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Nicaragua

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
7,007,502 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 5,142,098in 2005[4]
Land area
120,340 km²[5]
Total area
120,340 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Honduras, Costa Rica[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official names
  • la République du Nicaragua[11]
  • República de Nicaragua[12]

Parts of Nicaragua

Loading 17 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
196020257M

1,782,370 in 1960, 7,007,502 in 2025

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

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
NI[13]
ISO alpha-3
NIC[14]
ISO numeric
558[15]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Nicaragua (Q811), capital: Managua (revision 2562954410) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Nicaragua (Q811), population (revision 2562954410) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: 2005 Nicaraguan census
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Nicaragua (Q811), area (revision 2562954410) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Nicaragua (Q811), official language: Spanish (revision 2562954410) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Nicaragua (Q811), currency: Nicaraguan córdoba (revision 2562954410) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Nicaragua (Q811), continent: North America (revision 2562954410) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Nicaragua (Q811), official name (revision 2562954410) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  12. Wikidata: Nicaragua (Q811), official name (revision 2562954410) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Nicaragua (Q811), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562954410) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Nicaragua (Q811), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562954410) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Nicaragua (Q811), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562954410) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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