However, the area of "Little Havana" in Miami is also colloquially referred to as "Little Managua" although Sweetwater has the next number of Nicaraguan Americans. In reality, Nicaragua has been governed since the 1930s by the Somoza family or its representatives. The Population of Nicaragua (1950 - 2019) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2019. Y segundo, la transición desde un capitalismo comercial centrado en la agro exportación, hacia una incipiente industrialización de la producción.\ud \ud This paper explores the processes of population growth and concentration in Nicaragua, between 1870 and 1950, and the types of city-size distribution and urban primacy that theses processes made possible. In the three decades ending in 1980, the urban population expanded from 35 percent to 53 percent of the total population. Public spending as a % of GDP (2008-2010*) allocated to: education. Public spending as a % of GDP (2007-2011*) allocated to: health. History. Population below international poverty line of US$1.25 per day (%) 2007-2011* 11.9. 1972 - Managua is devastated by an earthquake that kills between 5,000 and 10,000 people. The population is 54% urban. Population distribution. ODA inflow as a % of recipient GNI 2010. Hence, the size of the national population tripled between 1950 and 1990, rising from 1.1 million people in 1950 to 3.6 million in 1990 and to 4.1 million in 1995. The average precipitation is 1,213 mm a year. Between 1940 and 1995, as a result of a steady migration from the country to the cities, the percentage of the population living in urban areas gradually increased from 30% to 57%. By 1993 it had reached 1,600,666 people, more than one-third of Nicaragua’s population. Since Nicaragua is a large country with a small population (25 persons/square kilometer), the government considers population growth not only satisfactory, but necessary. Its airport (Las Mercedes) is of international importance. 695. In 1992, the country's largest coffee crop was exported. President of the Governing Junta Jul 1824 - 22 Jan 1825 Governing Junta - Policarpo Irigoyen (b. Who Rules-In theory, Nicaragua is a republic with a 1950 constitution providing for a President and bicameral legislature. The next year, he was elected by a rather suspicious 89% of the vote. The 1972 Managua earthquake was a wakeup call to Nicaragua. The National Institute of Statistics and Census of Nicaragua (INEC, in the Spanish acronym for the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos de Nicaragua) is the institution in charge of completing censuses and surveys.The 8th population and the 4th dwellings census was carried out in 2005, and the institute already works in its results. Capital generated by agro-exports contributed to the development of a thriving industrial sector. The national capital is Managua, which also is the country’s largest city and home to about one-sixth of the population. From a population of 109,352 in 1950, Managua reached 662,000 by 1980. Last updated: Facts and figures: May 2012 By 1992 Managua's population was estimated at 1.5 million. The Nicaragua Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Nicaragua delivered by Worldometer's RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.. Catholic Archdiocese of Managua. PIP: Nicaragua's population increased from 1.1 million in 1950 to 3.3 million in 1985, and has the highest population growth rate in Central America (3.3%). Tacho's son, Luis Somoza Debayle, had been president of congress, and immediately became president under the constitution. ODA inflow in millions US$ 2010 . 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