Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 6,824 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Nicaragua, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population — total population - both sexes in Nicaragua is 6,824 1000 No, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Nicaragua peaked at 6,824 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,737 1000 No, in 2010.
That places Nicaragua 90th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,737 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 5,819 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 5,901 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 5,984 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 6,066 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 6,149 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 6,233 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 6,316 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 6,400 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 6,484 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 6,565 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 6,645 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 6,731 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 6,824 1000 No | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6,109 1000 No | 5,737 1000 No | 6,484 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,691 1000 No | 6,565 1000 No | 6,824 1000 No | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1448 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 459.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8714 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4056 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 14.48 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.48 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Nicaragua?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Nicaragua was 6,824 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 6,824 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,737 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Nicaragua rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Nicaragua ranks 90th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.