Nicaragua vs Paraguay
Paraguay has about the same population as Nicaragua: 7,013,078 vs 7,007,502, a gap of 5,576. Nicaragua is growing faster (+1.31% vs +1.20% a year), adding about 91,963 people a year against +84,431. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Nicaragua would overtake Paraguay in about 1 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2026) — a projection, not a forecast. Paraguay is the older society: 6.7% aged 65+ against 5.7% in Nicaragua. Nicaragua is 3.3× as densely populated (56.7 vs 17.3 people per km²). People in Nicaragua live 1.1 years longer on average (75.1 vs 74.0). GDP per capita is 2.2× higher in Paraguay ($7,027 vs $3,173).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Nicaragua) and 2025 (Paraguay); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Nicaragua vs Paraguay — side by side
 Nicaragua |  Paraguay | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 7,007,5022025 | 7,013,0782025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.31%2025 | +1.20%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 19.12024 | 19.72024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 4.62024 | 5.72024 |
| Children per woman | 2.212024 | 2.422024 |
| Life expectancy | 75.1 yrs2024 | 74.0 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 28.3%2025 | 28.4%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 5.7%2025 | 6.7%2025 |
| Density | 56.7 /km²2023 | 17.3 /km²2023 |
| Area | 130,370 km²2023 | 406,752 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 59.4%2025 | 70.4%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -8,3712025 | -12,4232025 |
| GDP per capita | $3,1732025 | $7,0272025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #108 | #107 |
| 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). Nicaragua: 3.9× from 1960 to 2025; Paraguay: 3.7× 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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