What is the difference in population between Nicaragua and Paraguay?

20,530 people, with Paraguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Paraguay?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nicaragua vs Paraguay: Population

Nicaragua

6.82 million people

in 2023

Paraguay

6.84 million people

in 2023

Nicaragua rank

109th

Paraguay rank

108th

Population over time

Nicaragua
Paraguay

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 6.84 million people against 6.82 million people in Nicaragua, a difference of 20,530 people.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Nicaragua ranks 109th and Paraguay ranks 108th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 17 and Paraguay in 23.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nicaragua	Paraguay	Difference	Ahead
1000s	210,412 people	100,000 people	110,412 people	Nicaragua
1100s	229,540 people	120,000 people	109,540 people	Nicaragua
1200s	250,408 people	140,000 people	110,408 people	Nicaragua
1300s	273,172 people	160,000 people	113,172 people	Nicaragua
1400s	298,006 people	180,000 people	118,006 people	Nicaragua
1500s	325,097 people	200,000 people	125,097 people	Nicaragua
1600s	162,548 people	200,000 people	37,452 people	Paraguay
1700s	81,274 people	200,000 people	118,726 people	Paraguay
1710s	87,079 people	210,000 people	122,921 people	Paraguay
1720s	93,299 people	220,000 people	126,701 people	Paraguay
1730s	99,964 people	230,000 people	130,036 people	Paraguay
1740s	107,104 people	240,000 people	132,896 people	Paraguay
1750s	114,754 people	250,000 people	135,246 people	Paraguay
1760s	122,951 people	260,000 people	137,049 people	Paraguay
1770s	131,733 people	270,000 people	138,267 people	Paraguay
1780s	141,143 people	280,000 people	138,857 people	Paraguay
1790s	151,224 people	290,000 people	138,776 people	Paraguay
1800s	186,000 people	255,373 people	69,373 people	Paraguay
1810s	186,060 people	176,745 people	9,315 people	Nicaragua
1820s	200,322 people	165,065 people	35,256 people	Nicaragua
1830s	234,651 people	221,413 people	13,238 people	Nicaragua
1840s	275,124 people	298,208 people	23,084 people	Paraguay
1850s	312,133 people	357,228 people	45,095 people	Paraguay
1860s	341,288 people	375,728 people	34,440 people	Paraguay
1870s	382,787 people	328,546 people	54,241 people	Nicaragua
1880s	442,343 people	416,004 people	26,339 people	Nicaragua
1890s	511,013 people	548,164 people	37,151 people	Paraguay
1900s	598,040 people	499,836 people	98,203 people	Nicaragua
1910s	709,547 people	629,015 people	80,532 people	Nicaragua
1920s	794,857 people	793,433 people	1,424 people	Nicaragua
1930s	901,981 people	1.00 million people	98,386 people	Paraguay
1940s	1.14 million people	1.29 million people	150,941 people	Paraguay
1950s	1.52 million people	1.67 million people	146,247 people	Paraguay
1960s	2.05 million people	2.10 million people	51,743 people	Paraguay
1970s	2.78 million people	2.67 million people	116,721 people	Nicaragua
1980s	3.66 million people	3.47 million people	187,438 people	Nicaragua
1990s	4.58 million people	4.52 million people	56,966 people	Nicaragua
2000s	5.32 million people	5.41 million people	82,628 people	Paraguay
2010s	6.11 million people	6.12 million people	10,104 people	Paraguay
2020s	6.69 million people	6.72 million people	32,060 people	Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Nicaragua or Paraguay?: Paraguay, at 6.84 million people against 6.82 million people in Nicaragua as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Nicaragua and Paraguay?: 20,530 people, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Paraguay?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Nicaragua and Paraguay rank globally for population?: Nicaragua ranks 109th and Paraguay ranks 108th 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 Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.