Population: Nationality: Ethnic groups: Languages: Religions: Demographic profile: Nicaraguans emigrate primarily to Costa Rica and to a lesser extent the United States. Nicaraguan men have been migrating seasonally to Costa Rica to harvest bananas and coffee since the early 20th century. Political turmoil, civil war, and natural disasters from the 1970s through the 1990s dramatically increased the flow of refugees and permanent migrants seeking jobs, higher wages, and better social and healthcare benefits. Since 2000, Nicaraguan emigration to Costa Rica has slowed and stabilized. Today roughly 300,000 Nicaraguans are permanent residents of Costa Rica - about 75% of the foreign population - and thousands more migrate seasonally for work, many illegally.
Age structure: Dependency ratios: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Population distribution: Urbanization: Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio: Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Nicaragua on this page is re-published from the 2019 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Nicaragua People 2019 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Nicaragua People 2019 should be addressed to the CIA.
6,085,213
(July 2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
111
[see also: Population country ranks ]
noun:
Nicaraguan(s)
adjective:
Nicaraguan
mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%
Spanish (official) 95.3%, Miskito 2.2%, Mestizo of the Caribbean coast 2%, other 0.5%
(2005 est.)
note: English and indigenous languages found on the Caribbean coast
Roman Catholic 50%, Evangelical 33.2%, other 2.9%, unspecified 13.2%, none 0.7%
(2017 est.)
Despite being one of the poorest countries in Latin America, Nicaragua has improved its access to potable water and sanitation and has ameliorated its life expectancy, infant and child mortality, and immunization rates. However, income distribution is very uneven, and the poor, agriculturalists, and indigenous people continue to have less access to healthcare services. Nicaragua's total fertility rate has fallen from around 6 children per woman in 1980 to below replacement level today, but the high birth rate among adolescents perpetuates a cycle of poverty and low educational attainment.
0-14 years: 26.65%
(male 827,585 /female 794,086)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 20.67%
(male 632,847 /female 624,811)
[see also: Age structure - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 41.04%
(male 1,186,467 /female 1,310,957)
[see also: Age structure - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 6.19%
(male 173,674 /female 202,765)
[see also: Age structure - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 5.46%
(male 147,324 /female 184,697)
(2018 est.)
[see also: Age structure - 65 years and over country ranks ]
population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Nicaragua. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.
For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page under the References tab.
total dependency ratio: 54.1
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 46.3
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio country ranks ]
elderly dependency ratio: 7.8
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio country ranks ]
potential support ratio: 12.8
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - potential support ratio country ranks ]
total: 26.2 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 25.3 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 27.1 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
150
0.97%
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
113
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
17.5 births/1,000 population
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
101
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
5.2 deaths/1,000 population
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
191
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-2.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(2017 est.)
country comparison to the world:
171
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
the overwhelming majority of the population resides in the western half of the country, with much of the urban growth centered in the capital city of Managua; coastal areas also show large population clusters
urban population: 58.5% of total population
(2018)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 1.45% annual rate of change
(2015-20 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
1.048 million MANAGUA (capital)
(2018)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 0.86 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
19.2 years
(2011/12 est.)
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
150 deaths/100,000 live births
(2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
60
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 17.7 deaths/1,000 live births
(2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male: 20.4 deaths/1,000 live births
(2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 15 deaths/1,000 live births
(2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
89
total population: 73.7 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total population country ranks ]
male: 71.5 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 76.1 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
134
[See also: Healthy Life Expectancy ]
[See also: Health Performance ]
1.87 children born/woman
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
140
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
80.4%
(2011/12)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
9% of GDP
(2014)
country comparison to the world:
39
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.91 physicians/1,000 population
(2014)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
0.9 beds/1,000 population
(2014)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 99.3% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 69.4% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - rural country ranks ]
total: 87% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - total country ranks ]
unimproved:
urban: 0.7% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 30.6% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - rural country ranks ]
total: 13% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - total country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 76.5% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 55.7% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - rural country ranks ]
total: 67.9% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - total country ranks ]
unimproved:
urban: 23.5% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 44.3% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - rural country ranks ]
total: 32.1% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - total country ranks ]
0.2%
(2017 est.)
country comparison to the world:
102
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
9,000
(2017 est.)
country comparison to the world:
103
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
<500
(2017 est.)
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
high
(2016)
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
(2016)
vectorborne diseases:
dengue fever and malaria
(2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
23.7%
(2016)
country comparison to the world:
63
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
4.6%
(2012)
country comparison to the world:
85
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
4.5% of GDP
(2010)
country comparison to the world:
96
[see also: Education expenditures country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
(2015 est.)
total population: 82.8%
(2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - total population country ranks ]
male: 82.4%
(2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 83.2%
(2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
total: 8.5%
(2014 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total country ranks ]
male: 6.4%
(2014 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male country ranks ]
female: 12.9%
(2014 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
136
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