| People | Nicaragua |
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Population:
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5,666,301 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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48 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 57% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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MANAGUA (capital) 934,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 31.7% (male 913,905/female 879,818)
15-64 years: 63.8% (male 1,743,591/female 1,874,025)
65 years and over: 4.5% (male 116,153/female 138,809) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 22.9 years
male: 22.1 years
female: 23.7 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.088% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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19.46 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.03 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-3.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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100 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 22.64 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.94 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 71.9 years
male: 69.82 years
female: 74.09 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.12 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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9.5% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.37 physicians/1,000 population (2003) |
Hospital bed density:
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0.9 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 68% of population
total: 85% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population
rural: 32% of population
total: 15% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 63% of population
rural: 37% of population
total: 52% of population
unimproved:
urban: 37% of population
rural: 63% of population
total: 48% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: dengue fever and malaria
water contact disease: leptospirosis (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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6,900 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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4.3% (2004) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Nicaraguan(s)
adjective: Nicaraguan |
Ethnic groups:
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mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5% |
Religions:
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Roman Catholic 58.5%, Protestant 23.2% (Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%), Jehovah's Witnesses 0.9%, other 1.7%, none 15.7% (2005 census) |
Languages:
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Spanish (official) 97.5%, Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census)
note: English and indigenous languages found on the Atlantic coast |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 67.5%
male: 67.2%
female: 67.8% (2003 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2003) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.1% of GDP (2003) |
People - note:
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void |
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