Editing Demographics of Nicaragua (section)

===Departments by population===
{| class="infobox" style="text-align:center; width:97%; margin:1em auto; font-size:90%"
|-
! align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" | Rank
! align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" | [[List of cities in Nicaragua|City]]
! align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" | [[Departments of Nicaragua|Department]]
! align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" | Pop.
! align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" | Rank
! align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" | [[List of cities in Nicaragua|City]]
! align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" | [[Departments of Nicaragua|Department]]
! align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" | Pop.
! rowspan=4 |
|-
| align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  1  ||align=left | '''[[Managua]]''' || [[Managua (department)|Managua]] || 1,262,978 || align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  10  ||align=left | '''[[Estelí]]''' || [[Estelí (department)|Estelí]] || 201,548 ||
|-
| align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  2  ||align=left | '''[[Matagalpa]]''' || [[Matagalpa (department)|Matagalpa]] || 469,172 || align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  11  ||align=left | '''[[Granada, Nicaragua|Granada]]''' || [[Granada (department)|Granada]] || 168,186
|-
| align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  3  ||align=left | '''[[Chinandega]]''' || [[Chinandega (department)|Chinandega]] || 378,970 || align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  12  || align=left | '''[[Jinotepe]]''' || [[Carazo (department)|Carazo]] || 166,073
|-
| align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  4  ||align=left | '''[[León, Nicaragua|León]]''' || [[León, Nicaragua|León]] || 355,779 || align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  13  ||align=left | '''[[Rivas, Nicaragua|Rivas]]''' || Rivas || 156,283 ||align=center | [[Managua]]
|-
| align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  5  ||align=left | '''[[Jinotega]]''' || [[Jinotega (department)|Jinotega]] || 331,335 || align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  14  ||align=left | '''[[Juigalpa]]''' || [[Chontales Department|Chontales]] || 153,932 || rowspan=5 |[[File:Town Square - Granada, Nicaragua.JPG|border|145px]]<br />[[Granada, Nicaragua|Granada]]
|-
| align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  6  ||align=left | '''[[Bilwi]]''' || [[Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte|RAAN]] || 314,130 || align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  15  ||align=left | '''[[Boaco]]''' || [[Boaco (department)|Boaco]] || 150,636
|-
| align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  7  ||align=left | '''[[Bluefields]]'''  || [[Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur|RAAS]] || 306,510 || align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  16  ||align=left | '''[[Somoto]]'''  || [[Madriz (department)|Madriz]] || 132,459
|-
| align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  8  ||align=left | '''[[Masaya]]''' || [[Masaya (department)|Masaya]] || 289,988 || align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  17  ||align=left | '''[[San Carlos, Río San Juan|San Carlos]]''' || [[Río San Juan (department)|Río San Juan]] || 95,596
|-
| align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  9  ||align=left | '''[[Ocotal]]''' || [[Nueva Segovia (department)|Nueva Segovia]] || 208,523 || align=center style="background:#f0f0f0;" |  18  ||align=left | '''Total''' || -- || 5,142,098 (2005)
|-
| colspan="11" align=center style="background:#f5f5f5;" | {{small|'''Source: National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inec.gob.ni/censos2005/ResumenCensal/RESUMENCENSAL.pdf |title=Nicaraguan 2005 Census |publisher=INEC |access-date=2007-09-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824192548/http://www.inec.gob.ni/censos2005/ResumenCensal/RESUMENCENSAL.pdf |archive-date=2007-08-24 }}</ref>'''}}
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<ref>{{cite web| url = https://data.worldbank.org/country/nicaragua| title = Worldbank, country Nicaragua, visited October 9, 2021}}</ref>{{GraphChart
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| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate
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