Population of Nicaragua

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Nicaragua is 6,874,033 as of September 29, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Nicaragua is projected at 6,702,385 or 6.702 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Nicaragua is projected at 6,624,554 or 6.625 million people for the year 2020. Nicaragua ranks number 110th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Nicaragua is ranked 9th among 41 countries in North America.

Nicaragua's population peak will be 2068 with 8.88 million people after Nicaragua's population will be decreased year by year. The Nicaraguan population is projected to reach 7.39 million in 2030 and increase further to 8.53 million in 2050 and 8.12 million by 2100. Nicaragua accounts for 0.085 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 0.087% in 2053 and is projected to decline at 0.075% by 2100.

Nicaragua was at 126th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase at 109th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Nicaragua population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	1,294,992	-	-	0.051
1951	1,332,050	37,058	2.86	0.052
1952	1,372,100	40,050	3.01	0.052
1953	1,414,933	42,833	3.12	0.053
1954	1,460,346	45,413	3.21	0.054
1955	1,508,102	47,756	3.27	0.054
1956	1,557,959	49,857	3.31	0.055
1957	1,609,643	51,684	3.32	0.056
1958	1,662,894	53,251	3.31	0.057
1959	1,717,466	54,572	3.28	0.058
1960	1,773,129	55,663	3.24	0.058
1961	1,829,778	56,649	3.19	0.059
1962	1,887,425	57,647	3.15	0.060
1963	1,946,234	58,809	3.12	0.061
1964	2,006,481	60,247	3.10	0.061
1965	2,068,381	61,900	3.09	0.062
1966	2,131,976	63,595	3.07	0.063
1967	2,197,298	65,322	3.06	0.063
1968	2,264,623	67,325	3.06	0.064
1969	2,334,279	69,656	3.08	0.064
1970	2,406,513	72,234	3.09	0.065
1971	2,481,341	74,828	3.11	0.066
1972	2,558,699	77,358	3.12	0.066
1973	2,638,699	80,000	3.13	0.067
1974	2,721,415	82,716	3.13	0.068
1975	2,806,857	85,442	3.14	0.069
1976	2,894,972	88,115	3.14	0.070
1977	2,985,489	90,517	3.13	0.071
1978	3,077,866	92,377	3.09	0.072
1979	3,171,408	93,542	3.04	0.072
1980	3,265,519	94,111	2.97	0.073
1981	3,360,140	94,621	2.90	0.074
1982	3,455,123	94,983	2.83	0.075
1983	3,549,711	94,588	2.74	0.076
1984	3,642,976	93,265	2.63	0.076
1985	3,734,341	91,365	2.51	0.077
1986	3,823,130	88,789	2.38	0.077
1987	3,909,671	86,541	2.26	0.077
1988	3,995,533	85,862	2.20	0.078
1989	4,082,958	87,425	2.19	0.078
1990	4,173,434	90,476	2.22	0.078
1991	4,267,568	94,134	2.26	0.079
1992	4,364,512	96,944	2.27	0.079
1993	4,462,497	97,985	2.25	0.080
1994	4,559,006	96,509	2.16	0.081
1995	4,652,185	93,179	2.04	0.081
1996	4,741,578	89,393	1.92	0.081
1997	4,827,661	86,083	1.82	0.082
1998	4,910,647	82,986	1.72	0.082
1999	4,991,040	80,393	1.64	0.082
2000	5,069,302	78,262	1.57	0.083
2001	5,145,366	76,064	1.50	0.083
2002	5,219,328	73,962	1.44	0.083
2003	5,292,118	72,790	1.39	0.083
2004	5,364,935	72,817	1.38	0.083
2005	5,438,690	73,755	1.37	0.083
2006	5,513,763	75,073	1.38	0.083
2007	5,590,055	76,292	1.38	0.083
2008	5,667,432	77,377	1.38	0.083
2009	5,745,526	78,094	1.38	0.084
2010	5,824,065	78,539	1.37	0.084
2011	5,903,039	78,974	1.36	0.084
2012	5,982,526	79,487	1.35	0.084
2013	6,062,457	79,931	1.34	0.084
2014	6,142,731	80,274	1.32	0.084
2015	6,223,240	80,509	1.31	0.084
2016	6,303,974	80,734	1.30	0.084
2017	6,384,846	80,872	1.28	0.085
2018	6,465,501	80,655	1.26	0.085
2019	6,545,502	80,001	1.24	0.085

