What is the difference in population between Nicaragua and Serbia?

50,420 people, with Nicaragua ahead.

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

224 years are reported by both, from 1800 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 Serbia: Population

Nicaragua

6.82 million people

in 2023

Serbia

6.77 million people

in 2023

Nicaragua rank

109th

Serbia rank

111th

Population over time

Nicaragua
Serbia

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 6.82 million people against 6.77 million people in Serbia, a difference of 50,420 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 224 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Serbia ahead.

Nicaragua ranks 109th and Serbia ranks 111th of 238 countries.

Serbia has averaged higher in every one of the 23 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nicaragua	Serbia	Difference	Ahead
1800s	186,000 people	2.15 million people	1.96 million people	Serbia
1810s	186,060 people	2.15 million people	1.96 million people	Serbia
1820s	200,322 people	2.13 million people	1.93 million people	Serbia
1830s	234,651 people	2.09 million people	1.85 million people	Serbia
1840s	275,124 people	2.04 million people	1.77 million people	Serbia
1850s	312,133 people	1.99 million people	1.68 million people	Serbia
1860s	341,288 people	1.92 million people	1.58 million people	Serbia
1870s	382,787 people	1.85 million people	1.47 million people	Serbia
1880s	442,343 people	1.92 million people	1.47 million people	Serbia
1890s	511,013 people	2.16 million people	1.65 million people	Serbia
1900s	598,040 people	2.46 million people	1.87 million people	Serbia
1910s	709,547 people	2.91 million people	2.20 million people	Serbia
1920s	794,857 people	3.56 million people	2.77 million people	Serbia
1930s	901,981 people	4.39 million people	3.49 million people	Serbia
1940s	1.14 million people	5.41 million people	4.26 million people	Serbia
1950s	1.52 million people	6.31 million people	4.79 million people	Serbia
1960s	2.05 million people	6.99 million people	4.94 million people	Serbia
1970s	2.78 million people	7.55 million people	4.76 million people	Serbia
1980s	3.66 million people	7.86 million people	4.20 million people	Serbia
1990s	4.58 million people	7.82 million people	3.24 million people	Serbia
2000s	5.32 million people	7.55 million people	2.23 million people	Serbia
2010s	6.11 million people	7.20 million people	1.09 million people	Serbia
2020s	6.69 million people	6.83 million people	135,842 people	Serbia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Nicaragua or Serbia?: Nicaragua, at 6.82 million people against 6.77 million people in Serbia as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Nicaragua and Serbia?: 50,420 people, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Serbia?: 224 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2023.
How do Nicaragua and Serbia rank globally for population?: Nicaragua ranks 109th and Serbia ranks 111th 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.