Nicaragua
MIGRATION PROFILES
Part I. Global legal instruments related to international migration
States parties to United Nations legal instruments
Year ratified: Year ratified:
- 1949 ILO Migration for Employment Convention 1990 1989 Conv. on the Rights of the Child
1980 1951 Refugee Convention 2005 1990 UN Migrant Workers Convention
1980 1967 Refugee Protocol 2004 2000 Human Trafficking Protocol
- 1975 ILO Migrant Workers Convention 2006 2000 Migrant Smuggling Protocol
Part II. Population indicators
Population estimates
1990 2000 2010 2013 40
Males ('000) 2 064 2 539 2 881 3 007
Females ('000) 2 074 2 562 2 941 3 073 30
Total ('000) 4 138 5 101 5 822 6 080 20
Percentage urban population 52 55 57 58
Percentage rural population 48 45 43 42 10
0
1985-90 1995-00 2005-10 2010-15
-10
Average annual rate of change 2.18 1.81 1.30 1.44
Annual rate of natural increase* 29.76 24.56 20.11 18.36
1985-90 1995-00 2005-10 2010-15
Crude net migration rate* -7.94 -6.47 -7.09 -3.97
Annual rate of natural increase*
Total net migration ('000) -156 -158 -200 -120
* Per 1,000 population Crude net migration rate*
Projected change in total population by component (x 1000) 20
2015-20 2025-30 2035-40 2045-50 15
Total population at end of period 6 665 7 391 7 972 8 355
10
Population change during period 409 353 268 165
Annual rate of natural increase* 16.38 12.55 9.39 6.41 5
Crude net migration rate* -3.72 -2.77 -2.55 -2.42
* Per 1,000 population 0
Projected change in working-age (15-64) population (x 1000) -5
2015-20 2025-30 2035-40 2045-50
2015-20 2025-30 2035-40 2045-50
Medium variant 327 302 188 7 Annual rate of natural increase*
Zero-migration variant 438 407 310 123 Crude net migration rate*
Difference -111 -105 -123 -115
Part III. Development indicators
Development indicators (years are approximate for some indicators / countries)
1990 2000 2010 2013* 0.70 76
Life expectancy at birth 64.1 69.7 73.8 74.8 74
Adult literacy rate (ages 15 and older) .. 76.7 78.0 .. 0.60
72
Combined gross enrolment ratio in 0.50 70
Years
education (per cent) 52.5 65.3 .. .. 68
HDI
0.40
GDP per capita (PPP in thousands of US 66
dollars) 1 760 2 448 3 613 4 072 0.30 64
Human development index (HDI) 0.48 0.53 0.59 0.60 62
* 2013 or latest available 0.20
60
0.10 58
Remittances (years are approximate for some indicators / countries) 1990 2000 2010 2013*
1990 2000 2010 2012*
Inflows (millions of US dollars) .. 320 825 1010 Human development index (HDI)
Outflows (millions of US dollars) .. .. 1 1 Life expectancy at birth
Inflows as a share of GDP (%) .. 6.3 9.6 9.6
* Estimate
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Part IV. International migrant stocks
International migrant stock by age and sex
1990 2000 2013
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
0-4 3 520 3 243 6 763 1 980 1 873 3 853 2 207 1 955 4 162
5-9 1 810 1 664 3 474 1 765 1 707 3 472 2 277 2 117 4 394
10-14 1 858 1 721 3 579 3 514 3 496 7 010 2 041 1 988 4 029
15-19 2 091 2 175 4 266 1 349 1 453 2 802 1 836 1 855 3 691
20-24 2 099 2 490 4 589 805 928 1 733 3 111 3 188 6 299
25-29 1 999 2 443 4 442 721 828 1 549 2 142 2 159 4 301
30-34 1 689 1 871 3 560 746 808 1 554 1 302 1 268 2 570
35-39 1 282 1 220 2 502 790 786 1 576 1 097 1 018 2 115
40-44 940 767 1 707 783 697 1 480 1 022 891 1 913
45-49 773 575 1 348 759 609 1 368 971 793 1 764
50-54 653 483 1 136 596 466 1 062 895 702 1 597
55-59 599 441 1 040 459 363 822 822 640 1 462
60-64 566 441 1 007 417 340 757 677 534 1 211
65+ 748 631 1 379 808 699 1 507 1 088 886 1 974
Total 20 627 20 165 40 792 15 492 15 053 30 545 21 488 19 994 41 482
Total population by age and sex, 2013 Migrant stock by age and sex, 2013
65+ Native-born Foreign-born
(males) Native-born
(males) Foreign-born
(females) (females) 65+
Males Females
60-64 0-4 -5.7 0.0 5.5 0.0 60-64 -5.3 4.7
55-59
50-54 5-9 -5.5 0.0 5.3 0.0 55-59 -5.5 5.1
45-49 50-54
40-44 10-14 -5.4 0.0 5.2 0.0 45-49 -4.9 4.8
35-39 15-19 -5.4 0.0 5.4 0.0 40-44 -4.4 4.5
30-34 35-39
25-29 20-24 -5.0 -0.1 5.1 0.1 30-34 -7.5 7.7
20-24 25-29 -4.3 0.0 4.5 0.0 25-29 -5.2 5.2
15-19 20-24
10-14 30-34 -3.7 0.0 4.0 0.0 -3.1 3.1
15-19
5-9 35-39 -3.0 0.0 3.3 0.0 10-14 -2.6 2.5
0-4 5-9
40-44 -2.5 0.0 2.7 0.0 -2.5 2.1
6 4 2-2.1 0 0-4
45-49 0.0 2 2.24 6 0.0 -2.3 1.9
50-54 -1.8Percentage0.0 1.9 0.0 10 5 -2.2 01.7
Percentage
5 10
55-59 Native-born (males)
-1.5 Foreign-born1.6
0.0 (males) 0.0 -2.0
Males
1.5
Females
Native-born (females) Foreign-born (females)
