Nicaragua vs Peru: World population growth
Nicaragua
-0.4%
in 2100
Peru
-0.4%
in 2100
Nicaragua rank
144th
Peru rank
145th
World population growth over time
- Nicaragua
- Peru
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports -0.4% against -0.4% in Peru, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1700 it was Peru ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 144th and Peru ranks 145th of 238 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 19 and Peru in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | -0.7% | 0.1% | 0.8% | Peru |
| 1800s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Nicaragua |
| 1900s | 1.6% | 1.1% | 0.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1910s | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1920s | 0.9% | 1.5% | 0.6% | Peru |
| 1930s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 0.0% | Peru |
| 1940s | 2.6% | 1.7% | 0.9% | Nicaragua |
| 1950s | 2.9% | 2.8% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1960s | 3.1% | 2.9% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 3.0% | 2.5% | 0.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 2.5% | 2.4% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 1.9% | 1.9% | 0.0% | Peru |
| 2000s | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.4% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Nicaragua |
| 2030s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Nicaragua |
| 2040s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 2050s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 2060s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 2070s | -0.1% | -0.2% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 2080s | -0.2% | -0.3% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 2090s | -0.4% | -0.4% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
| 2100s | -0.4% | -0.4% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher world population growth, Nicaragua or Peru?
- Nicaragua, at -0.4% against -0.4% in Peru as of 2100.
- What is the difference in world population growth between Nicaragua and Peru?
- 0.0%, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Peru?
- 163 years are reported by both, from 1700 to 2100.
- How do Nicaragua and Peru rank globally for world population growth?
- Nicaragua ranks 144th and Peru ranks 145th of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as World population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.