Kyrgyzstan vs Nicaragua
Kyrgyzstan has 5% more people than Nicaragua: 7,343,064 vs 7,007,502, a gap of 335,562. Kyrgyzstan is growing faster (+1.66% vs +1.31% a year), adding about 122,207 people a year against +91,963. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Nicaragua is 1.5× as densely populated (56.7 vs 37.0 people per km²). People in Nicaragua live 2.7 years longer on average (75.1 vs 72.4).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Kyrgyzstan) and 2025 (Nicaragua); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Kyrgyzstan vs Nicaragua — side by side
 Kyrgyzstan |  Nicaragua | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 7,343,0642025 | 7,007,5022025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.66%2025 | +1.31%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 19.42024 | 19.12024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 4.42024 | 4.62024 |
| Children per woman | 2.602024 | 2.212024 |
| Life expectancy | 72.4 yrs2024 | 75.1 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 31.9%2025 | 28.3%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 6.0%2025 | 5.7%2025 |
| Density | 37.0 /km²2023 | 56.7 /km²2023 |
| Area | 199,950 km²2023 | 130,370 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 34.7%2025 | 59.4%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +1,8152025 | -8,3712025 |
| GDP per capita | $3,0812025 | $3,1732025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #106 | #108 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.09% | 0.09% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Kyrgyzstan: 3.4× from 1960 to 2025; Nicaragua: 3.9× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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