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Nicaragua: area, population and density
Nicaragua has 120,340 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 7,007,502; calculated population density is 58 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Nicaragua ranks 98th of 196 by land area, 108th by population and 131st by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 120,340 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 7,007,502World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 58 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Nicaragua in the country comparison set
Nicaragua has 120,340 sq km of land area and a population value of 7,007,502 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 98th by land area, 108th by population, and 131st by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
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