Nicaragua Demographics Profile 2013

Population

5,727,707 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 30.8% (male 899,555/female 865,652)
15-24 years: 22.6% (male 649,119/female 647,736)
25-54 years: 36.9% (male 997,987/female 1,113,165)
55-64 years: 5.1% (male 135,068/female 155,130)
65 years and over: 4.6% (male 119,995/female 144,300) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 23.4 years
male: 22.6 years
female: 24.2 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

1.067% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

19.12 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

5.04 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

-3.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 57% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

MANAGUA (capital) 934,000 (2009)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 21.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.05 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 72.18 years
male: 70.07 years
female: 74.39 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.08 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.2% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

6,900 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 500 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 63% of population
rural: 37% of population
total: 52% of population
unimproved:
urban: 37% of population
rural: 63% of population
total: 48% of population

Major infectious diseases

degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: dengue fever and malaria
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009)

Nationality

noun: Nicaraguan(s)
adjective: Nicaraguan

Ethnic groups

mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%

Religions

Roman Catholic 58.5%, Protestant 23.2% (Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%), Jehovah's Witnesses 0.9%, other 1.7%, none 15.7% (2005 census)

Languages

Spanish (official) 97.5%, Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census)
note: English and indigenous languages found on the Atlantic coast

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.5%
male: 67.2%
female: 67.8% (2003 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2003)

Education expenditures

3.1% of GDP (2003)

Maternal mortality rate

95 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

4.3% (2004)

Health expenditures

9.5% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

0.37 physicians/1,000 population (2003)

Hospital bed density

0.9 beds/1,000 population (2008)