World Development Indicators

Population, total: Nicaragua

Most recent
7,007,502 (2025)
Earliest
1,782,370 (1960)
Highest
7,007,502 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
Nicaragua at the United Nations
05,000,00010,000,0001960: 1,782,3701961: 1,836,4511962: 1,892,3201963: 1,950,1591964: 2,010,1761965: 2,072,6811966: 2,137,8201967: 2,205,5671968: 2,275,8361969: 2,348,3981970: 2,423,0651971: 2,499,8251972: 2,573,5781973: 2,649,2781974: 2,732,0751975: 2,816,9431976: 2,903,8511977: 2,992,5341978: 3,080,3141979: 3,164,5251980: 3,252,4031981: 3,345,6741982: 3,438,7451983: 3,530,2821984: 3,619,1041985: 3,706,4791986: 3,794,1571987: 3,882,1641988: 3,972,3201989: 4,066,4761990: 4,162,5591991: 4,259,6371992: 4,357,0261993: 4,453,7321994: 4,549,3161995: 4,642,9311996: 4,729,9741997: 4,809,5731998: 4,883,6551999: 4,954,0182000: 5,022,6332001: 5,087,8252002: 5,149,9092003: 5,210,9632004: 5,272,9122005: 5,342,1052006: 5,418,8552007: 5,497,2432008: 5,576,5932009: 5,656,6012010: 5,737,4502011: 5,819,0512012: 5,901,2872013: 5,983,8452014: 6,066,4922015: 6,149,4172016: 6,232,6662017: 6,316,2312018: 6,400,0802019: 6,483,6572020: 6,565,2672021: 6,644,7412022: 6,730,6542023: 6,823,6132024: 6,916,1402025: 7,007,50219602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
20257,007,502
20246,916,140
20236,823,613
20226,730,654
20216,644,741
20206,565,267
20196,483,657
20186,400,080
20176,316,231
20166,232,666
20156,149,417
20146,066,492
20135,983,845
20125,901,287
20115,819,051
20105,737,450
20095,656,601
20085,576,593
20075,497,243
20065,418,855
20055,342,105
20045,272,912
20035,210,963
20025,149,909
20015,087,825
20005,022,633
19994,954,018
19984,883,655
19974,809,573
19964,729,974
19954,642,931
19944,549,316
19934,453,732
19924,357,026
19914,259,637
19904,162,559
19894,066,476
19883,972,320
19873,882,164
19863,794,157
19853,706,479
19843,619,104
19833,530,282
19823,438,745
19813,345,674
19803,252,403
19793,164,525
19783,080,314
19772,992,534
19762,903,851
19752,816,943
19742,732,075
19732,649,278
19722,573,578
19712,499,825
19702,423,065
19692,348,398
19682,275,836
19672,205,567
19662,137,820
19652,072,681
19642,010,176
19631,950,159
19621,892,320
19611,836,451
19601,782,370

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