Demographics of Nicaragua

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	13 Jul 2024

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There are 3.52 million males and 3.62 million females in Nicaragua. The percentage of the male population is 49.27%, compared to 50.73% of the female population. Nicaragua has 104k more females than males. The sex ratio in Nicaragua in 2024 will be 97.132 males per 100 females. Nicaragua is in the 72nd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Nicaragua population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	1,330,442	2.95
1955	1,539,551	2.97
1960	1,789,684	3.01
1965	2,084,097	3.09
1970	2,444,767	3.25
1975	2,857,461	3.12
1980	3,303,309	2.86
1985	3,763,034	2.35
1990	4,227,820	2.34
1995	4,721,929	2.02
2000	5,123,222	1.39
2005	5,454,678	1.35
2010	5,855,734	1.47
2015	6,298,598	1.43
2020	6,755,895	1.37
2021	6,850,540	1.42
2022	6,948,392	1.42
2023	7,046,310	1.38
2024	7,142,529	1.34

Population
Growth

Nicaragua death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	31,824	73,216	23.884	54.950
1955	33,073	81,008	21.462	52.568
1960	33,865	90,206	18.906	50.359
1965	32,629	100,328	15.640	48.091
1970	31,250	116,204	12.764	47.465
1975	33,971	132,513	11.866	46.288
1980	34,887	144,548	10.535	43.652
1985	39,542	151,758	10.474	40.198
1990	30,902	153,992	7.288	36.317
1995	28,648	150,128	6.051	31.708
2000	28,532	142,026	5.547	27.610
2005	30,718	137,901	5.614	25.204
2010	26,364	141,517	4.491	24.105
2015	29,251	143,872	4.635	22.797
2020	38,555	141,324	5.703	20.903
2021	33,308	140,589	4.859	20.507
2022	32,359	139,164	4.655	20.018
2023	33,031	138,073	4.685	19.585
2024	33,715	137,110	4.718	19.186

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Nicaragua
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	455,789	839,203	35.196
1955	563,437	944,588	37.363
1960	702,450	1,072,249	39.581
1965	880,894	1,181,736	42.707
1970	1,127,826	1,270,270	47.030
1975	1,367,562	1,429,184	48.898
1980	1,634,444	1,615,466	50.292
1985	1,917,021	1,792,070	51.684
1990	2,199,710	1,944,855	53.075
1995	2,510,763	2,101,465	54.437
2000	2,774,059	2,252,737	55.185
2005	3,008,904	2,370,424	55.935
2010	3,265,767	2,471,956	56.917
2015	3,521,191	2,560,844	57.895
2020	3,786,513	2,630,055	59.012
2021	3,841,629	2,639,178	59.277
2022	3,897,350	2,646,626	59.556
2023	3,953,958	2,652,580	59.849
2024	4,011,856	2,657,292	60.155

Population
Urbanization

Nicaragua population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	349,060	338,450	687,510	9.63	103.135
05-09	353,772	343,269	697,040	9.76	103.060
10-14	347,134	337,256	684,390	9.58	102.929
15-19	332,027	323,368	655,395	9.18	102.678
20-24	324,296	317,413	641,710	8.98	102.168
25-29	319,843	315,684	635,527	8.90	101.317
30-34	299,084	301,778	600,862	8.41	99.107
35-39	254,600	268,589	523,188	7.32	94.792
40-44	215,500	236,215	451,714	6.32	91.230
45-49	186,571	202,613	389,184	5.45	92.082
50-54	155,688	167,752	323,440	4.53	92.808
55-59	119,868	134,363	254,232	3.56	89.212
60-64	91,201	107,567	198,769	2.78	84.785
65-69	67,941	83,780	151,720	2.12	81.095
70-74	48,755	64,247	113,002	1.58	75.887
75-79	29,121	40,319	69,440	0.97	72.226
80-84	17,172	25,599	42,770	0.60	67.081
85-89	6,454	11,645	18,098	0.25	55.423
90-94	1,123	2,880	4,003	0.06	38.993
95-99	97	408	505	0.01	23.775
100+	3	25	28	0.00	12.000
Total	3,519,310	3,623,220	7,142,527		97.132

Population pyramid
Gender ratio