According to the CIA World Factbook, Nicaragua has a population of 5,675,356. Whites and Mestizos make up the majority (86%) of the population of Nicaragua with approx. 69% Mestizos and 17% White. The remainder of the Nicaraguan population is 9% black, and 5% Amerindian. Nicaraguan demographics reflected a different composition prior to the Sandinista revolution of 1979 since most of the migration during the years that followed were primarily of upper or middle class Nicaraguans which were comprised primarily of whites. A growing number of these expats have been returning after, though a vast majority remains living abroad for the most part. The most populous city in the country is the capital city, Managua, with a population of 1.2 million (2005). As of 2005, over 4.4 million inhabitants live in the Pacific, Central and North regions, 2.7 in the Pacific region alone, while inhabitants in the Atlantic region only reach an estimated 700,000.^[2] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (680x1024, 670 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Population growth rate is a term used in demographics and ecology which refers to the rate at which the number of individuals in a population increases. ... World map of human life expectancy, 2005 Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average length of survival of a living thing. ... The National Institute of Statistics and Census of Nicaragua (INEC, in the Spanish acronym for the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos de Nicaragua) is the institution in charge of completing censuses and surveys. ... The World Factbook 2007 (government edtion) cover. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Mestizo (Brazil Portuguese. ... Sandinista! is also the name of a popular music album by The Clash. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Coordinates: Country Nicaragua Department Managua Municipality Managua Founded 1819 Seat of the Government 1852 Capital of the Nation 1857  - Mayor Dionisio Marenco Area    - City 544 km²  - Urban 173. ...

The Census Bureau in Nicaragua is the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). The institution is in charge of completing censuses and surveys. INEC ran its first census in 1906, the last census was taken in 2005, it was the eighth to date. The National Institute of Statistics and Census of Nicaragua (INEC, in the Spanish acronym for the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos de Nicaragua) is the institution in charge of completing censuses and surveys. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... There are several uses of the word survey, relating to two primary meanings: land surveying; and statistical surveys of people or other items, such as animals, organisations, or messages. ...

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Demographics

In the nineteenth century, there had been a substantial indigenous minority, but this group was also largely assimilated culturally into the mestizo majority. Primarily in the 19th century, Nicaragua saw several waves of immigration from other European nations. In particular the northern cities of Esteli, Jinotega and Matagalpa have significant fourth generation Germans. Most of Nicaragua's population lives in the western region of the country in the departments of Managua, Granada and Leon. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the field of ecology, an indigenous species is an organism which is native to a region or ecosystem. ... Languages Predominantly Spanish, (with a minority of other languages), while Mestiços speaks Portuguese Religions Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholic, with a minority of Protestant and other Religions) Related ethnic groups Other Spanish people, Portuguese people, Amerindian, African people, Austronesian people, Hispanics and Latinos Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis... Estelí is the second largest town in northern Nicaragua (after Matagalpa). ... Jinotega is the capital of Jinotega Department in the north central region of Nicaragua. ... Matagalpa is the capital city of the Matagalpa Department department of Nicaragua. ...

The majority of the Nicaraguan population is Mestizo and White. Exactly 69% are Mestizos (mixed Amerindian and White) and 17% are White with the majority being Spanish, German, Italian, or French ancestry. Mestizos and Whites combined make up 86% of the Nicaraguan population, approximately 4,880,806 people. Languages Predominantly Spanish, (with a minority of other languages), while Mestiços speaks Portuguese Religions Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholic, with a minority of Protestant and other Religions) Related ethnic groups Other Spanish people, Portuguese people, Amerindian, African people, Austronesian people, Hispanics and Latinos Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... Whites redirects here. ...

About 9% of Nicaragua's population is black, or Afro-Nicaragüense, and mainly reside on the country's sparsely populated Caribbean or Atlantic coast. The black population is mostly of West Indian (Antillean) origin, the descendants of indentured laborers brought mostly from Jamaica and Haiti when the region was a British protectorate. Nicaragua has the second largest black population in Central America after Panama. There is also a smaller number of Garifuna, a people of mixed Carib, Angolan, Congolese and Arawak descent. The Antilles (the same in French; Antillas in Spanish; Antillen in Dutch) refers to the islands forming the greater part of the West Indies in the Caribbean. ... The term descendant or descendent has several meanings, some of which are listed below: A living being, like a plant, animal or person, that belongs to a particular lineage. ... Motto  2(French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen 3 United Kingdom() – on the European continent() – in the European Union() Capital London Largest conurbation (population) Greater London Urban Area Official languages English (de facto)4 Government  -  Monarch Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Gordon Brown Formation  -  Acts of... For other uses, see Central America (disambiguation). ... Garífuna is a spanish term for the people and language of the Garínagu. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Republic of the Congo (light green) Democratic Republic of the Congo (dark green) Congo is a name shared by two countries in both West and Central Africa: Republic of the Congo is often known as Congo-Brazzaville. It is the smaller of the two and lies to the west in... The term Arawak (from aru, the Lokono word for cassava flour), was used to designate the Amerindians encountered by the Spanish in the Caribbean. ...

