Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Americas · Central America

How many babies are born in Nicaragua?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Nicaragua through history

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Estimated annual births in Nicaragua, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 132K 6.92M 19.1 UN projection
2026 131K 7.1M 18.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Nicaragua are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1991, at about 153K. That is roughly 36 times the estimated ~3.6K 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.