Population of Nicaragua

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	24 Jun 2024

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The current population of Nicaragua is 6,941,959 as of October 11, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Nicaragua is projected at 7,142,529, or 7.14 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Nicaragua is projected at 7,046,310, or 7.05 million people, for the year 2023.

Nicaragua is the ninth-most populous country in North America and is in the 105th position in the world on the list of 237 countries and territories.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Nicaragua population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	1,310,837	1,330,442	39,210	2.947	0.053
1951	1,350,047	1,369,713	39,332	2.872	0.054
1952	1,389,379	1,409,845	40,933	2.904	0.054
1953	1,430,312	1,451,493	42,361	2.919	0.055
1954	1,472,673	1,494,674	44,001	2.944	0.056
1955	1,516,674	1,539,551	45,753	2.972	0.056
1956	1,562,427	1,586,169	47,484	2.994	0.057
1957	1,609,911	1,634,509	49,197	3.010	0.057
1958	1,659,108	1,684,589	50,962	3.025	0.058
1959	1,710,070	1,736,396	52,652	3.032	0.058
1960	1,762,722	1,789,684	53,924	3.013	0.059
1961	1,816,646	1,844,630	55,969	3.034	0.060
1962	1,872,615	1,901,451	57,673	3.033	0.061
1963	1,930,288	1,960,155	59,734	3.048	0.061
1964	1,990,022	2,020,941	61,838	3.060	0.062
1965	2,051,860	2,084,097	64,473	3.094	0.062
1966	2,116,333	2,150,003	67,341	3.132	0.063
1967	2,183,674	2,219,001	70,655	3.184	0.064
1968	2,254,329	2,291,300	73,941	3.227	0.065
1969	2,328,270	2,366,635	76,729	3.242	0.065
1970	2,404,999	2,444,767	79,536	3.254	0.066
1971	2,484,535	2,525,481	81,891	3.243	0.067
1972	2,566,426	2,603,182	73,511	2.824	0.068
1973	2,639,937	2,682,747	85,621	3.192	0.068
1974	2,725,558	2,769,211	87,306	3.153	0.069
1975	2,812,864	2,857,461	89,193	3.122	0.070
1976	2,902,057	2,947,454	90,793	3.081	0.071
1977	2,992,850	3,038,680	91,661	3.017	0.072
1978	3,084,511	3,128,544	88,067	2.815	0.073
1979	3,172,578	3,214,311	83,466	2.597	0.074
1980	3,256,044	3,303,309	94,530	2.862	0.074
1981	3,350,574	3,397,659	94,169	2.772	0.075
1982	3,444,743	3,491,906	94,326	2.701	0.076
1983	3,539,069	3,584,610	91,081	2.541	0.076
1984	3,630,150	3,674,501	88,701	2.414	0.077
1985	3,718,851	3,763,034	88,365	2.348	0.077
1986	3,807,216	3,852,017	89,602	2.326	0.078
1987	3,896,818	3,941,463	89,289	2.265	0.078
1988	3,986,107	4,033,291	94,368	2.340	0.079
1989	4,080,475	4,129,447	97,943	2.372	0.079
1990	4,178,418	4,227,820	98,804	2.337	0.080
1991	4,277,222	4,327,289	100,135	2.314	0.080
1992	4,377,357	4,427,172	99,630	2.251	0.081
1993	4,476,987	4,526,689	99,403	2.196	0.081
1994	4,576,390	4,625,260	97,740	2.113	0.082
1995	4,674,130	4,721,929	95,598	2.025	0.082
1996	4,769,728	4,812,391	85,327	1.773	0.083
1997	4,855,055	4,895,962	81,815	1.671	0.083
1998	4,936,870	4,974,552	75,364	1.515	0.083
1999	5,012,234	5,049,878	75,288	1.491	0.083
2000	5,087,522	5,123,222	71,401	1.394	0.083
2001	5,158,923	5,192,764	67,682	1.303	0.083
2002	5,226,605	5,259,006	64,801	1.232	0.083
2003	5,291,406	5,323,062	63,312	1.189	0.083
2004	5,354,718	5,386,223	63,010	1.170	0.083
2005	5,417,728	5,454,678	73,900	1.355	0.083
2006	5,491,628	5,529,811	76,367	1.381	0.083
2007	5,567,995	5,607,453	78,917	1.407	0.083
2008	5,646,912	5,687,744	81,664	1.436	0.084
2009	5,728,576	5,770,639	84,125	1.458	0.084
2010	5,812,701	5,855,734	86,065	1.470	0.084
2011	5,898,766	5,942,553	87,574	1.474	0.084
2012	5,986,340	6,030,607	88,534	1.468	0.084
2013	6,074,874	6,119,379	89,010	1.455	0.084
2014	6,163,884	6,208,676	89,583	1.443	0.085
2015	6,253,467	6,298,598	90,262	1.433	0.085
2016	6,343,729	6,389,235	91,012	1.424	0.085
2017	6,434,741	6,480,532	91,581	1.413	0.085
2018	6,526,322	6,572,233	91,821	1.397	0.086
2019	6,618,143	6,663,924	91,562	1.374	0.086
2020	6,709,705	6,755,895	92,381	1.367	0.086
2021	6,802,086	6,850,540	96,908	1.415	0.087

