Age structure:
0-14 years: 44% (male 951,254; female 938,599)
15-64 years: 53% (male 1,105,069; female 1,164,144)
65 years and over: 3% (male 49,027; female 64,259) (July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.67% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 33.83 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 6.01 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate: -1.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
all ages: 0.97 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 45.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 65.72 years male: 63.41 years female: 68.13 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate: 4.03 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality: noun: Nicaraguan(s) adjective: Nicaraguan