Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Nicaraguan Sign Language (secondary) · Spanish (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Nicaragua

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Nicaraguan, Mestizo	6353000	Spanish	Christianity
Afro-Nicaraguan	296000	Spanish	Christianity
Miskito	158000	Miskito	Christianity
Amerindian, Detribalized	24000	Spanish	Christianity
Nicaraguan, Creole	23000	Nicaragua English Creole	Christianity
Monimbo, Mangue	22000	Spanish	Christianity
Subtiaba	21000	Spanish	Ethnic Religions
Matagalpa	20000	Spanish	Christianity
Han Chinese, Mandarin	15000	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious
Romani, Vlax	15000	Romani, Vlax	Christianity
Sumu	12000	Mayangna	Christianity
Americans, U.S.	7400	English	Christianity
Deaf	6300	Nicaraguan Sign Language	Unknown
Rama	5500	Nicaragua English Creole	Christianity
Black Carib, Garifuna	3800	Garifuna	Christianity
Ulwa	900	Ulwa (Nicaragua)	Christianity

Languages

10 languages recorded here.

Chinese, Mandarin

English

Garifuna

Mayangna

Miskito

Nicaragua English Creole

Nicaraguan Sign Language

Romani, Vlax

Spanish

Ulwa (Nicaragua)

All catalogue fields

155 fields recorded

rog3: NU
iso3: NIC
iso2: NI
ctry: Nicaragua
poplpeoples: 6982000
cntpeoples: 16
cntpeopleslr: 1
poplpeopleslr: 6300
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: spa
officiallang: Spanish
rlg3primary: 1
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percentevangelical: 43.348309244537
c_10_40window: N
rog2: NAR
continent: North America
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workersneeded: 1
harvest_rog3: NU
harvest_iso3: NIC
harvest_iso2: NI
harvest_owcountrycode: NICA
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: NI
harvest_countrynumber: 154
harvest_ctry: Nicaragua
harvest_ctryshort: Nicaragua
harvest_countrynamechinese: 尼加拉瓜
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 尼加拉瓜
harvest_countrynamedutch: Nicaragua
harvest_countrynamefrench: Nicaragua
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Nicaragua
harvest_countrynamegerman: Nikaragua
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Nikaragua
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Nikaragua
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Nikaragua
harvest_countrynameitalian: Nicaragua
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Nicaragua
harvest_countrynamekorean: 니카라과
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 니카라과
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Nicaragua
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Nicaragua
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Nicarágua
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Nicarágua
harvest_countrynamerussian: Никарагуа
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Никарагуа
harvest_countrynamespanish: Nicaragua
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harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Nicaragua
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harvest_worldabc: C
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harvest_population: 7008000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
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harvest_literacyrate: 83
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 59
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harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: eng
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harvest_pctjudaism: 0
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harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
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harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
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harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A007
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.645
harvest_hdirank: 124
harvest_internetusers: 24.6
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harvest_googlemaplng: -85
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harvest_securitylevel: 1
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/nicaragua/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
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harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=ni&joshua=nu
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-nicaragua
harvest_internetusage: 28
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harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://www.sociedadbiblica.org.ni/
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harvest_areasquarekilometers: 127849
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 100
harvest_countryphonecode: 505
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harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 6.3
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harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .ni
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nicaragua
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00