Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Nicaragua

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Nicaragua in 2025 — 16%. Ranked 86 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 4.85 pp.

2025 16% −0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank 86of 121
Period maximum 18.63%1995
Period minimum 11.14%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Nicaragua, 1960–202510121416182019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11.14%1962: 11.81%1964: 12.56%1966: 13.37%1968: 14.22%1970: 15.11%1972: 15.57%1974: 15.69%1976: 15.79%1978: 15.92%1980: 16.13%1982: 16.32%1984: 16.59%1986: 16.93%1988: 17.29%1990: 17.65%1992: 18.04%1994: 18.48%1996: 18.38%1998: 17.98%2000: 17.66%2002: 17.39%2004: 17.16%2006: 17.13%2008: 17.32%2010: 17.29%2012: 17.04%2014: 16.81%2016: 16.58%2018: 16.37%2020: 16.2%2022: 16.09%2024: 16.01%2025: 16%
Change over the period: +4.85 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Nicaragua 16%
World 25.29%
Central America computed 36.26%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 16 −0.01 pp
2024 16.01 −0.03 pp
2023 16.04 −0.05 pp
2022 16.09 −0.05 pp
2021 16.15 −0.06 pp
2020 16.2 −0.08 pp
2019 16.28 −0.09 pp
2018 16.37 −0.1 pp
2017 16.48 −0.11 pp
2016 16.58 −0.11 pp
2015 16.69 −0.11 pp
2014 16.81 −0.12 pp
2013 16.92 −0.12 pp
2012 17.04 −0.12 pp
2011 17.16 −0.13 pp
2010 17.29 −0.13 pp
2009 17.42 +0.1 pp
2008 17.32 +0.09 pp
2007 17.23 +0.09 pp
2006 17.13 +0.09 pp
2005 17.04 −0.12 pp
2004 17.16 −0.12 pp
2003 17.28 −0.12 pp
2002 17.39 −0.12 pp
2001 17.52 −0.14 pp
2000 17.66 −0.16 pp
1999 17.81 −0.17 pp
1998 17.98 −0.19 pp
1997 18.17 −0.21 pp
1996 18.38 −0.25 pp
1995 18.63 +0.15 pp
1994 18.48 +0.23 pp
1993 18.25 +0.21 pp
1992 18.04 +0.2 pp
1991 17.84 +0.19 pp
1990 17.65 +0.18 pp
1989 17.47 +0.18 pp
1988 17.29 +0.19 pp
1987 17.11 +0.18 pp
1986 16.93 +0.17 pp
1985 16.75 +0.16 pp
1984 16.59 +0.15 pp
1983 16.44 +0.12 pp
1982 16.32 +0.1 pp
1981 16.22 +0.09 pp
1980 16.13 +0.1 pp
1979 16.03 +0.11 pp
1978 15.92 +0.08 pp
1977 15.85 +0.06 pp
1976 15.79 +0.05 pp
1975 15.74 +0.05 pp
1974 15.69 +0.05 pp
1973 15.64 +0.07 pp
1972 15.57 +0.07 pp
1971 15.5 +0.39 pp
1970 15.11 +0.46 pp
1969 14.66 +0.44 pp
1968 14.22 +0.43 pp
1967 13.79 +0.42 pp
1966 13.37 +0.41 pp
1965 12.96 +0.4 pp
1964 12.56 +0.39 pp
1963 12.17 +0.35 pp
1962 11.81 +0.34 pp
1961 11.47 +0.33 pp
1960 11.14

Central America, 2025

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

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

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