Nicaragua
Population 2026
7,097,332
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.28%
- Density
- 59 per km²
- Land area
- 120,340 km²
- Capital
- Managua
- Currency
- Cordoba (NIO)
- Official languages
- ES-NI, EN
- Urban population
- 59.4%
- Continent
- NA
Demographics
- Births
- 131,2052026
- Deaths
- 33,6552026
- Birth rate
- 19.1per 1,000
- Death rate
- 4.6per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 2.21
- Life expectancy
- 75.1At birth, years
- Median age
- 26.3
- Net migration
- -8,371
Age distribution
- 0–1428.3%
- 15–6466.0%
- 65+5.7%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $22.2B
- GDP per capita
- $3.2K
- GDP growth
- +4.9%
- Inflation
- 2.1%
- Unemployment
- 5.0%
- Exports
- $9.2B
- Imports
- $12.2B
- Tourism receipts
- 15.2%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture14.5%
- Industry29.3%
- Manufacturing12.6%
- Services45.2%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture30.5%
- Industry16.9%
- Services52.6%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ManaguaManagua Department | 973,0872026 |
| 2 | LeónLeón Department | 144,5382026 |
| 3 | MasayaMasaya Department | 130,1132026 |
| 4 | ChinandegaChinandega Department | 126,3872026 |
| 5 | MatagalpaMatagalpa Department | 109,0892026 |
| 6 | EstelíEstelí Department | 96,4222026 |
| 7 | GranadaGranada Department | 89,4092026 |
| 8 | MateareManagua Department | 61,2342026 |
| 9 | JinotegaJinotega Department | 55,0002026 |
| 10 | El ViejoChinandega Department | 53,5042026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7,097,332 | 131K | 33.7K |
| 2020 | 6,565,267 | 134K | 43.8K |
| 2010 | 5,737,451 | 140K | 29.2K |
| 2000 | 5,022,636 | 140K | 30.9K |
| 1990 | 4,162,566 | 153K | 31.9K |
| 1980 | 3,252,404 | 143K | 34.7K |
| 1970 | 2,423,065 | 114K | 32.4K |
| 1960 | 1,782,371 | 89.2K | 33.5K |
| 1950 | 1,331,445 | 72.0K | 32.0K |