Fertility rate: births per woman in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Fertility rate: births per woman was 2.22 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Nicaragua, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fertility rate: births per woman in Nicaragua is 2.22 live births per woman, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Nicaragua peaked at 7.16 live births per woman in 1959 and was at its lowest, 2.22 live births per woman, in 2023.
Nicaragua ranks 98th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.13 live births per woman | 7.1 live births per woman | 7.16 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.02 live births per woman | 6.83 live births per woman | 7.16 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.46 live births per woman | 6.07 live births per woman | 6.77 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.4 live births per woman | 4.76 live births per woman | 5.96 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.88 live births per woman | 3.22 live births per woman | 4.6 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.81 live births per woman | 2.63 live births per woman | 3.12 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.45 live births per woman | 2.32 live births per woman | 2.6 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.26 live births per woman | 2.22 live births per woman | 2.3 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 95 Faroe Islands 2.24 live births per woman compare
- 96 Lebanon 2.24 live births per woman compare
- 97 Morocco 2.23 live births per woman compare
- 99 South Africa 2.22 live births per woman compare
- 100 Reunion 2.17 live births per woman compare
- 101 Western Sahara 2.16 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Nicaragua
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0225 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.22 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.22 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.706 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -1.62 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 29.09 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 26.82 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.0694 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 64.71 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Nicaragua?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Nicaragua was 2.22 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 7.16 live births per woman in 1959.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.22 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Nicaragua rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Nicaragua ranks 98th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.