Population in Nicaragua

224 indicators covering population for Nicaragua.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population aged 25-64 years 3,310 thousands 2025 up 27.7% 112th
General government total expenditure 208.79 billion current LCU 2025 up 228.1% 106th
Share of the population without access to clean fuels for cooking 37.0% 2024 down 24.5% 65th
Population growth 1.3% 2024 down 1.8% 82nd
Rural population 39.8% 2024 down 5.8% 98th
DEC alternative conversion factor 36.62 LCU per US$ 2024 up 41.1% 83rd
Official exchange rate 36.62 LCU per US$, period average 2024 up 41.1% 86th
GDP 721.28 billion current LCU 2024 up 133.9% 111th
GDP per capita 104,289 current LCU 2024 up 105.1% 105th
GDP 19.69 billion current US$ 2024 up 65.8% 132nd
GDP per capita 2,848 current US$ 2024 up 45.4% 156th
GDP 211.27 billion constant LCU 2024 up 30.1% 119th
GDP deflator 341.4 base year varies by country 2024 up 79.7% 31st
GDP growth 3.6% 2024 down 25.0% 90th
GDP at market prices 15.84 billion constant 2010 US$ 2024 up 30.1% 129th
GNI 685.06 billion current LCU 2024 up 130.8% 112th
GNI per capita 99,052 current LCU 2024 up 102.5% 104th
GNI per capita, Atlas method 2,510 current US$ 2024 up 35.7% 156th
Share of rural and urban population with access to clean fuels for cooking 89.2 2023 up 17.7% 119th
Money sent or brought back by migrants as a share of GDP 26.6% 2024 up 177.5% 6th
Population growth rate 1.4% 2023 down 1.2% 89th
Population 6.82 million people 2023 up 14.0% 109th
Population: comparison of UN projections 6.82 million people 2023 up 14.0% 109th
Birth rate 19.38 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.5% 83rd
Number of births, by world region 132,214 births 2023 down 4.8% 100th
Annual change in population 92,957 people 2023 up 12.6% 89th
Population 6.82 million people 2023 up 14.0% 110th
Number of children under 15, by world region 1.99 million people 2023 up 1.1% 101st
Population by age group 6.82 million people 2023 up 14.0% 109th
Life expectancy by sex 77.42 years 2023 up 2.5% 130th
Total dependency ratio 52.9% 2023 down 11.7% 141st
Youth dependency ratio 44.6% 2023 down 15.3% 82nd
Number of children, working-age adults, and older people 367,038 people 2023 up 36.0% 124th
Population by age group 367,038 people 2023 up 36.0% 124th
Population growth rate with and without migration 1.4% 2023 down 1.2% 89th
Median age vs. births per woman 25.27 years 2023 up 14.6% 162nd
Number of children, working-age adults, and older people 367,038 people 2023 up 36.0% 124th
The global population hockey stick 6.82 million people 2023 up 14.0% 110th
Number of births 132,214 births 2023 down 4.8% 100th
Population 6.82 million people 2023 up 14.0% 109th
Share of children, working-age adults, and older people 1.99 million people 2023 up 1.1% 101st
Population 6.82 million people 2023 up 14.0% 110th
Births, by age of mother 0 births 2023 down 100.0% 132nd
Population by age group 657,210 people 2023 down 2.9% 101st
Share of births by age of mother 23.9% 2023 down 5.6% 2nd
Birth rate 19.38 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.5% 83rd
Birth rate by women's age group 93.45 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 2023 down 10.3% 22nd
Has the population peaked? 6.82 million people 2023 up 14.0% 109th
Life expectancy at birth, total 74.95 years 2023 up 3.3% 104th
Fertility rate, total 2.22 births per woman 2023 down 11.0% 93rd
Mortality rate, infant 10.3 per 1,000 live births 2023 down 35.6% 116th
Total population by age 23.71 2023 up 47.0% 125th
Population density of the capital city 5,216 people per km² 2100 down 3.0% 104th
Military personnel as a share of total population 0.2% 2022 down 11.0% 117th
GDP, PPP 52.99 billion constant 2011 international $ 2024 up 30.1% 120th
GDP per capita, PPP 7,662 constant 2011 international $ 2024 up 14.1% 139th
GDP, PPP 60.23 billion current international $ 2024 up 95.9% 123rd
GDP per capita, PPP 8,709 current international $ 2024 up 71.8% 140th
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor (GDP) to market exchange 0.327 2024 down 15.4% 158th
PPP conversion factor, GDP 11.98 LCU per international $ 2024 up 19.4% 81st