page_title: Demographics of Nicaragua
section_title: Population
hierarchical_section_title: Demographics of Nicaragua / Population
context_page_description: According to the 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects, Nicaragua has a population of 6,465,501. Whites/Castizo and Mestizos and tribally unaffiliated Native Americans combined make up about 86% of the population. The remainder of the Nicaraguan population is 9% Zambo|African|Mulatto, and 5% Tribal Native American.
  Prior to the Sandinista revolution of 1979 since most of the migration during the years that followed were primarily of upper or middle-class Nicaraguans, a group primarily made up of whites. A growing number of these expats have returned, while many continue to live abroad.
  The 42.5% of the population live below to the poverty line, The general poverty rate is estimated of 47.3%, although much of the population lives in the lower middle class because of low salaries and a minimal amount of PIB.
  The most populous city in the country is the capital city, Managua, with a population of 1.2 million. As of 2005, over 4.4 million inhabitants live in the Pacific, Central and North regions. 2.7 million inhabitants reside in the Pacific region alone, while inhabitants in the Caribbean region only reach an estimated 700,000.
context_section_description: According to the 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects the total population was 6,465,501 in 2018, compared to only 1,295,000 in 1950. The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 34.5%, 60.9% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 4.6% was 65 years or older
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caption: Nicaragua's total population, 2005. Number of inhabitants in thousands.
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