Indicator	Value
Total population	6,920,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 6,916,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 6,916,000 people
Median age	25.6 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	74.9–75.1 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 75.1 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 74.95 years
Ethnic groups	Mestizo (mixed Indigenous and White) 69%, White 17%, Black 9%, Indigenous 5%CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Spanish (official) 99.5%, Indigenous 0.3%, Portuguese 0.1%, other 0.1% (2020 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Roman Catholic 44.9%, Protestant 38.7% (Evangelical 38.2, Adventist 0.5%), other 1.2%, (includes Jehovah's Witness and Church of Jesus Christ), believer but not belonging to a church 1%, agnostic or atheist 0.4%, none 13.7%, unspecified 0.2% (2020 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	59.8% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	1.35 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	19.1 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	4.64 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	59.3 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Garifuna / Mangue / Matagalpa / Mayangna / Mískito / Nicaragua Creole English / Nicaraguan Sign Language / Rama / Spanish / Subtiaba / Ulwa / Western JicaqueGlottolog [2026]