60-64 -1.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 -1.6 1.3
65+ -2.1 0.0 2.5 0.0 -2.6 2.1
Migrant stock by origin (2013) Migrant stock by destination (2013)
Top 5 countries or areas of origin Total Top 5 countries or areas of destination Total
Honduras 12 717 Costa Rica 303 523
Costa Rica 11 057 United States of America 274 293
United States of America 3 651 Spain 18 353
El Salvador 2 510 Panama 11 080
Guatemala 1 809 Canada 10 525
Total 31 744 Total 617 774
Refugee population by origin (end 2012) Refugee population by destination (end 2012)
Top 5 countries or areas of origin Total Top 5 countries or areas of destination Total
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
Total Total
Tertiary students by origin (2013) Tertiary students by destination (2013)
Top 5 countries or areas of origin Total Top 5 countries or areas of destination Total
0 United States of America 426
0 Spain 136
0 El Salvador 104
0 Germany 43
0 France 35
Total Total 744
DEFINITIONS AND SOURCES
States parties to United Nations legal instruments : Indicates whether a country has ratified the relevant international instrument and if so, the year of ratification.
The relevant instruments are the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees; the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees, and the 1990 International
Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. In addition, two Protocols relevant to international migration
supplement the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, namely the 2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in
Persons, Especially Women and Children and the 2000 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air. Source : United Nations Treaty Collection.
See: http://treaties.un.org.
Males: De facto male population as of 1 July of the year indicated. Data are presented in thousands. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, Population Division (2013). World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision.
Females: De facto female population as of 1 July of the year indicated. Data are presented in thousands. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and
Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision.
Total population: De facto population in a country, area or region as of 1 July of the year indicated. Figures are presented in thousands. Source: United Nations,
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision.
Percentage urban population: Urban population as a percentage of the total population. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
Population Division (2012). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2011 Revision.
Percentage rural population: Rural population as a percentage of the total population. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
Population Division (2012). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2011 Revision.
Annual rate of change: Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is expressed as a percentage. Source: United Nations,
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision.
Annual rate of natural increase: Crude birth rate minus the crude death rate. Represents the portion of population growth (or decline) determined exclusively by
births and deaths. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). World Population Prospects: The 2012
Revision.
Crude net migration rate: The ratio of net migration during the year to the average population in that year. The value is expressed per 1 000 inhabitants. Source:
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision.
Total net migration: Net number of migrants, that is, the number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants. It is expressed in thousands. Source: United
Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013) World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision.
Total population at end of period: Total population on 30 June of the final year of the period. Data are from the medium variant (see below) of the World Population
Prospects. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision.
Population change during period: Total population change over a period, that is, the difference between the population at the end of the period and that at the
beginning of the period. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). World Population Prospects: The 2012
Revision.