The remaining 5% comprises the unmixed descendants of the country's indigenous inhabitants. Nicaragua's pre-Colombian population consisted of the Nahuatl-speaking Nicarao people of the west after whom the country is named, and six other ethnic groups including the Miskitos, Ramas and Sumos along the Caribbean coast. While very few pure-blooded Nicarao people still exist, the Caribbean peoples have remained distinct. In the mid-1980s, the government divided the department of Zelaya - consisting of the eastern half of the country - into two autonomous regions and granted the African and indigenous people of this region limited self-rule within the Republic. The term Pre-Columbian is used to refer to the cultures of the New World in the era before significant European influence. ... Nahuatl is a native language of central Mexico. ... For the insect, see mosquito The Miskito are a Native American people in Central America. ... The Sumo (also known as Sumu) are a people that live on the eastern coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras, an area commonly known as the Mosquito Coast. ... Zelaya is a former department in Nicaragua. ...

Indigenous population

According to the 2005 census, 443,847 inhabitants declared themselves Amerindian (Indigenous). Over 50% of the population lived in rural areas. With 120,817 inhabitants declaring themselves Miskito, they make up 27.2% of the total Indigenous population, followed by the Caribbean Coast mestizos. In addition to the inhabitants who declared themselves Indigenous another 47,473 responded "Not Sure" and an additional 19,460 responded , "Ignore", totaling 15.1%.^[2] Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Rama are an indigenous people of Nicaragua. ... Garífuna is a spanish term for the people and language of the Garínagu. ... For the insect, see mosquito The Miskito are a Native American people in Central America. ... The word Creole is an adaptation of the Castillian-Spanish word criollo, which came into English from French between 1595 and 1605. ... Nicarao is the name of the then-leader and/or the capital city of the most populous indigenous tribe when the Spanish arrived in Nicaragua. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... Rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Sheep eating grass in rural Australia Rural areas are sparsely settled places away from the influence of large cities and towns. ...

Immigration

Relative to its overall population, Nicaragua has never experienced any large scale wave of immigrants. The total number of immigrants to Nicaragua, both originating from other Latin American countries and all other countries, never surpassed 1% of its total population prior to 1995. The 2005 census showed the foreign-born population at 1.2%, having risen a mere .06% in 10 years.^[2] This is not to say that immigrants were not important to the evolution of Nicaraguan society and the Nicaraguan nation. Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

The founding members of the Deutsche Club in Nicaragua

In the 1800s Nicaragua experienced a wave of immigration, primarily from Europe. In particular, families from Germany, Italy, Spain, France and Belgium generally moved to Nicaragua to set up businesses with money they brought from Europe. They established many agricultural businesses such as coffee and sugar cane plantations, and also newspapers, hotels and banks. Image File history File links DeutscheClub. ... Image File history File links DeutscheClub. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ...

There is also a small Middle Eastern-Nicaraguan community of Syrian, Armenian, Palestinian Nicaraguan, Jewish, and Lebanese people in Nicaragua with a total population of about 30,000. There is also an East Asian community of Japanese, Taiwanese and Chinese. The Chinese Nicaraguan population is estimated at around 12,000. The Chinese arrived in the late 19th century but were unsubstantiated until the second census (in 1920) revealed 400 people of the Chinese nationality.
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Language

Office workers in Managua

Spanish is spoken by 90% of the country's population. In Nicaragua the Voseo form is common, just as in other countries in Central and South America like Honduras,Colombia, Argentina and Ecuador. Spanish has many different dialects spoken throughout Latin America, Central American Spanish is the dialect spoken in Nicaragua. The black population of the east coast region have English as their first language. Several indigenous peoples of the east still use their original language along with Spanish and/or English, the main languages being Miskito language, Sumo language, and Rama language. Also, due to the arrival of the Chinese in the 19th century, there are an estimated 7,000 people who speak Chinese.^[3] Nicaraguan Sign Language is also of particular interest to linguists. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2667x2000, 664 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2667x2000, 664 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... A movie poster in Buenos Aires shows usage of vos. ... While Central America is politically divided into five sovereign states (excluding Panama), it is no more fragmented linguistically in Spanish than Argentina, Mexico or Colombia. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Miskito is a Misumalpan language spoken by the Miskito people in northern Nicaragua, especially in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region, and in eastern Honduras. ... Sumo (also known as Sumu) is a Misumalpan language spoken in Nicaragua and Honduras. ... Rama is one of the indigenous languages of the Chibchan family spoken by the Rama people on the island of Rama Cay and south of lake Bluefields on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. ... Nicaraguan Sign Language (or ISN, Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua or Idioma de Signos Nicaragüense) is a signed language spontaneously developed by deaf children in a number of schools in western Nicaragua in the 1970s and 1980s. ... ...

