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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nicaragua	Zimbabwe	Nicaragua	Zimbabwe
1960	1,782,370	3,809,389	-	-
1961	1,836,451	3,930,401	3.03%	3.18%
1962	1,892,320	4,055,959	3.04%	3.19%
1963	1,950,159	4,185,877	3.06%	3.2%
1964	2,010,176	4,320,006	3.08%	3.2%
1965	2,072,681	4,458,462	3.11%	3.2%
1966	2,137,820	4,601,217	3.14%	3.2%
1967	2,205,567	4,748,307	3.17%	3.2%
1968	2,275,836	4,900,440	3.19%	3.2%
1969	2,348,398	5,058,181	3.19%	3.22%
1970	2,423,065	5,215,918	3.18%	3.12%
1971	2,499,825	5,374,712	3.17%	3.04%
1972	2,573,578	5,542,445	2.95%	3.12%
1973	2,649,278	5,720,404	2.94%	3.21%
1974	2,732,075	5,908,328	3.13%	3.29%
1975	2,816,943	6,098,658	3.11%	3.22%
1976	2,903,851	6,287,105	3.09%	3.09%
1977	2,992,534	6,449,512	3.05%	2.58%
1978	3,080,314	6,543,575	2.93%	1.46%
1979	3,164,525	6,647,556	2.73%	1.59%
1980	3,252,403	7,041,303	2.78%	5.92%
1981	3,345,674	7,498,635	2.87%	6.49%
1982	3,438,745	7,796,496	2.78%	3.97%
1983	3,530,282	8,098,404	2.66%	3.87%
1984	3,619,104	8,391,488	2.52%	3.62%
1985	3,706,479	8,686,813	2.41%	3.52%
1986	3,794,157	8,982,578	2.37%	3.4%
1987	3,882,164	9,284,644	2.32%	3.36%
1988	3,972,320	9,583,094	2.32%	3.21%
1989	4,066,476	9,864,798	2.37%	2.94%
1990	4,162,559	10,137,281	2.36%	2.76%
1991	4,259,637	10,404,816	2.33%	2.64%
1992	4,357,026	10,702,700	2.29%	2.86%
1993	4,453,732	10,860,288	2.22%	1.47%
1994	4,549,316	10,873,148	2.15%	0.12%
1995	4,642,931	10,974,599	2.06%	0.93%
1996	4,729,974	11,158,360	1.87%	1.67%
1997	4,809,573	11,369,827	1.68%	1.9%
1998	4,883,655	11,594,297	1.54%	1.97%
1999	4,954,018	11,783,458	1.44%	1.63%
2000	5,022,633	11,892,055	1.39%	0.92%
2001	5,087,825	11,971,901	1.3%	0.67%
2002	5,149,909	12,087,653	1.22%	0.97%
2003	5,210,963	12,232,323	1.19%	1.2%
2004	5,272,912	12,365,896	1.19%	1.09%
2005	5,342,105	12,483,432	1.31%	0.95%
2006	5,418,855	12,636,445	1.44%	1.23%
2007	5,497,243	12,804,058	1.45%	1.33%
2008	5,576,593	12,959,149	1.44%	1.21%
2009	5,656,601	13,142,790	1.43%	1.42%
2010	5,737,450	13,356,548	1.43%	1.63%
2011	5,819,051	13,595,424	1.42%	1.79%
2012	5,901,287	13,817,887	1.41%	1.64%
2013	5,983,845	14,013,808	1.4%	1.42%
2014	6,066,492	14,207,359	1.38%	1.38%
2015	6,149,417	14,399,013	1.37%	1.35%
2016	6,232,666	14,600,294	1.35%	1.4%
2017	6,316,231	14,812,482	1.34%	1.45%
2018	6,400,080	15,034,452	1.33%	1.5%
2019	6,483,657	15,271,368	1.31%	1.58%
2020	6,565,267	15,526,888	1.26%	1.67%
2021	6,644,741	15,797,210	1.21%	1.74%
2022	6,730,654	16,069,056	1.29%	1.72%
2023	6,823,613	16,340,822	1.38%	1.69%
2024	6,916,140	16,634,373	1.36%	1.8%
2025	7,007,511	16,950,805	1.32%	1.9%
2026	7,097,335	17,273,591	1.28%	1.9%
2027	7,185,724	17,600,621	1.25%	1.89%
2028	7,272,691	17,932,015	1.21%	1.88%
2029	7,358,003	18,268,967	1.17%	1.88%
2030	7,441,612	18,610,356	1.14%	1.87%
2031	7,523,773	18,956,207	1.1%	1.86%
2032	7,604,398	19,311,368	1.07%	1.87%
2033	7,683,391	19,675,929	1.04%	1.89%
2034	7,760,901	20,041,125	1.01%	1.86%
2035	7,836,706	20,409,159	0.98%	1.84%
2036	7,910,787	20,778,662	0.95%	1.81%
2037	7,983,295	21,144,748	0.92%	1.76%
2038	8,054,140	21,512,919	0.89%	1.74%
2039	8,122,959	21,881,123	0.85%	1.71%
2040	8,189,916	22,250,123	0.82%	1.69%
2041	8,255,163	22,627,428	0.8%	1.7%
2042	8,318,515	23,000,906	0.77%	1.65%
2043	8,380,014	23,371,301	0.74%	1.61%
2044	8,439,720	23,740,630	0.71%	1.58%
2045	8,497,618	24,102,391	0.69%	1.52%
2046	8,553,413	24,462,491	0.66%	1.49%
2047	8,607,283	24,816,449	0.63%	1.45%
2048	8,659,292	25,168,419	0.6%	1.42%
2049	8,708,929	25,518,513	0.57%	1.39%
2050	8,756,439	25,866,397	0.55%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nicaragua increased by 813,811 people (a 15% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,963,849 people (a 15.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nicaragua gained 865,635 (a 13.9% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,676,871 (a 18.3% growth).

Nicaragua was ranked 109th most populous country in 2006 and is 107th in 2026. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2006 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 49.7% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.