Demographics of Nicaragua

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Nicaragua is projected at 6.70 million, up by 1.17% compared with 6.62 million in 2020. Nicaragua is ranked 110th in terms of population and 97th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.13 million births in Nicaragua in 2021. That is 356 per day, which is ranked 101st. The crude birth rate is 19.37 per 1000 people. There are 34.22 thousand deaths in Nicaragua in 2021. That is 94 per day, which is ranked 124th. The crude death rate is 5.11 per 1000 people.

3.84 million people are living in urban areas, which is 59.28% of Nicaragua population. Nicaragua is ranked 127th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Nicaragua in 2021 is 97.17 males per 100 females. There are 3.30 million males and 3.40 million females in Nicaragua. The percentage of female population is 50.72% compare to 49.28% male population. Nicaragua has 0.10 million more females than males. Nicaragua is at 67th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Nicaragua population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	1,294,994	-
1955	1,508,103	3.27
1960	1,773,132	3.24
1965	2,068,379	3.09
1970	2,406,523	3.09
1975	2,806,859	3.14
1980	3,265,520	2.97
1985	3,734,343	2.51
1990	4,173,435	2.22
1995	4,652,185	2.04
2000	5,069,310	1.57
2005	5,438,692	1.37
2010	5,824,058	1.37
2015	6,223,234	1.31
2016	6,303,970	1.3
2017	6,384,843	1.28
2018	6,465,502	1.26
2019	6,545,503	1.24
2020	6,624,554	1.21
2021	6,702,379	1.17

Total
Crude

Nicaragua death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	31,271	70,845	23.84	54.25
1955	33,037	83,639	21.75	55.06
1960	33,270	91,859	18.74	51.82
1965	32,589	98,509	15.71	47.54
1970	32,403	111,483	13.41	46.13
1975	33,569	129,373	11.90	45.94
1980	35,332	145,933	10.80	44.64
1985	34,679	152,322	9.30	40.88
1990	30,690	150,224	7.34	35.87
1995	27,681	144,200	5.95	31.06
2000	27,029	137,099	5.33	27.05
2005	27,797	135,984	5.10	24.96
2010	29,493	137,313	5.06	23.56
2015	31,319	136,086	5.03	21.86
2020	33,705	131,048	5.09	19.79
2021	34,223	129,787	5.11	19.37

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Nicaragua

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	455,789	839,203	-	35.196
1955	563,437	944,588	4.52	37.363
1960	702,450	1,072,249	4.40	39.581
1965	880,894	1,181,736	5.12	42.707
1970	1,127,826	1,270,270	5.04	47.030
1975	1,367,562	1,429,184	3.72	48.898
1980	1,634,444	1,615,466	3.51	50.292
1985	1,917,021	1,792,070	3.04	51.684
1990	2,199,710	1,944,855	2.74	53.075
1995	2,510,763	2,101,465	2.50	54.437
2000	2,774,059	2,252,737	1.83	55.185
2005	3,008,904	2,370,424	1.59	55.935
2010	3,265,767	2,471,956	1.61	56.917
2015	3,521,191	2,560,844	1.47	57.895
2020	3,786,513	2,630,055	1.46	59.012
2021	3,841,629	2,639,178	1.46	59.277

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Nicaragua population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	332,426	318,517	650,943	9.71	104.367
05-09	338,411	321,346	659,757	9.84	105.310
10-14	330,022	310,199	640,221	9.55	106.390
15-19	313,059	292,408	605,467	9.03	107.062
20-24	300,388	282,656	583,044	8.70	106.273
25-29	294,688	285,897	580,585	8.66	103.075
30-34	276,351	277,464	553,815	8.26	99.599
35-39	251,913	263,969	515,882	7.70	95.433
40-44	207,355	229,345	436,700	6.52	90.412
45-49	163,775	191,211	354,986	5.30	85.651
50-54	128,091	155,226	283,317	4.23	82.519
55-59	106,885	131,061	237,946	3.55	81.554
60-64	91,712	112,398	204,110	3.05	81.596
65-69	69,380	88,922	158,302	2.36	78.023
70-74	39,167	51,458	90,625	1.35	76.115
75-79	28,432	38,224	66,656	0.99	74.383
80-84	18,383	26,066	44,449	0.66	70.525
85-89	8,821	14,295	23,116	0.34	61.707
90-94	3,065	6,362	9,427	0.14	48.177
95-99	708	1,876	2,584	0.04	37.740
100+	113	334	447	0.01	33.832
Total	3,303,145	3,399,234	6,702,379		97.173