Nicaragua population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	6,898,994	6,948,392	98,796	1.422	0.087
2023	6,997,790	7,046,310	97,041	1.377	0.088
2024	7,094,831	7,142,529	95,396	1.336	0.088
2025	7,190,227	7,237,313	94,171	1.301	0.088
2026	7,284,398	7,330,715	92,634	1.264	0.089
2027	7,377,032	7,422,450	90,836	1.224	0.089
2028	7,467,868	7,512,564	89,391	1.190	0.089
2029	7,557,259	7,601,360	88,203	1.160	0.090
2030	7,645,462	7,688,686	86,448	1.124	0.090
2031	7,731,910	7,774,417	85,015	1.094	0.090
2032	7,816,925	7,858,704	83,559	1.063	0.091
2033	7,900,484	7,941,633	82,298	1.036	0.091
2034	7,982,782	8,023,271	80,979	1.009	0.091
2035	8,063,761	8,103,378	79,235	0.978	0.091
2036	8,142,996	8,181,700	77,409	0.946	0.091
2037	8,220,405	8,258,476	76,142	0.922	0.092
2038	8,296,547	8,333,755	74,417	0.893	0.092
2039	8,370,964	8,407,196	72,464	0.862	0.092
2040	8,443,428	8,478,904	70,952	0.837	0.092
2041	8,514,380	8,548,953	69,146	0.809	0.092
2042	8,583,526	8,617,299	67,545	0.784	0.093
2043	8,651,071	8,683,724	65,306	0.752	0.093
2044	8,716,377	8,748,153	63,552	0.726	0.093
2045	8,779,929	8,810,803	61,749	0.701	0.093
2046	8,841,678	8,871,604	59,853	0.675	0.093
2047	8,901,531	8,930,546	58,030	0.650	0.093
2048	8,959,561	8,987,448	55,773	0.621	0.093
2049	9,015,334	9,042,168	53,669	0.594	0.094
2050	9,069,003	9,094,641	51,276	0.564	0.094
2051	9,120,279	9,144,844	49,130	0.537	0.094
2052	9,169,409	9,192,945	47,072	0.512	0.094
2053	9,216,481	9,239,021	45,079	0.488	0.094
2054	9,261,560	9,283,002	42,883	0.462	0.094
2055	9,304,443	9,324,805	40,723	0.437	0.094
2056	9,345,166	9,364,499	38,667	0.413	0.094
2057	9,383,833	9,401,986	36,305	0.386	0.094
2058	9,420,138	9,437,093	33,910	0.359	0.094
2059	9,454,048	9,469,814	31,531	0.333	0.094
2060	9,485,579	9,500,072	28,985	0.305	0.094
2061	9,514,564	9,528,132	27,137	0.285	0.094
2062	9,541,701	9,554,179	24,956	0.261	0.094
2063	9,566,657	9,577,956	22,597	0.236	0.094
2064	9,589,254	9,599,294	20,080	0.209	0.094
2065	9,609,334	9,618,319	17,970	0.187	0.094
2066	9,627,304	9,635,173	15,738	0.163	0.094
2067	9,643,042	9,649,646	13,208	0.137	0.094
2068	9,656,250	9,661,608	10,716	0.111	0.094
2069	9,666,966	9,671,367	8,801	0.091	0.094
2070	9,675,767	9,678,965	6,395	0.066	0.094
2071	9,682,162	9,684,540	4,755	0.049	0.094
2072	9,686,917	9,688,463	3,093	0.032	0.094
2073	9,690,010	9,690,633	1,246	0.013	0.094
2074	9,691,256	9,690,853	-805	-0.008	0.094
2075	9,690,451	9,688,897	-3,108	-0.032	0.093
2076	9,687,343	9,684,716	-5,255	-0.054	0.093
2077	9,682,088	9,678,450	-7,277	-0.075	0.093
2078	9,674,811	9,670,272	-9,078	-0.094	0.093
2079	9,665,733	9,660,492	-10,483	-0.109	0.093
2080	9,655,250	9,648,950	-12,600	-0.131	0.093
2081	9,642,650	9,635,459	-14,382	-0.149	0.092
2082	9,628,268	9,620,375	-15,786	-0.164	0.092
2083	9,612,482	9,603,890	-17,183	-0.179	0.092
2084	9,595,299	9,586,029	-18,540	-0.193	0.092
2085	9,576,759	9,566,650	-20,218	-0.211	0.092
2086	9,556,541	9,545,763	-21,557	-0.226	0.092
2087	9,534,984	9,523,590	-22,788	-0.239	0.091
2088	9,512,196	9,500,201	-23,989	-0.253	0.091
2089	9,488,207	9,475,746	-24,923	-0.263	0.091
2090	9,463,284	9,450,485	-25,599	-0.271	0.091
2091	9,437,685	9,424,205	-26,960	-0.286	0.090
2092	9,410,725	9,396,565	-28,320	-0.301	0.090
2093	9,382,405	9,367,680	-29,451	-0.314	0.090
2094	9,352,954	9,337,820	-30,267	-0.324	0.090
2095	9,322,687	9,307,034	-31,306	-0.336	0.090
2096	9,291,381	9,275,234	-32,294	-0.348	0.089
2097	9,259,087	9,242,446	-33,282	-0.360	0.089
2098	9,225,805	9,208,570	-34,470	-0.374	0.089
2099	9,191,335	9,173,769	-35,133	-0.383	0.089
2100	9,156,202	9,138,044	-36,316	-0.397	0.088