Population in Nicaragua compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Nicaragua and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Vatican	Nicaragua	Vatican
1960	1,782,370	-	-	-
1961	1,836,451	-	3.03%	-
1962	1,892,320	-	3.04%	-
1963	1,950,159	-	3.06%	-
1964	2,010,176	-	3.08%	-
1965	2,072,681	-	3.11%	-
1966	2,137,820	-	3.14%	-
1967	2,205,567	-	3.17%	-
1968	2,275,836	-	3.19%	-
1969	2,348,398	-	3.19%	-
1970	2,423,065	-	3.18%	-
1971	2,499,825	-	3.17%	-
1972	2,573,578	-	2.95%	-
1973	2,649,278	-	2.94%	-
1974	2,732,075	-	3.13%	-
1975	2,816,943	-	3.11%	-
1976	2,903,851	-	3.09%	-
1977	2,992,534	-	3.05%	-
1978	3,080,314	-	2.93%	-
1979	3,164,525	-	2.73%	-
1980	3,252,403	-	2.78%	-
1981	3,345,674	-	2.87%	-
1982	3,438,745	-	2.78%	-
1983	3,530,282	-	2.66%	-
1984	3,619,104	-	2.52%	-
1985	3,706,479	-	2.41%	-
1986	3,794,157	-	2.37%	-
1987	3,882,164	-	2.32%	-
1988	3,972,320	-	2.32%	-
1989	4,066,476	-	2.37%	-
1990	4,162,559	-	2.36%	-
1991	4,259,637	-	2.33%	-
1992	4,357,026	-	2.29%	-
1993	4,453,732	-	2.22%	-
1994	4,549,316	-	2.15%	-
1995	4,642,931	-	2.06%	-
1996	4,729,974	-	1.87%	-
1997	4,809,573	-	1.68%	-
1998	4,883,655	-	1.54%	-
1999	4,954,018	-	1.44%	-
2000	5,022,633	880	1.39%	-
2001	5,087,825	890	1.3%	1.14%
2002	5,149,909	900	1.22%	1.12%
2003	5,210,963	911	1.19%	1.22%
2004	5,272,912	921	1.19%	1.1%
2005	5,342,105	921	1.31%	0%
2006	5,418,855	932	1.44%	1.19%
2007	5,497,243	821	1.45%	-11.9%
2008	5,576,593	824	1.44%	0.37%
2009	5,656,601	826	1.43%	0.24%
2010	5,737,450	829	1.43%	0.36%
2011	5,819,051	832	1.42%	0.36%
2012	5,901,287	836	1.41%	0.48%
2013	5,983,845	839	1.4%	0.36%
2014	6,066,492	842	1.38%	0.36%
2015	6,149,417	1,000	1.37%	18.8%
2016	6,232,666	-	1.35%	0%
2017	6,316,231	1,000	1.34%	0%
2018	6,400,080	-	1.33%	0%
2019	6,483,657	1,000	1.31%	0%
2020	6,565,267	987	1.26%	-1.29%
2021	6,644,741	970	1.21%	-1.68%
2022	6,730,654	944	1.29%	-2.66%
2023	6,823,613	922	1.38%	-2.34%
2024	6,916,140	933	1.36%	1.2%
2025	7,007,511	939	1.32%	0.59%
2026	7,097,335	952	1.28%	1.37%
2027	7,185,724	974	1.25%	2.32%
2028	7,272,691	985	1.21%	1.13%
2029	7,358,003	983	1.17%	-0.19%
2030	7,441,612	976	1.14%	-0.75%
2031	7,523,773	968	1.1%	-0.75%
2032	7,604,398	968	1.07%	0%
2033	7,683,391	988	1.04%	2.09%
2034	7,760,901	992	1.01%	0.37%
2035	7,836,706	1,000	0.98%	0.74%
2036	7,910,787	998	0.95%	-0.18%
2037	7,983,295	1,003	0.92%	0.55%
2038	8,054,140	1,022	0.89%	1.83%
2039	8,122,959	1,060	0.85%	3.78%
2040	8,189,916	1,095	0.82%	3.3%
2041	8,255,163	1,127	0.8%	2.86%
2042	8,318,515	1,149	0.77%	1.96%
2043	8,380,014	1,169	0.74%	1.76%
2044	8,439,720	1,186	0.71%	1.42%
2045	8,497,618	1,209	0.69%	2.02%
2046	8,553,413	1,224	0.66%	1.22%
2047	8,607,283	1,248	0.63%	1.95%
2048	8,659,292	1,272	0.6%	1.92%
2049	8,708,929	1,296	0.57%	1.88%
2050	8,756,439	1,325	0.55%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nicaragua increased by 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nicaragua gained 930,247 (a 15.1% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Nicaragua was ranked 110th most populous country in 2005 and is 107th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.