What is the difference in population between Kyrgyzstan and Nicaragua?

249,900 people, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.

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

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.

Kyrgyzstan vs Nicaragua: Population

Kyrgyzstan

7.07 million people

in 2023

Nicaragua

6.82 million people

in 2023

Kyrgyzstan rank

107th

Nicaragua rank

109th

Population over time

Kyrgyzstan
Nicaragua

How they compare

Kyrgyzstan currently reports 7.07 million people against 6.82 million people in Nicaragua, a difference of 249,900 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kyrgyzstan ahead.

Kyrgyzstan ranks 107th and Nicaragua ranks 109th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Kyrgyzstan averaged higher in 38 and Nicaragua in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kyrgyzstan	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
1000s	250,000 people	210,412 people	39,588 people	Kyrgyzstan
1100s	270,000 people	229,540 people	40,460 people	Kyrgyzstan
1200s	290,000 people	250,408 people	39,592 people	Kyrgyzstan
1300s	310,000 people	273,172 people	36,828 people	Kyrgyzstan
1400s	330,000 people	298,006 people	31,994 people	Kyrgyzstan
1500s	350,000 people	325,097 people	24,903 people	Kyrgyzstan
1600s	400,000 people	162,548 people	237,452 people	Kyrgyzstan
1700s	450,000 people	81,274 people	368,726 people	Kyrgyzstan
1710s	475,339 people	87,079 people	388,260 people	Kyrgyzstan
1720s	501,747 people	93,299 people	408,448 people	Kyrgyzstan
1730s	529,622 people	99,964 people	429,658 people	Kyrgyzstan
1740s	559,045 people	107,104 people	451,941 people	Kyrgyzstan
1750s	590,103 people	114,754 people	475,349 people	Kyrgyzstan
1760s	622,887 people	122,951 people	499,936 people	Kyrgyzstan
1770s	657,492 people	131,733 people	525,759 people	Kyrgyzstan
1780s	694,019 people	141,143 people	552,876 people	Kyrgyzstan
1790s	732,576 people	151,224 people	581,352 people	Kyrgyzstan
1800s	530,343 people	186,000 people	344,343 people	Kyrgyzstan
1810s	530,440 people	186,060 people	344,381 people	Kyrgyzstan
1820s	553,219 people	200,322 people	352,897 people	Kyrgyzstan
1830s	605,713 people	234,651 people	371,062 people	Kyrgyzstan
1840s	663,649 people	275,124 people	388,525 people	Kyrgyzstan
1850s	727,074 people	312,133 people	414,941 people	Kyrgyzstan
1860s	796,491 people	341,288 people	455,203 people	Kyrgyzstan
1870s	872,535 people	382,787 people	489,748 people	Kyrgyzstan
1880s	955,840 people	442,343 people	513,497 people	Kyrgyzstan
1890s	1.05 million people	511,013 people	536,087 people	Kyrgyzstan
1900s	1.15 million people	598,040 people	549,031 people	Kyrgyzstan
1910s	1.26 million people	709,547 people	547,046 people	Kyrgyzstan
1920s	1.38 million people	794,857 people	581,867 people	Kyrgyzstan
1930s	1.51 million people	901,981 people	606,426 people	Kyrgyzstan
1940s	1.65 million people	1.14 million people	510,026 people	Kyrgyzstan
1950s	1.93 million people	1.52 million people	413,196 people	Kyrgyzstan
1960s	2.58 million people	2.05 million people	524,167 people	Kyrgyzstan
1970s	3.34 million people	2.78 million people	560,666 people	Kyrgyzstan
1980s	4.06 million people	3.66 million people	401,339 people	Kyrgyzstan
1990s	4.71 million people	4.58 million people	128,642 people	Kyrgyzstan
2000s	5.22 million people	5.32 million people	107,714 people	Nicaragua
2010s	5.96 million people	6.11 million people	144,549 people	Nicaragua
2020s	6.88 million people	6.69 million people	187,410 people	Kyrgyzstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Kyrgyzstan or Nicaragua?: Kyrgyzstan, at 7.07 million people against 6.82 million people in Nicaragua as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Kyrgyzstan and Nicaragua?: 249,900 people, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kyrgyzstan and Nicaragua?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Kyrgyzstan and Nicaragua rank globally for population?: Kyrgyzstan ranks 107th and Nicaragua ranks 109th 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.