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🇳🇮 Nicaragua

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3NIC
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2NI
UN M49 numeric558
IOC codeNCA
Official nameRepublic of Nicaragua
Native name(s)spa: official: República de Nicaragua; common: Nicaragua
Alt spellingsNI, Republic of Nicaragua, República de Nicaragua
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionCentral America
UN regional groupLatin American and Caribbean Group
CapitalManagua
Area (km²)130,373
Lat / Lng13.0000, -85.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)CRI, HND
Top-level domain.ni
Calling coderoot: +5; suffixes: 05

Demographics

Population (World Bank)7,007,502 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)75.1 (2024)
Languagesspa: Spanish
Demonymseng: f: Nicaraguan; m: Nicaraguan; fra: f: Nicaraguayenne; m: Nicaraguayen
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)22,237,167,113.092 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)3,173.337 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)5.04 (2025)
CurrenciesNIO: name: Nicaraguan córdoba; symbol: C$

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,331,439
19511,369,650
19521,409,021
19531,449,900
19541,492,256
19551,536,246
19561,581,973
19571,629,465
19581,678,739
19591,729,787
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

Full raw record (JSON)

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