Nicaragua
Urban population in Nicaragua
Urban population in Nicaragua: 35% in 1950 and 59.4% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 59.4%
- Since 1950
- +24.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 135 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 68.5%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 68.5% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Nicaragua |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.4 |
| 2024 | 59.3 |
| 2023 | 59.1 |
| 2022 | 59 |
| 2021 | 58.9 |
| 2020 | 58.7 |
| 2019 | 58.5 |
| 2018 | 58.4 |
| 2017 | 58.2 |
| 2016 | 58 |
| 2015 | 57.8 |
| 2014 | 57.6 |
| 2013 | 57.4 |
| 2012 | 57.2 |
| 2011 | 57 |
| 2010 | 56.8 |
| 2009 | 56.7 |
| 2008 | 56.5 |
| 2007 | 56.3 |
| 2006 | 56.1 |
| 2005 | 55.9 |
| 2004 | 55.8 |
| 2003 | 55.6 |
| 2002 | 55.5 |
| 2001 | 55.4 |
| 2000 | 55.2 |
| 1999 | 55.1 |
| 1998 | 54.9 |
| 1997 | 54.8 |
| 1996 | 54.6 |
| 1995 | 54.5 |
| 1994 | 54.3 |
| 1993 | 54.1 |
| 1992 | 53.9 |
| 1991 | 53.7 |
| 1990 | 53.5 |
| 1989 | 53.3 |
| 1988 | 53.1 |
| 1987 | 52.9 |
| 1986 | 52.7 |
| 1985 | 52.4 |
| 1984 | 52.2 |
| 1983 | 51.9 |
| 1982 | 51.7 |
| 1981 | 51.4 |
| 1980 | 51.1 |
| 1979 | 50.8 |
| 1978 | 50.5 |
| 1977 | 50.2 |
| 1976 | 49.8 |
| 1975 | 49.5 |
| 1974 | 49.1 |
| 1973 | 48.7 |
| 1972 | 48.3 |
| 1971 | 47.8 |
| 1970 | 47.3 |
| 1969 | 46.5 |
| 1968 | 45.6 |
| 1967 | 44.6 |
| 1966 | 43.6 |
| 1965 | 42.6 |
| 1964 | 41.7 |
| 1963 | 41 |
| 1962 | 40.4 |
| 1961 | 39.8 |
| 1960 | 39.2 |
| 1959 | 38.6 |
| 1958 | 38.1 |
| 1957 | 37.6 |
| 1956 | 37.1 |
| 1955 | 36.6 |
| 1954 | 36.2 |
| 1953 | 35.8 |
| 1952 | 35.5 |
| 1951 | 35.2 |
| 1950 | 35 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Nicaragua |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 59.6 |
| 2027 | 59.8 |
| 2028 | 60.1 |
| 2029 | 60.3 |
| 2030 | 60.5 |
| 2031 | 60.8 |
| 2032 | 61.1 |
| 2033 | 61.3 |
| 2034 | 61.6 |
| 2035 | 61.9 |
| 2036 | 62.3 |
| 2037 | 62.6 |
| 2038 | 63 |
| 2039 | 63.3 |
| 2040 | 63.7 |
| 2041 | 64.1 |
| 2042 | 64.5 |
| 2043 | 65 |
| 2044 | 65.4 |
| 2045 | 65.9 |
| 2046 | 66.4 |
| 2047 | 66.9 |
| 2048 | 67.4 |
| 2049 | 67.9 |
| 2050 | 68.5 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$115M in 2025
- Military spending per person$17 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel12,000 people in 2020
- National power0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports13 million TIV in 2019
- Arms exports18 million TIV in 1993