3,438,745	2,975,492	2.78%	0.41%
1983	3,530,282	2,988,778	2.66%	0.45%
1984	3,619,104	3,002,488	2.52%	0.46%
1985	3,706,479	3,017,037	2.41%	0.48%
1986	3,794,157	3,032,845	2.37%	0.52%
1987	3,882,164	3,049,896	2.32%	0.56%
1988	3,972,320	3,067,961	2.32%	0.59%
1989	4,066,476	3,086,255	2.37%	0.6%
1990	4,162,559	3,104,403	2.36%	0.59%
1991	4,259,637	3,122,354	2.33%	0.58%
1992	4,357,026	3,139,702	2.29%	0.56%
1993	4,453,732	3,156,345	2.22%	0.53%
1994	4,549,316	3,172,834	2.15%	0.52%
1995	4,642,931	3,189,440	2.06%	0.52%
1996	4,729,974	3,206,324	1.87%	0.53%
1997	4,809,573	3,223,345	1.68%	0.53%
1998	4,883,655	3,239,280	1.54%	0.49%
1999	4,954,018	3,254,015	1.44%	0.45%
2000	5,022,633	3,266,206	1.39%	0.37%
2001	5,087,825	3,274,251	1.3%	0.25%
2002	5,149,909	3,278,867	1.22%	0.14%
2003	5,210,963	3,281,186	1.19%	0.07%
2004	5,272,912	3,283,148	1.19%	0.06%
2005	5,342,105	3,285,771	1.31%	0.08%
2006	5,418,855	3,289,506	1.44%	0.11%
2007	5,497,243	3,295,153	1.45%	0.17%
2008	5,576,593	3,302,177	1.44%	0.21%
2009	5,656,601	3,310,091	1.43%	0.24%
2010	5,737,450	3,318,580	1.43%	0.26%
2011	5,819,051	3,326,825	1.42%	0.25%
2012	5,901,287	3,335,401	1.41%	0.26%
2013	5,983,845	3,345,337	1.4%	0.3%
2014	6,066,492	3,356,334	1.38%	0.33%
2015	6,149,417	3,368,017	1.37%	0.35%
2016	6,232,666	3,379,283	1.35%	0.33%
2017	6,316,231	3,388,438	1.34%	0.27%
2018	6,400,080	3,394,534	1.33%	0.18%
2019	6,483,657	3,397,206	1.31%	0.08%
2020	6,565,267	3,398,968	1.26%	0.05%
2021	6,644,741	3,396,695	1.21%	-0.07%
2022	6,730,654	3,390,913	1.29%	-0.17%
2023	6,823,613	3,388,081	1.38%	-0.08%
2024	6,916,140	3,386,588	1.36%	-0.04%
2025	7,007,511	3,384,690	1.32%	-0.06%
2026	7,097,335	3,382,543	1.28%	-0.06%
2027	7,185,724	3,380,245	1.25%	-0.07%
2028	7,272,691	3,377,893	1.21%	-0.07%
2029	7,358,003	3,375,428	1.17%	-0.07%
2030	7,441,612	3,372,892	1.14%	-0.08%
2031	7,523,773	3,370,285	1.1%	-0.08%
2032	7,604,398	3,367,544	1.07%	-0.08%
2033	7,683,391	3,364,654	1.04%	-0.09%
2034	7,760,901	3,361,591	1.01%	-0.09%
2035	7,836,706	3,358,284	0.98%	-0.1%
2036	7,910,787	3,354,682	0.95%	-0.11%
2037	7,983,295	3,350,735	0.92%	-0.12%
2038	8,054,140	3,346,431	0.89%	-0.13%
2039	8,122,959	3,341,676	0.85%	-0.14%
2040	8,189,916	3,336,469	0.82%	-0.16%
2041	8,255,163	3,330,804	0.8%	-0.17%
2042	8,318,515	3,324,643	0.77%	-0.18%
2043	8,380,014	3,317,939	0.74%	-0.2%
2044	8,439,720	3,310,611	0.71%	-0.22%
2045	8,497,618	3,302,680	0.69%	-0.24%
2046	8,553,413	3,294,196	0.66%	-0.26%
2047	8,607,283	3,285,160	0.63%	-0.27%
2048	8,659,292	3,275,507	0.6%	-0.29%
2049	8,708,929	3,265,260	0.57%	-0.31%
2050	8,756,439	3,254,361	0.55%	-0.33%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nicaragua increased by 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth), while Uruguay gained 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nicaragua gained 930,247 (a 15.1% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 16,673 (a 0.5% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 110th most populous country in 2005 and is 107th in 2025. Uruguay was ranked 130th in 2005 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.