Religion

Cathedral in Managua

Roman Catholicism has been the predominant religion for four centuries, but evangelical Protestant groups have increased significantly recently, and there are strong Anglican and Moravian communities on the Caribbean coast. Small communities of Nicaraguans practice other faiths like Judaism by descendants of European Jewish immigrants, and Islam from the Middle East. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 534 pixels Full resolution (1000 × 667 pixel, file size: 801 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Carnival Culture of Nicaragua Metadata... Nacatamal Vigoron Vaho Churrasco con Chimichurri Gallo Pinto Sopa de Mondongo Pescado Tipitapa Brochetas Tres Leches Cake Pio Quinto Relampago Repocheta Pinolio Cacao Chicha Repocheta Chicharrón See also Wikipedia Cookbook Cooking Nicaragua Categories: Food and drink stubs | Nicaraguan cuisine ... Nicaraguan culture has several distinct strands. ... Categories: | | ... Nicaraguan culture has several distinct strands. ... Modern Nicaraguan music is a mixture of indigenous and European, especially Spanish, influences. ... Nicaragua is a constitutional democracy with executive, legislative, judicial, and electoral branches of government. ... Bahia Majagual in the Department of Rivas Tourism in Nicaragua has boomed in the last 12 years making it the second largest industry in the nation. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 342 pixel Image in higher resolution (2918 × 1248 pixel, file size: 4. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 342 pixel Image in higher resolution (2918 × 1248 pixel, file size: 4. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The word evangelicalism usually refers to a broad collection of religious beliefs, practices, and traditions which are found among conservative Protestant Christians. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... The Moravian Seal, as rendered by North Carolina artist Marie Nifong The Moravian churches form a modern, mainline Protestant denomination with a religious heritage that began in 15th-century Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ...

The 2005 census shows religious affiliation as follows:^[4]: Roman Catholic 58.5%; Evangelical 21.6%; Moravian 1.6%; Jehovah's Witnesses 0.9%; none 15.7%; other 1.6% (which includes Islam, Judaism and Buddhism among others)^[2] The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The word evangelicalism usually refers to a broad collection of religious beliefs, practices, and traditions which are found among conservative Protestant Christians. ... The Moravian Seal, as rendered by North Carolina artist Marie Nifong The Moravian churches form a modern, mainline Protestant denomination with a religious heritage that began in 15th-century Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic). ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

Other statistics

90% of Nicaraguans live in the Pacific lowlands and the adjacent interior highlands. The population is 54% urban with Managua (capital) being the largest city, home to over a million inhabitants. In addition, many Nicaraguans live abroad. Crowded Shibuya, Tokyo shopping district An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... Coordinates: Country Nicaragua Department Managua Municipality Managua Founded 1819 Seat of the Government 1852 Capital of the Nation 1857  - Mayor Dionisio Marenco Area    - City 544 km²  - Urban 173. ... The 1980s were the backdrop to a savage civil war which saw conflict destroy the nation of Nicaragua, and the lives of 50,000+ civilians in the process. ...

Demographics of Nicaragua, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Age structure:
0-14 years: 35.5% (male 1,025,426/female 988,148)
15-64 years: 61.3% (male 1,734,153/female 1,746,574)
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Net migration rate: -1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.038 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.993 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.784 male(s)/female
total population: 1.001 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.69 children born/woman (2007 est.)

Ethnic groups: Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5% Languages Predominantly Spanish, (with a minority of other languages), while Mestiços speaks Portuguese Religions Christianity (Predominantly Roman Catholic, with a minority of Protestant and other Religions) Related ethnic groups Other Spanish people, Portuguese people, Amerindian, African people, Austronesian people, Hispanics and Latinos Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis... Whites redirects here. ... A Masai man in Kenya Black people or blacks is a political, social or cultural classification of people. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ...

Religions: Roman Catholic 58.5%, Evangelicals 21.6%, Moravian 1,6%, Jehovah's Witnesses 0.9%, other 1.6%, none 15.7% (2005 census)^[5].

Languages: Spanish (official)
note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.5%
male: 67.2%
female: 67.8% (2003 est.)

See also

• Culture of Nicaragua
• Ethnic groups in Central America
• National Institute of Statistics and Census of Nicaragua

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References

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External links

• CIA World Factbook