Medium variant: The medium projection variant combines the medium fertility assumption together with normal-mortality and normal international migration
assumptions and is a central reference for trends over the longer term that results from the probabilistic approach that simulates future fertility paths for each country.
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision.
Zero-migration variant: Under this assumption, the medium variant is modified so that international migration for each country is set to zero starting in 2010-2015.
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision.
Life expectancy at birth: Number of years a newborn infant could expect to live if prevailing patterns of age-specific mortality rates at the time of birth stay the same
throughout the infants life. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). World Population Prospects: The
2012 Revision.
Adult literacy rate: The percentage of population aged 15 years and older who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on his/her
everyday life. Generally, literacy also encompasses numeracy, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization. Institute for Statistics (2012). http://stats.uis.unesco.org
Combined gross enrolment ratio in education: Total enrolment in a specific level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the eligible official
school-age population corresponding to the same level of education in a given school year. For the tertiary level, the population used is that of the five-year age group
following on from the secondary school leaving. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Institute for Statistics (2012).
http://stats.uis.unesco.org
GDP per capita (PPP in USD): Gross domestic product converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same
purchasing power over GDP as the U.S. dollar has in the United States. GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the
economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of
fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. Data are in current international dollars. Source: World Development Indicators - World Bank
(2013).
Human development index (HDI): A composite measure of achievements in three basic dimensions of human developmenta long and healthy life, access to
education and a decent standard of living. For ease of comparability, the average value of achievements in these three dimensions is put on a scale of 0 to 1, where
greater is better, and these indicators are aggregated using geometric means. Source: United Nations Development Program (2013). Human Development Report
Office.
Remittances: Remittances are dened as the sum of workers remittances, compensation of employees, and migrants transfers. Regional aggregates were calculated
by the United Nations Population Division. All data are reported in current U.S. dollars. Remittance inflows refer to the sum of workers' remittances, compensation
of employees and migrants' transfers received by the country of enumeration, while outflows refer to remittance outflows by the country of enumeration. Source:
World Bank staff calculation based on data from IMF Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook 2012 and data releases from central banks, national statistical
agencies, and World Bank country desks.
Remittance inflows as share of GDP: Source: World Bank staff calculation based on data from IMF Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook 2012 and data
releases from central banks, national statistical agencies, and World Bank country desks.
International migrant stock by age and sex : The mid-year (1 July) estimate of the number of people living in a country or area other than that in which they were
born. If the number of foreign-born was not available, the estimate refers to the number of people living in a country other than that of their citizenship. Source :
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2013 Revision (United Nations
database, POP/DB/MIG/Stock/Rev.2013). See: www.unmigration.org
Migrant stock by origin (2013): The five countries from which the largest numbers of migrants originate for the reporting country. Source: United Nations,
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2013 Revision (United Nations database,
POP/DB/MIG/Stock/Rev.2013).
Migrant stock by destination (2013): The five countries in which the largest numbers of migrants originating from reporting country reside. Source: United
Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013). Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2013 Revision (United Nations
database, POP/DB/MIG/Stock/Rev.2013).
Refugee population by origin (end 2012): Persons by country of origin who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of
Refugees and its 1967 Protocol or under the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa ; those
granted refugee status in accordance with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Statute; those granted humanitarian status or temporary
protection by the State in which they find themselves; those in refugee-like situations; and Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA. Source : UNHCR (2013).
2012 Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons. See: www.unhcr.org/statistics.
Refugee population (destination) (end 2012): Persons by country of destination who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of
Refugees and its 1967 Protocol or under the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa ; those
granted refugee status in accordance with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Statute; those granted humanitarian status or temporary
protection by the State in which they find themselves; those in refugee-like situations; and Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA. Sources : UNHCR (2013).
2012 Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons. See: www.unhcr.org/statistics.
Tertiary students: Student population by country of origin and destination enrolled in programmes with an educational content more advanced than what is
offered at ISCED levels 3 and 4. The first stage of tertiary education, ISCED level 5, covers level 5A, composed of largely theoretically based programmes intended to
provide sufficient qualifications for gaining entry to advanced research programmes and professions with high skill requirements; and level 5B, where programmes
are generally more practical, technical and/or occupationally specific. The second stage of tertiary education, ISCED level 6, comprises programmes devoted to
advanced study and original research, and leading to the award of an advanced research qualification. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization. Institute for Statistics (2012). http://stats.uis.unesco.org
