Nicaragua's population rose from 4.73M in 1996 to 7.01M in 2025.
Nicaragua · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Nicaragua's population growth fell from 1.9 % in 1996 to 1.3 % in 2025.
Nicaragua's population density rose from 37.8 in 1994 to 56.7 in 2023.
Nicaragua's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.9 % in 1996 to 50.8 % in 2025.
Nicaragua's urbanisation rose from 54.6 % in 1996 to 59.4 % in 2025.
Nicaragua's urban population rose from 2.58M in 1996 to 4.17M in 2025.
Nicaragua's rural population rose from 2.15M in 1996 to 2.84M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.5 %93rd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.2 %79th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +1.1 %202nd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.3 %197th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs144th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts80th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts75th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts141st of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.7 pts143rd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts140th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −2.2 %149th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts188th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −0.3 %136th of 175
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs106th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs113th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs102nd of 217