What is the difference in number of children under 5 between Nicaragua and Paraguay?

22,054 people, with Paraguay ahead.

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

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children under 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nicaragua vs Paraguay: Number of children under 5

Nicaragua

657,210 people

in 2023

Paraguay

679,264 people

in 2023

Nicaragua rank

101st

Paraguay rank

99th

Number of children under 5 over time

Nicaragua
Paraguay

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 679,264 people against 657,210 people in Nicaragua, a difference of 22,054 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Paraguay ahead.

Nicaragua ranks 101st and Paraguay ranks 99th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 6 and Paraguay in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nicaragua	Paraguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	298,363 people	309,237 people	10,874 people	Paraguay
1960s	393,236 people	375,795 people	17,441 people	Nicaragua
1970s	523,678 people	423,680 people	99,998 people	Nicaragua
1980s	655,791 people	558,694 people	97,097 people	Nicaragua
1990s	704,403 people	671,936 people	32,467 people	Nicaragua
2000s	663,571 people	641,952 people	21,619 people	Nicaragua
2010s	673,974 people	648,733 people	25,241 people	Nicaragua
2020s	661,809 people	681,974 people	20,165 people	Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children under 5, Nicaragua or Paraguay?: Paraguay, at 679,264 people against 657,210 people in Nicaragua as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children under 5 between Nicaragua and Paraguay?: 22,054 people, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Paraguay?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Nicaragua and Paraguay rank globally for number of children under 5?: Nicaragua ranks 101st and Paraguay ranks 99th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children under 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Number of children under 5
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-4.