Recognised as Country
Nicaragua
- NI
- North America
- NIO
- .ni
Nicaragua (NI/NIC) is a country in North America with its capital at Managua. It covers about 130,373 km² with a population of roughly 7,000,000, uses the NIO, dials on +505, owns the .ni internet domain and keeps its capital on America/Managua. It borders 2 countries.
Identity
Official short nameNicaragua
CapitalManagua
ContinentNorth America
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2NI
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3NIC
Internet TLD.ni
Calling code+505
Currency codeNIO
Geography
Latitude12.8654° N
Longitude85.2072° W
HemisphereNorthern and Western
Area130,373 km²50,337 square miles
Land neighbours2
Distance from London8,553 kmto the approximate centre of Nicaragua, not to Managua. W, bearing 274.3°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAmerica/Managuathe IANA zone for Managua; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC-06:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC-06:00
Offset in JulyUTC-06:00
Current offsetUTC-06:00
Local time now22 Sept 2026, 11:20
Hours ahead of UTC-6
Population & scale
Population7,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Population density53.7 per km²≈
Share of world population0.086%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset96 of 196
Population rank in this dataset105 of 196
Neighbouring countries
Honduras283 km centre to centre
Costa Rica381 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2026-09-10
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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