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Central America and the Caribbean > Nicaragua > People

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African diaspora > Afro-descendants 9% [24th of 34]
African diaspora > Population 501,311.61 [12th of 34]
Afro-Latin American > IDB population estimates > % Black Lower 10 % [8th of 13]
Afro-Latin American > IDB population estimates > % Black Upper 50%
Afro-Latin American > IDB population estimates > Comments
Significantly mestizo and some zambo with important white contributions in many.
Afro-Latin American > IDB population estimates > Total black lower 599000
Afro-Latin American > IDB population estimates > Total Black Upper 2. 3 million
Afro-Latin American > IDB population estimates > Total Pop 4. 6 million
Age dependency ratio > dependents to working-age population 0.73 Time series [61st of 185]
Age structure > 0-14 years 36.4 % [73rd of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years 37.2 [71st of 226]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Females 981,903 Time series [95th of 225]
Age structure > 0-14 years > From total 34.6% Time series [74th of 227]
Age structure > 0-14 years > Males 1,019,281 Time series [96th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years 59.7 [156th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 60.5 % [151st of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Females 1,803,133 Time series [107th of 225]
Age structure > 15-64 years > From total 62.1% Time series [143rd of 227]
Age structure > 15-64 years > Males 1,792,398 Time series [108th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over 3.1 % [183rd of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Females 106,291 Time series [134th of 225]
Age structure > 65 years and over > From total 3.3% Time series [171st of 227]
Age structure > 65 years and over > Males 82,840 Time series [133rd of 225]
Asian Latin American population > Composition > Chinese 8,000 [9th of 9]
Birth rate 23.7 births/1,000 population Time series [76th of 226]
Chinese population 3,000 [68th of 127]
    Chinese population (per capita) 54.895 per 100,000 people [63rd of 126]
CPIA social protection rating 3.5 Time series [22nd of 75]
Death rate 4.33 deaths/1,000 population Time series [203rd of 226]
Education expenditures 3.1 % of GDP Time series [7th of 55]
Ethnic groups
mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%
Female population > Age 10-14 347,081 [92nd of 224]
Female population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 6.23 [37th of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 320,438 [94th of 224]
Female population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 5.75 [20th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 282,807 [97th of 224]
Female population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 5.08 [32nd of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 248,824 [100th of 224]
Female population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 4.47 [23rd of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 211,394 [106th of 224]
Female population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.8 [63rd of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 171,685 [110th of 224]
Female population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.08 [141st of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 139,236 [118th of 224]
Female population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 2.5 [154th of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 113,744 [121st of 224]
Female population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 2.04 [155th of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 91,338 [121st of 224]
Female population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 1.64 [158th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 63,599 [128th of 224]
Female population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 1.14 [187th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 48,288 [128th of 224]
Female population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 0.87 [184th of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 37,749 [133rd of 224]
Female population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 0.68 [180th of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 28,017 [132nd of 224]
Female population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 0.5 [172nd of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 18,537 [132nd of 224]
Female population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 0.33 [162nd of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 13,552 [130th of 224]
Female population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.24 [168th of 224]
Gender development 0.629 [94th of 141]
Male population > Age 10-14 358,818 [91st of 224]
Male population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 6.44 [25th of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 330,550 [92nd of 224]
Male population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 5.93 [21st of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 289,589 [98th of 224]
Male population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 5.2 [28th of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 250,289 [101st of 224]
Male population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 4.49 [36th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 210,937 [107th of 224]
Male population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 3.79 [82nd of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 169,426 [111st of 224]
Male population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 3.04 [152nd of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 134,902 [119th of 224]
Male population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 2.42 [165th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 104,250 [124th of 224]
Male population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 1.87 [165th of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 84,410 [121st of 224]
Male population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 1.52 [159th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 60,216 [126th of 224]
Male population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 1.08 [171st of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 43,064 [128th of 224]
Male population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 0.77 [176th of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 32,872 [133rd of 224]
Male population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 0.59 [186th of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 21,753 [131st of 224]
Male population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 0.39 [188th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 13,235 [134th of 224]
Male population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 0.24 [183rd of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 8,898 [131st of 224]
