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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Venezuela	Nicaragua	Venezuela
1960	1,782,370	8,160,090	-	-
1961	1,836,451	8,455,915	3.03%	3.63%
1962	1,892,320	8,756,870	3.04%	3.56%
1963	1,950,159	9,064,021	3.06%	3.51%
1964	2,010,176	9,377,712	3.08%	3.46%
1965	2,072,681	9,697,790	3.11%	3.41%
1966	2,137,820	10,024,854	3.14%	3.37%
1967	2,205,567	10,358,513	3.17%	3.33%
1968	2,275,836	10,697,530	3.19%	3.27%
1969	2,348,398	11,040,280	3.19%	3.2%
1970	2,423,065	11,387,790	3.18%	3.15%
1971	2,499,825	11,741,008	3.17%	3.1%
1972	2,573,578	12,099,180	2.95%	3.05%
1973	2,649,278	12,463,537	2.94%	3.01%
1974	2,732,075	12,835,351	3.13%	2.98%
1975	2,816,943	13,215,892	3.11%	2.96%
1976	2,903,851	13,606,284	3.09%	2.95%
1977	2,992,534	14,006,812	3.05%	2.94%
1978	3,080,314	14,416,684	2.93%	2.93%
1979	3,164,525	14,834,552	2.73%	2.9%
1980	3,252,403	15,258,218	2.78%	2.86%
1981	3,345,674	15,687,297	2.87%	2.81%
1982	3,438,745	16,121,874	2.78%	2.77%
1983	3,530,282	16,562,205	2.66%	2.73%
1984	3,619,104	17,008,841	2.52%	2.7%
1985	3,706,479	17,461,434	2.41%	2.66%
1986	3,794,157	17,923,536	2.37%	2.65%
1987	3,882,164	18,394,963	2.32%	2.63%
1988	3,972,320	18,871,020	2.32%	2.59%
1989	4,066,476	19,348,921	2.37%	2.53%
1990	4,162,559	19,827,010	2.36%	2.47%
1991	4,259,637	20,304,896	2.33%	2.41%
1992	4,357,026	20,780,948	2.29%	2.34%
1993	4,453,732	21,254,520	2.22%	2.28%
1994	4,549,316	21,725,188	2.15%	2.21%
1995	4,642,931	22,193,821	2.06%	2.16%
1996	4,729,974	22,662,113	1.87%	2.11%
1997	4,809,573	23,131,685	1.68%	2.07%
1998	4,883,655	23,601,337	1.54%	2.03%
1999	4,954,018	24,066,593	1.44%	1.97%
2000	5,022,633	24,526,708	1.39%	1.91%
2001	5,087,825	24,979,922	1.3%	1.85%
2002	5,149,909	25,435,671	1.22%	1.82%
2003	5,210,963	25,892,703	1.19%	1.8%
2004	5,272,912	26,340,838	1.19%	1.73%
2005	5,342,105	26,785,804	1.31%	1.69%
2006	5,418,855	27,224,686	1.44%	1.64%
2007	5,497,243	27,649,363	1.45%	1.56%
2008	5,576,593	28,053,696	1.44%	1.46%
2009	5,656,601	28,438,298	1.43%	1.37%
2010	5,737,450	28,813,101	1.43%	1.32%
2011	5,819,051	29,185,212	1.42%	1.29%
2012	5,901,287	29,553,826	1.41%	1.26%
2013	5,983,845	29,912,198	1.4%	1.21%
2014	6,066,492	30,254,079	1.38%	1.14%
2015	6,149,417	30,573,972	1.37%	1.06%
2016	6,232,666	30,765,720	1.35%	0.63%
2017	6,316,231	30,565,323	1.34%	-0.65%
2018	6,400,080	29,807,592	1.33%	-2.48%
2019	6,483,657	28,938,098	1.31%	-2.92%
2020	6,565,267	28,444,077	1.26%	-1.71%
2021	6,644,741	28,237,826	1.21%	-0.73%
2022	6,730,654	28,213,017	1.29%	-0.09%
2023	6,823,613	28,300,854	1.38%	0.31%
2024	6,916,140	28,405,543	1.36%	0.37%
2025	7,007,511	28,516,898	1.32%	0.39%
2026	7,097,335	28,633,718	1.28%	0.41%
2027	7,185,724	28,758,565	1.25%	0.44%
2028	7,272,691	28,885,166	1.21%	0.44%
2029	7,358,003	29,014,444	1.17%	0.45%
2030	7,441,612	29,151,809	1.14%	0.47%
2031	7,523,773	29,295,744	1.1%	0.49%
2032	7,604,398	29,442,534	1.07%	0.5%
2033	7,683,391	29,587,099	1.04%	0.49%
2034	7,760,901	29,735,159	1.01%	0.5%
2035	7,836,706	29,883,329	0.98%	0.5%
2036	7,910,787	30,020,167	0.95%	0.46%
2037	7,983,295	30,146,546	0.92%	0.42%
2038	8,054,140	30,268,328	0.89%	0.4%
2039	8,122,959	30,386,284	0.85%	0.39%
2040	8,189,916	30,495,445	0.82%	0.36%
2041	8,255,163	30,590,207	0.8%	0.31%
2042	8,318,515	30,674,532	0.77%	0.28%
2043	8,380,014	30,749,671	0.74%	0.24%
2044	8,439,720	30,813,805	0.71%	0.21%
2045	8,497,618	30,871,490	0.69%	0.19%
2046	8,553,413	30,923,463	0.66%	0.17%
2047	8,607,283	30,974,366	0.63%	0.16%
2048	8,659,292	31,021,600	0.6%	0.15%
2049	8,708,929	31,059,954	0.57%	0.12%
2050	8,756,439	31,094,884	0.55%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nicaragua increased by 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,788,168 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nicaragua gained 930,247 (a 15.1% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -1,963,235 (a 6.42% decline).

Nicaragua was ranked 110th most populous country in 2005 and is 107th in 2025. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2005 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.68% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.