# Population in Nicaragua

Population in Nicaragua was 7.01 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `ni`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/nicaragua
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/nicaragua.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=ni

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 7,007,502 |
| 2024 | 6,916,140 |
| 2023 | 6,823,613 |
| 2022 | 6,730,654 |
| 2021 | 6,644,741 |
| 2020 | 6,565,267 |
| 2019 | 6,483,657 |
| 2018 | 6,400,080 |
| 2017 | 6,316,231 |
| 2016 | 6,232,666 |
| 2015 | 6,149,417 |
| 2014 | 6,066,492 |
| 2013 | 5,983,845 |
| 2012 | 5,901,287 |
| 2011 | 5,819,051 |
| 2010 | 5,737,450 |
| 2009 | 5,656,601 |
| 2008 | 5,576,593 |
| 2007 | 5,497,243 |
| 2006 | 5,418,855 |
| 2005 | 5,342,105 |
| 2004 | 5,272,912 |
| 2003 | 5,210,963 |
| 2002 | 5,149,909 |
| 2001 | 5,087,825 |
| 2000 | 5,022,633 |
| 1999 | 4,954,018 |
| 1998 | 4,883,655 |
| 1997 | 4,809,573 |
| 1996 | 4,729,974 |
| 1995 | 4,642,931 |
| 1994 | 4,549,316 |
| 1993 | 4,453,732 |
| 1992 | 4,357,026 |
| 1991 | 4,259,637 |
| 1990 | 4,162,559 |
| 1989 | 4,066,476 |
| 1988 | 3,972,320 |
| 1987 | 3,882,164 |
| 1986 | 3,794,157 |
| 1985 | 3,706,479 |
| 1984 | 3,619,104 |
| 1983 | 3,530,282 |
| 1982 | 3,438,745 |
| 1981 | 3,345,674 |
| 1980 | 3,252,403 |
| 1979 | 3,164,525 |
| 1978 | 3,080,314 |
| 1977 | 2,992,534 |
| 1976 | 2,903,851 |
| 1975 | 2,816,943 |
| 1974 | 2,732,075 |
| 1973 | 2,649,278 |
| 1972 | 2,573,578 |
| 1971 | 2,499,825 |
| 1970 | 2,423,065 |
| 1969 | 2,348,398 |
| 1968 | 2,275,836 |
| 1967 | 2,205,567 |
| 1966 | 2,137,820 |
| 1965 | 2,072,681 |
| 1964 | 2,010,176 |
| 1963 | 1,950,159 |
| 1962 | 1,892,320 |
| 1961 | 1,836,451 |
| 1960 | 1,782,370 |