Population of Nicaragua (2024)

5,917,268

Births this year: 0 Births today 0

Deaths this year 49,530 Deaths today 7

Nicaragua Population by Religions

Region Name	Percents	Number
Roman Catholic 58.5, Protestant (Evangelical, Moravian) 23.2, other 18.3	58523218.3%	3,491,962,219,060 people

Ethnic groups Name	Percents	Number
mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white)	69%	4,117,091 people
white	17%	1,014,356 people
black	9%	537,012 people
Amerindian	5%	298,340 people

Age	Both Sexes Population	Male Population	Female Population	Both Sexes (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)	Sex ratio (female/male)
Total	6,417,990	3,165,024	3,252,966	100	100	100	97.3
00-04	579,942	296,407	283,535	9	9.4	8.7	104.5
05-09	595,289	305,714	289,575	9.3	9.7	8.9	105.6
10-14	602,317	310,959	291,358	9.4	9.8	9	106.7
15-19	584,159	302,322	281,837	9.1	9.6	8.7	107.3
20-24	580,785	299,101	281,684	9	9.5	8.7	106.2
25-29	570,208	288,950	281,258	8.9	9.1	8.6	102.7
30-34	547,195	272,323	274,872	8.5	8.6	8.4	99.1
35-39	497,996	242,234	255,762	7.8	7.7	7.9	94.7
40-44	416,407	196,986	219,421	6.5	6.2	6.7	89.8
45-49	341,086	157,257	183,829	5.3	5	5.7	85.5
50-54	272,942	124,031	148,911	4.3	3.9	4.6	83.3
55-59	229,819	104,113	125,706	3.6	3.3	3.9	82.8
60-64	202,902	92,028	110,874	3.2	2.9	3.4	83
65-69	152,148	67,395	84,753	2.4	2.1	2.6	79.5
70-74	85,782	37,934	47,848	1.3	1.2	1.5	79.3
75-79	70,189	30,966	39,223	1.1	1	1.2	78.9
80-84	46,572	20,182	26,390	0.7	0.6	0.8	76.5
85-89	25,946	10,557	15,389	0.4	0.3	0.5	68.6
90-94	11,646	4,147	7,499	0.2	0.1	0.2	55.3
95-99	3,818	1,194	2,624	0.1	0	0.1	45.5
100+	842	224	618	0	0	0	36.2

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Sex ratio	Density (P/Km²)
2023	6,611,248	0.97	63,614	97.35	54.94
2022	6,547,634	0.99	64,421	97.33	54.41
2021	6,483,213	1.02	65,223	97.31	53.87
2020	6,417,990	1.04	66,034	97.30	53.33
2019	6,351,956	1.06	66,784	97.28	52.78
2018	6,285,172	1.08	67,376	97.27	52.23
2017	6,217,796	1.10	67,761	97.25	51.67
2016	6,150,035	1.12	68,003	97.23	51.11
2015	6,082,032	1.13	68,119	97.21	50.54
2014	6,013,913	1.15	68,267	97.18	49.97
2013	5,945,646	1.17	68,612	97.15	49.41
2012	5,877,034	1.19	69,247	97.12	48.84
2011	5,807,787	1.22	70,065	97.10	48.26
2010	5,737,722	1.26	71,127	97.11	47.68
2005	5,379,327	7.01	352,535	97.48	44.70
2000	5,026,792	8.99	414,563	97.93	41.77
1995	4,612,229	11.28	467,665	98.14	38.33
1990	4,144,564	11.74	435,473	98.38	34.44
1985	3,709,091	14.13	459,181	99.39	30.82
1980	3,249,910	16.20	453,162	100.22	27.01
1975	2,796,748	16.62	398,653	100.48	23.24
1970	2,398,095	16.26	335,462	100.03	19.93
1965	2,062,633	16.22	287,937	99.95	17.14
1960	1,774,696	17.68	266,676	99.64	14.75
1955	1,508,020	16.45	213,027	99.16	12.53
1950	1,294,993			98.90	10.76