Male population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.16 [174th of 224]
Median age > Female 22.1 years Time series [149th of 224]
Median age > Male 21.3 years Time series [153rd of 224]
Median age > Total 21.7 years Time series [150th of 224]
Nationality > Adjective Nicaraguan Time series
Nationality > Noun Nicaraguan(s) Time series
North American countries by population density > Density 42 [29th of 36]
North American countries by population density > Population 5,465,100 [10th of 36]
Percentage living in rural areas. 43% [101st of 193]
Percentage living in urban areas 57% [105th of 199]
Persons per room 2.6 [3rd of 60]
Population 5,785,846 Time series [108th of 242]
Population > CIA Factbook 5,785,846 Time series [108th of 240]
Population ages 0-14 > % of total 38.93 % Time series [57th of 185]
Population ages 15-64 > % of total 57.77 % Time series [124th of 185]
Population ages 65 and above > % of total 3.3 % Time series [143rd of 185]
Population growth > annual % 0.52 annual % Time series [149th of 195]
Population growth rate 1.825% Time series [75th of 235]
Population in 2015 6,637 [107th of 225]
Population in largest city 1,165,430 Time series [94th of 118]
    Population in largest city (per capita) 0.226 per capita Time series [30th of 118]
Population in the largest city > % of urban population 38.36 % Time series [34th of 118]
Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million 1,165,430 Time series [95th of 106]
    Population in urban agglomerations > more than 1 million (per capita) 0.226 per capita Time series [45th of 106]
Population, female > % of total 50 % Time series [126th of 190]
Projected population growth 122.22% [32nd of 141]
Rights of the Child Convention > Ratification Dates 5 Oct 1990
Rights of the Child Convention > Signatories 6 Feb 1990
Rural population 2,111,218 Time series [106th of 193]
    Rural population (per capita) 0.41 per capita Time series [106th of 194]
Rural population growth > annual % -0.36 annual % Time series [142nd of 193]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 0.99 [140th of 223]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 0.99 male(s)/female Time series [136th of 224]
Sex ratio > 65 years and over 0.78 male(s)/female Time series [110th of 223]
Sex ratio > At birth 1.05 male(s)/female Time series [117th of 223]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > 15–65 0.99 [139th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > at birth 1.05 [142nd of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > over 65 0.78 [106th of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > total 1 [92nd of 215]
Sex ratio > sex ratios > under 15 1.04 [136th of 215]
Sex ratio > Total population 1 male(s)/female Time series [87th of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.04 male(s)/female Time series [123rd of 224]
Total fertility rate 2.63 children born/woman Time series [91st of 225]
Total Population 5,570,129 [107th of 227]
Total population > Age 10-14 705,899 [91st of 224]
Total population > Age 10-14 > % of the total 12.67 [33rd of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 650,988 [92nd of 224]
Total population > Age 15-19 > % of the total 11.69 [21st of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 572,396 [98th of 224]
Total population > Age 20-24 > % of the total 10.28 [30th of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 499,113 [101st of 224]
Total population > Age 25-29 > % of the total 8.96 [27th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 422,331 [107th of 224]
Total population > Age 30-34 > % of the total 7.58 [72nd of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 341,111 [110th of 224]
Total population > Age 35-39 > % of the total 6.12 [147th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 274,138 [119th of 224]
Total population > Age 40-44 > % of the total 4.92 [161st of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 217,994 [125th of 224]
Total population > Age 45-49 > % of the total 3.91 [162nd of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 175,748 [123rd of 224]
Total population > Age 50-54 > % of the total 3.16 [157th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 123,815 [127th of 224]
Total population > Age 55-59 > % of the total 2.22 [180th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 91,352 [128th of 224]
Total population > Age 60-64 > % of the total 1.64 [185th of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 70,621 [131st of 224]
Total population > Age 65-69 > % of the total 1.27 [186th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 49,770 [134th of 224]
Total population > Age 70-74 > % of the total 0.89 [183rd of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 31,772 [132nd of 224]
Total population > Age 75-79 > % of the total 0.57 [171st of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 22,450 [131st of 224]
Total population > Age 80-84 > % of the total 0.4 [173rd of 224]
Total Population > Female 2,783,841 [108th of 227]
Total Population > Male 2,786,288 [107th of 227]
Urban population 3,038,094 Time series [102nd of 195]
    Urban population (per capita) 0.59 per capita Time series [89th of 196]
Urban population growth > annual % 1.13 annual % Time series [137th of 195]
Urbanization 57 [105th of 204]
Urbanization in 1975 48.9% [66th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015 62.6% [83rd of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males 100 [35th of 144]
Women > Antenatal care coverage % 86 [74th of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence % 69 [38th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males 107 [90th of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported 120 [68th of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted 230 [61st of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery % 67 [119th of 172]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: African diaspora; Wikipedia: African diaspora ; Wikipedia: Afro-Latin American ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Asian Latin American ; University Libraries, Ohio University; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center ; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Wikipedia: List of North American countries by population density ; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; United Nations Secretariat and United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 2001 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.01.XVII.5), Compendium of Human Settlement Statistics 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XVII.11) and United Nations, Compendium of Human Settlements Statistics 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E/F.84.XVII.5); World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; The Office of the High Commissioner for Human RIghts; Wikipedia: Sex ratio ; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Nicaragua, Republic of Nicaragua, Republica de Nicaragua

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