Population aged 15–64 — all countries

Population aged 15–64 — Nicaragua

Population aged 15–64 in Nicaragua in 2025 — 4,624,236 people. Ranked 106 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 420.9%.

2025 4.62M people +1.76% vs 2024
World rank 106of 217
Period maximum 4.62M people2025
Period minimum 887,723 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population aged 15–64 — Nicaragua, 1960–202502M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 887,723 people1962: 934,544 people1964: 990,924 people1966: 1,059,163 people1968: 1,132,653 people1970: 1,210,012 people1972: 1,288,453 people1974: 1,370,223 people1976: 1,457,743 people1978: 1,545,898 people1980: 1,628,676 people1982: 1,723,711 people1984: 1,815,930 people1986: 1,907,788 people1988: 2,008,474 people1990: 2,128,033 people1992: 2,260,232 people1994: 2,401,894 people1996: 2,547,682 people1998: 2,686,664 people2000: 2,820,984 people2002: 2,951,389 people2004: 3,082,061 people2006: 3,226,281 people2008: 3,374,384 people2010: 3,522,296 people2012: 3,670,129 people2014: 3,812,572 people2016: 3,950,270 people2018: 4,086,462 people2020: 4,229,139 people2022: 4,382,578 people2024: 4,544,425 people2025: 4,624,236 people
Change over the period: +3.74M (+420.91%) Average annual rate: 2.57 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nicaragua

Nicaragua 4.62M people
World 5.36B people
Central America computed 124M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.13B people
Population aged 15–64 — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 4.62M +79,811 +1.76%
2024 4.54M +80,633 +1.81%
2023 4.46M +81,214 +1.85%
2022 4.38M +78,009 +1.81%
2021 4.3M +75,430 +1.78%
2020 4.23M +73,250 +1.76%
2019 4.16M +69,427 +1.7%
2018 4.09M +68,219 +1.7%
2017 4.02M +67,973 +1.72%
2016 3.95M +68,621 +1.77%
2015 3.88M +69,077 +1.81%
2014 3.81M +70,197 +1.88%
2013 3.74M +72,246 +1.97%
2012 3.67M +73,823 +2.05%
2011 3.6M +74,010 +2.1%
2010 3.52M +73,780 +2.14%
2009 3.45M +74,132 +2.2%
2008 3.37M +74,284 +2.25%
2007 3.3M +73,819 +2.29%
2006 3.23M +74,015 +2.35%
2005 3.15M +70,205 +2.28%
2004 3.08M +65,587 +2.17%
2003 3.02M +65,085 +2.21%
2002 2.95M +64,889 +2.25%
2001 2.89M +65,516 +2.32%
2000 2.82M +66,716 +2.42%
1999 2.75M +67,604 +2.52%
1998 2.69M +68,837 +2.63%
1997 2.62M +70,145 +2.75%
1996 2.55M +72,257 +2.92%
1995 2.48M +73,531 +3.06%
1994 2.4M +71,905 +3.09%
1993 2.33M +69,757 +3.09%
1992 2.26M +67,505 +3.08%
1991 2.19M +64,694 +3.04%
1990 2.13M +61,725 +2.99%
1989 2.07M +57,834 +2.88%
1988 2.01M +52,148 +2.67%
1987 1.96M +48,538 +2.54%
1986 1.91M +46,761 +2.51%
1985 1.86M +45,097 +2.48%
1984 1.82M +45,323 +2.56%
1983 1.77M +46,896 +2.72%
1982 1.72M +47,637 +2.84%
1981 1.68M +47,398 +2.91%
1980 1.63M +42,660 +2.69%
1979 1.59M +40,118 +2.6%
1978 1.55M +43,545 +2.9%
1977 1.5M +44,610 +3.06%
1976 1.46M +44,146 +3.12%
1975 1.41M +43,374 +3.17%
1974 1.37M +42,403 +3.19%
1973 1.33M +39,367 +3.06%
1972 1.29M +38,549 +3.08%
1971 1.25M +39,892 +3.3%
1970 1.21M +39,102 +3.34%
1969 1.17M +38,257 +3.38%
1968 1.13M +37,291 +3.4%
1967 1.1M +36,199 +3.42%
1966 1.06M +34,951 +3.41%
1965 1.02M +33,288 +3.36%
1964 990,924 +30,059 +3.13%
1963 960,865 +26,321 +2.82%
1962 934,544 +23,999 +2.64%
1961 910,545 +22,822 +2.57%
1960 887,723

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The population aged 15 to 64 inclusive — the group that international statistics treat as working age regardless of the national retirement age. Its growth relative to the other groups is called the demographic dividend: it gives a country a period when workers are many and dependents are few. That period is finite, and this series shows which countries are passing through it now and which have already passed it.

Important: The 15–64 bounds are a convention and do not coincide with the retirement age in any country. This is not the number of people employed — the labor force indicator covers that.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.