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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Zambia	Nicaragua	Zambia
1960	1,782,370	3,153,729	-	-
1961	1,836,451	3,254,086	3.03%	3.18%
1962	1,892,320	3,358,099	3.04%	3.2%
1963	1,950,159	3,465,907	3.06%	3.21%
1964	2,010,176	3,577,017	3.08%	3.21%
1965	2,072,681	3,692,086	3.11%	3.22%
1966	2,137,820	3,812,003	3.14%	3.25%
1967	2,205,567	3,936,343	3.17%	3.26%
1968	2,275,836	4,065,593	3.19%	3.28%
1969	2,348,398	4,197,116	3.19%	3.24%
1970	2,423,065	4,321,718	3.18%	2.97%
1971	2,499,825	4,442,525	3.17%	2.8%
1972	2,573,578	4,569,309	2.95%	2.85%
1973	2,649,278	4,702,693	2.94%	2.92%
1974	2,732,075	4,842,746	3.13%	2.98%
1975	2,816,943	4,990,086	3.11%	3.04%
1976	2,903,851	5,143,842	3.09%	3.08%
1977	2,992,534	5,302,480	3.05%	3.08%
1978	3,080,314	5,465,374	2.93%	3.07%
1979	3,164,525	5,631,728	2.73%	3.04%
1980	3,252,403	5,802,833	2.78%	3.04%
1981	3,345,674	5,983,289	2.87%	3.11%
1982	3,438,745	6,178,637	2.78%	3.26%
1983	3,530,282	6,381,038	2.66%	3.28%
1984	3,619,104	6,580,490	2.52%	3.13%
1985	3,706,479	6,780,953	2.41%	3.05%
1986	3,794,157	6,986,471	2.37%	3.03%
1987	3,882,164	7,191,282	2.32%	2.93%
1988	3,972,320	7,391,440	2.32%	2.78%
1989	4,066,476	7,589,216	2.37%	2.68%
1990	4,162,559	7,786,169	2.36%	2.6%
1991	4,259,637	7,981,650	2.33%	2.51%
1992	4,357,026	8,176,680	2.29%	2.44%
1993	4,453,732	8,373,921	2.22%	2.41%
1994	4,549,316	8,576,269	2.15%	2.42%
1995	4,642,931	8,785,763	2.06%	2.44%
1996	4,729,974	9,004,053	1.87%	2.48%
1997	4,809,573	9,237,063	1.68%	2.59%
1998	4,883,655	9,482,408	1.54%	2.66%
1999	4,954,018	9,740,005	1.44%	2.72%
2000	5,022,633	10,017,631	1.39%	2.85%
2001	5,087,825	10,325,185	1.3%	3.07%
2002	5,149,909	10,647,949	1.22%	3.13%
2003	5,210,963	10,983,595	1.19%	3.15%
2004	5,272,912	11,338,198	1.19%	3.23%
2005	5,342,105	11,718,819	1.31%	3.36%
2006	5,418,855	12,129,553	1.44%	3.5%
2007	5,497,243	12,565,085	1.45%	3.59%
2008	5,576,593	13,021,324	1.44%	3.63%
2009	5,656,601	13,490,389	1.43%	3.6%
2010	5,737,450	13,965,594	1.43%	3.52%
2011	5,819,051	14,437,796	1.42%	3.38%
2012	5,901,287	14,913,629	1.41%	3.3%
2013	5,983,845	15,398,997	1.4%	3.25%
2014	6,066,492	15,895,315	1.38%	3.22%
2015	6,149,417	16,399,089	1.37%	3.17%
2016	6,232,666	16,914,423	1.35%	3.14%
2017	6,316,231	17,441,320	1.34%	3.12%
2018	6,400,080	17,973,569	1.33%	3.05%
2019	6,483,657	18,513,839	1.31%	3.01%
2020	6,565,267	19,059,395	1.26%	2.95%
2021	6,644,741	19,603,607	1.21%	2.86%
2022	6,730,654	20,152,938	1.29%	2.8%
2023	6,823,613	20,723,965	1.38%	2.83%
2024	6,916,140	21,314,956	1.36%	2.85%
2025	7,007,511	21,913,869	1.32%	2.81%
2026	7,097,335	22,521,905	1.28%	2.77%
2027	7,185,724	23,138,716	1.25%	2.74%
2028	7,272,691	23,761,368	1.21%	2.69%
2029	7,358,003	24,389,681	1.17%	2.64%
2030	7,441,612	25,024,887	1.14%	2.6%
2031	7,523,773	25,666,496	1.1%	2.56%
2032	7,604,398	26,311,946	1.07%	2.51%
2033	7,683,391	26,960,073	1.04%	2.46%
2034	7,760,901	27,611,621	1.01%	2.42%
2035	7,836,706	28,266,887	0.98%	2.37%
2036	7,910,787	28,925,103	0.95%	2.33%
2037	7,983,295	29,583,482	0.92%	2.28%
2038	8,054,140	30,240,549	0.89%	2.22%
2039	8,122,959	30,895,586	0.85%	2.17%
2040	8,189,916	31,550,394	0.82%	2.12%
2041	8,255,163	32,204,340	0.8%	2.07%
2042	8,318,515	32,856,596	0.77%	2.03%
2043	8,380,014	33,510,500	0.74%	1.99%
2044	8,439,720	34,165,920	0.71%	1.96%
2045	8,497,618	34,821,101	0.69%	1.92%
2046	8,553,413	35,475,795	0.66%	1.88%
2047	8,607,283	36,129,270	0.63%	1.84%
2048	8,659,292	36,782,260	0.6%	1.81%
2049	8,708,929	37,434,667	0.57%	1.77%
2050	8,756,439	38,083,369	0.55%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.