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Nicaragua — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Nicaragua, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.31%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -56.1% since 1961
Population growth for Nicaragua was 1.31% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.14% in 1969. The lowest was 1.18% in 2003 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.28% per year.
Nicaragua ranks 80 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 37%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 0.48%, so Nicaragua sits above it. It peaked in 1969 and has fallen 58% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.31%
First (1961)
2.99%
Change
-56.1%
Highest
3.14%
in 1969
Lowest
1.18%
in 2003
Average
2.11%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.28%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.31% |
| 2024 | 1.35% |
| 2023 | 1.37% |
| 2022 | 1.28% |
| 2021 | 1.2% |
| 2020 | 1.25% |
| 2019 | 1.3% |
| 2018 | 1.32% |
| 2017 | 1.33% |
| 2016 | 1.34% |
| 2015 | 1.36% |
| 2014 | 1.37% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.