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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Vietnam	Nicaragua	Vietnam
1960	1,782,370	32,531,933	-	-
1961	1,836,451	33,409,059	3.03%	2.7%
1962	1,892,320	34,288,560	3.04%	2.63%
1963	1,950,159	35,249,101	3.06%	2.8%
1964	2,010,176	36,201,563	3.08%	2.7%
1965	2,072,681	37,129,656	3.11%	2.56%
1966	2,137,820	38,024,836	3.14%	2.41%
1967	2,205,567	38,895,080	3.17%	2.29%
1968	2,275,836	39,734,609	3.19%	2.16%
1969	2,348,398	40,582,096	3.19%	2.13%
1970	2,423,065	41,475,230	3.18%	2.2%
1971	2,499,825	42,449,276	3.17%	2.35%
1972	2,573,578	43,429,168	2.95%	2.31%
1973	2,649,278	44,409,861	2.94%	2.26%
1974	2,732,075	45,413,537	3.13%	2.26%
1975	2,816,943	46,482,903	3.11%	2.35%
1976	2,903,851	47,684,931	3.09%	2.59%
1977	2,992,534	48,954,872	3.05%	2.66%
1978	3,080,314	50,249,552	2.93%	2.64%
1979	3,164,525	51,378,211	2.73%	2.25%
1980	3,252,403	52,490,101	2.78%	2.16%
1981	3,345,674	53,738,141	2.87%	2.38%
1982	3,438,745	55,011,289	2.78%	2.37%
1983	3,530,282	56,337,921	2.66%	2.41%
1984	3,619,104	57,706,067	2.52%	2.43%
1985	3,706,479	59,060,622	2.41%	2.35%
1986	3,794,157	60,347,048	2.37%	2.18%
1987	3,882,164	61,584,651	2.32%	2.05%
1988	3,972,320	62,843,228	2.32%	2.04%
1989	4,066,476	64,147,348	2.37%	2.08%
1990	4,162,559	65,504,552	2.36%	2.12%
1991	4,259,637	66,891,775	2.33%	2.12%
1992	4,357,026	68,260,337	2.29%	2.05%
1993	4,453,732	69,586,384	2.22%	1.94%
1994	4,549,316	70,854,391	2.15%	1.82%
1995	4,642,931	72,049,940	2.06%	1.69%
1996	4,729,974	73,156,447	1.87%	1.54%
1997	4,809,573	74,226,889	1.68%	1.46%
1998	4,883,655	75,299,660	1.54%	1.45%
1999	4,954,018	76,287,452	1.44%	1.31%
2000	5,022,633	77,154,011	1.39%	1.14%
2001	5,087,825	77,969,361	1.3%	1.06%
2002	5,149,909	78,772,224	1.22%	1.03%
2003	5,210,963	79,563,777	1.19%	1%
2004	5,272,912	80,338,971	1.19%	0.97%
2005	5,342,105	81,088,313	1.31%	0.93%
2006	5,418,855	82,167,897	1.44%	1.33%
2007	5,497,243	83,633,375	1.45%	1.78%
2008	5,576,593	85,175,788	1.44%	1.84%
2009	5,656,601	86,460,018	1.43%	1.51%
2010	5,737,450	87,455,152	1.43%	1.15%
2011	5,819,051	88,468,314	1.42%	1.16%
2012	5,901,287	89,510,356	1.41%	1.18%
2013	5,983,845	90,573,104	1.4%	1.19%
2014	6,066,492	91,679,578	1.38%	1.22%
2015	6,149,417	92,823,254	1.37%	1.25%
2016	6,232,666	94,000,117	1.35%	1.27%
2017	6,316,231	95,176,977	1.34%	1.25%
2018	6,400,080	96,237,319	1.33%	1.11%
2019	6,483,657	97,173,776	1.31%	0.97%
2020	6,565,267	98,079,191	1.26%	0.93%
2021	6,644,741	98,935,098	1.21%	0.87%
2022	6,730,654	99,680,655	1.29%	0.75%
2023	6,823,613	100,352,192	1.38%	0.67%
2024	6,916,140	100,987,686	1.36%	0.63%
2025	7,007,511	101,598,531	1.32%	0.6%
2026	7,097,335	102,177,434	1.28%	0.57%
2027	7,185,724	102,727,392	1.25%	0.54%
2028	7,272,691	103,255,746	1.21%	0.51%
2029	7,358,003	103,761,151	1.17%	0.49%
2030	7,441,612	104,254,900	1.14%	0.48%
2031	7,523,773	104,737,913	1.1%	0.46%
2032	7,604,398	105,204,401	1.07%	0.45%
2033	7,683,391	105,656,307	1.04%	0.43%
2034	7,760,901	106,097,515	1.01%	0.42%
2035	7,836,706	106,530,671	0.98%	0.41%
2036	7,910,787	106,945,842	0.95%	0.39%
2037	7,983,295	107,346,046	0.92%	0.37%
2038	8,054,140	107,732,019	0.89%	0.36%
2039	8,122,959	108,097,653	0.85%	0.34%
2040	8,189,916	108,437,634	0.82%	0.31%
2041	8,255,163	108,752,199	0.8%	0.29%
2042	8,318,515	109,040,314	0.77%	0.26%
2043	8,380,014	109,292,559	0.74%	0.23%
2044	8,439,720	109,506,274	0.71%	0.2%
2045	8,497,618	109,685,396	0.69%	0.16%
2046	8,553,413	109,827,664	0.66%	0.13%
2047	8,607,283	109,930,243	0.63%	0.09%
2048	8,659,292	109,994,024	0.6%	0.06%
2049	8,708,929	110,018,017	0.57%	0.02%
2050	8,756,439	110,008,910	0.55%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Nicaragua increased by 807,312 people (a 15.1% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Nicaragua gained 930,247 (a 15.1% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 110th most populous country in 2005 and is 107th in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.