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Nicaragua: cities by population

Nicaragua has a population of 6,465,513, with Managua as its capital. The 50 largest of its 140 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Managua	Managua Department	973,087
2	León	León Department	144,538
3	Masaya	Masaya Department	130,113
4	Chinandega	Chinandega Department	126,387
5	Matagalpa	Matagalpa Department	109,089
6	Estelí	Estelí Department	96,422
7	Granada	Granada Department	89,409
8	Mateare	Managua Department	61,234
9	Jinotega	Jinotega Department	55,000
10	El Viejo	Chinandega Department	53,504
11	Nueva Guinea	South Caribbean Coast	52,929
12	Tipitapa	Managua Department	50,000
13	Juigalpa	Chontales Department	50,000
14	Ciudad Sandino	Managua Department	50,000
15	Bluefields	South Caribbean Coast	44,373
16	Diriamba	Carazo Department	35,008
17	Ocotal	Nueva Segovia Department	33,928
18	Puerto Cabezas	North Caribbean Coast	33,635
19	Chichigalpa	Chinandega Department	33,137
20	Rivas	Rivas Department	30,000
21	San Rafael del Sur	Managua Department	29,836
22	Jinotepe	Carazo Department	29,507
23	Boaco	Boaco Department	29,046
24	Nagarote	León Department	26,270
25	Jalapa	Nueva Segovia Department	24,037
26	La Paz Centro	León Department	23,481
27	San Marcos	Carazo Department	23,347
28	Masatepe	Masaya Department	21,452
29	Nandaime	Granada Department	20,810
30	Rama	South Caribbean Coast	20,456
31	Somoto	Madriz Department	20,316
32	Corinto	Chinandega Department	19,183
33	Río Blanco	Matagalpa Department	17,018
34	Camoapa	Boaco Department	16,653
35	El Crucero	Managua Department	16,469
36	Siuna	North Caribbean Coast	16,056
37	Somotillo	Chinandega Department	15,385
38	Santo Tomás	Chontales Department	14,809
39	Quilalí	Nueva Segovia Department	13,590
40	San Carlos	Río San Juan Department	13,451
41	Ciudad Darío	Matagalpa Department	13,318
42	Ticuantepe	Managua Department	13,209
43	El Sauce	León Department	11,898
44	Condega	Estelí Department	11,000
45	Acoyapa	Chontales Department	10,563
46	Matiguás	Matagalpa Department	10,523
47	Diriomo	Granada Department	10,113
48	Telica	León Department	8,776
49	San Lorenzo	Boaco Department	8,694
50	South End	South Caribbean Coast	8,011

Twenty years earlier: Nicaragua in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 5,766,497.