Nicaragua vs Sri Lanka: Urban population

Nicaragua
4.17 million
in 2025
Sri Lanka
4.45 million
in 2025
Nicaragua rank
109th
Sri Lanka rank
106th

Urban population over time

  • Nicaragua
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 4.45 million against 4.17 million in Nicaragua, a difference of 283,620.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.

Globally, Nicaragua ranks 109th and Sri Lanka ranks 106th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.