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How many babies are born in Nicaragua?

131 thousand babies born in Nicaragua in 2026. That is 0.10% of all births worldwide, and the 99th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Nicaragua: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Nicaragua’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~3.6K ~88K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1000 ~8.6K ~210K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1500 ~12K ~330K 38.1 Modelled estimate
1800 ~7.96K ~186K 42.8 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~25.5K ~554K 46.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 72K 1.33M 54.1 UN estimate
2000 140K 5.02M 27.9 UN estimate
2023 132K 6.82M 19.4 UN estimate
2026 131K 7.1M 18.5 UN projection
2050 114K 8.76M 13.1 UN projection
2075 94.7K 9.22M 10.3 UN projection
2100 78.1K 8.61M 9.1 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Nicaragua among estimates through 2023 were in 1991, at about 153K. That is roughly 42 times the estimated ~3.61K births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.16 children per woman, fertility in Nicaragua is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Nicaragua each year?

An estimated 131 thousand babies are born in Nicaragua in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 359 a day and 0.10% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Nicaragua?

Nicaragua has an estimated 18.5 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.16 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.