Nicaragua

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Facts

Population: 5,675,356 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 35.5% (male 1,025,426/female 988,148) 15-64 years: 61.3% (male 1,734,153/female 1,746,574) 65 years and over: 3.2% (male 79,589/female 101,466) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 1.855% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 24.12 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 4.42 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.038 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.993 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.784 male(s)/female total population: 1.001 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 27.14 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 70.92 years male: 68.82 years female: 73.13 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 2.69 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 6,400 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 500 (2003 est.).

Nationality: noun: Nicaraguan(s) adjective: Nicaraguan.

Ethnic groups: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%.

Religions: Roman Catholic 72.9%, Evangelical 15.1%, Moravian 1.5%, Episcopal 0.1%, other 1.9%, none 8.5% (1995 census).

Languages: Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census) note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.5% male: 67.2% female: 67.8% (2003 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $17.33 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 3.7% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $3,100 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 17.3% industry: 25.8% services: 56.8% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 2.261 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 29% industry: 19% services: 52% (2006 est.).

Population below poverty line: 48% (2005).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.2% highest 10%: 45% (2001).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 9.4% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 3.8% plus underemployment of 46.5% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $1.1 billion expenditures: $1.3 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: coffee, bananas, sugarcane, cotton, rice, corn, tobacco, sesame, soya, beans; beef, veal, pork, poultry, dairy products; shrimp, lobsters.

Industries: food processing, chemicals, machinery and metal products, textiles, clothing, petroleum refining and distribution, beverages, footwear, wood.

Industrial production growth rate: 2.4% (2005 est.).

Electricity - production: 2.778 billion kWh (2006).

Electricity - consumption: 2.929 billion kWh (2006).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2006).

Electricity - imports: 69.34 million kWh (2006).

Exports: $1.714 billion f.o.b.; note - includes free trade zones (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold, peanuts.

Exports - partners: US 34.1%, El Salvador 14.3%, Honduras 7.9%, Costa Rica 6.1%, Guatemala 5.2%, Mexico 5.1%, Spain 4.2% (2005).

Imports: $3.202 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: consumer goods, machinery and equipment, raw materials, petroleum products.

Imports - partners: US 20.1%, Venezuela 11.9%, Costa Rica 8.9%, Mexico 8.3%, Guatemala 7%, El Salvador 5.1%, Japan 4.5%, Ecuador 4.2% (2005).

Debt - external: $3.763 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $471 million (2006 est.).

Currency (code): gold cordoba (NIO).

Exchange rates: gold cordobas per US dollar - 17.582 (2006), 16.733 (2005), 15.937 (2004), 15.105 (2003), 14.251 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.