Nicaragua population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	6,624,554	79,052	1.21	0.085
2021	6,702,385	77,831	1.17	0.085
2022	6,779,100	76,715	1.14	0.085
2023	6,855,178	76,078	1.12	0.085
2024	6,931,331	76,153	1.11	0.085
2025	7,008,003	76,672	1.11	0.086
2026	7,085,363	77,360	1.10	0.086
2027	7,163,085	77,722	1.10	0.086
2028	7,240,597	77,512	1.08	0.086
2029	7,317,067	76,470	1.06	0.086
2030	7,391,881	74,814	1.02	0.086
2031	7,464,813	72,932	0.99	0.087
2032	7,535,945	71,132	0.95	0.087
2033	7,605,365	69,420	0.92	0.087
2034	7,673,251	67,886	0.89	0.087
2035	7,739,739	66,488	0.87	0.087
2036	7,804,762	65,023	0.84	0.087
2037	7,868,217	63,455	0.81	0.087
2038	7,930,054	61,837	0.79	0.087
2039	7,990,251	60,197	0.76	0.087
2040	8,048,745	58,494	0.73	0.087
2041	8,105,527	56,782	0.71	0.088
2042	8,160,554	55,027	0.68	0.088
2043	8,213,753	53,199	0.65	0.088
2044	8,265,072	51,319	0.62	0.088
2045	8,314,449	49,377	0.60	0.088
2046	8,361,847	47,398	0.57	0.088
2047	8,407,251	45,404	0.54	0.088
2048	8,450,609	43,358	0.52	0.088
2049	8,491,885	41,276	0.49	0.088
2050	8,531,048	39,163	0.46	0.088
2051	8,568,062	37,014	0.43	0.088
2052	8,602,934	34,872	0.41	0.088
2053	8,635,684	32,750	0.38	0.087
2054	8,666,347	30,663	0.36	0.087
2055	8,694,976	28,629	0.33	0.087
2056	8,721,557	26,581	0.31	0.087
2057	8,746,086	24,529	0.28	0.087
2058	8,768,548	22,462	0.26	0.087
2059	8,788,911	20,363	0.23	0.087
2060	8,807,152	18,241	0.21	0.087
2061	8,823,283	16,131	0.18	0.087
2062	8,837,315	14,032	0.16	0.086
2063	8,849,240	11,925	0.13	0.086
2064	8,859,069	9,829	0.11	0.086
2065	8,866,792	7,723	0.09	0.086
2066	8,872,436	5,644	0.06	0.086
2067	8,876,022	3,586	0.04	0.086
2068	8,877,557	1,535	0.02	0.085
2069	8,877,071	-486	-0.01	0.085
2070	8,874,569	-2,502	-0.03	0.085
2071	8,870,097	-4,472	-0.05	0.085
2072	8,863,689	-6,408	-0.07	0.084
2073	8,855,399	-8,290	-0.09	0.084
2074	8,845,294	-10,105	-0.11	0.084
2075	8,833,434	-11,860	-0.13	0.084
2076	8,819,868	-13,566	-0.15	0.083
2077	8,804,639	-15,229	-0.17	0.083
2078	8,787,835	-16,804	-0.19	0.083
2079	8,769,505	-18,330	-0.21	0.082
2080	8,749,717	-19,788	-0.23	0.082
2081	8,728,534	-21,183	-0.24	0.082
2082	8,706,000	-22,534	-0.26	0.081
2083	8,682,205	-23,795	-0.27	0.081
2084	8,657,223	-24,982	-0.29	0.081
2085	8,631,137	-26,086	-0.30	0.080
2086	8,604,008	-27,129	-0.31	0.080
2087	8,575,853	-28,155	-0.33	0.080
2088	8,546,690	-29,163	-0.34	0.079
2089	8,516,515	-30,175	-0.35	0.079
2090	8,485,331	-31,184	-0.37	0.078
2091	8,453,162	-32,169	-0.38	0.078
2092	8,420,043	-33,119	-0.39	0.078
2093	8,386,011	-34,032	-0.40	0.077
2094	8,351,102	-34,909	-0.42	0.077
2095	8,315,353	-35,749	-0.43	0.077
2096	8,278,794	-36,559	-0.44	0.076
2097	8,241,433	-37,361	-0.45	0.076
2098	8,203,246	-38,187	-0.46	0.075
2099	8,164,243	-39,003	-0.48	0.075
2100	8,124,400	-39,843	-0.49	0.075