| Nicaragua : Geographic coordinates |
13 00 N, 85 00 W |
| Nicaragua : Population growth rate |
1.74% (2010 est.) |
| Nicaragua : Birth rate |
22.77 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) |
| Nicaragua : Death rate |
4.28 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Nicaragua : People living with HIV/AIDS |
7,700 (2007 est.) |
| Nicaragua : Independence |
15 September 1821 |
| Nicaragua : National holiday |
Independence Day, 15 September |
| Nicaragua : Constitution |
9 January 1987 |
| Nicaragua : GDP |
purchasing power parity - $16.53 billion (2009 est.) |
| Nicaragua : GDP - per capita |
purchasing power parity - $2,800 (2009 est.) |
| Nicaragua : Electricity - consumption |
2.569 billion kWh (2007 est.) |
| Nicaragua : Exports |
$631 million coffee, shrimp and lobster, cotton, tobacco, beef, sugar, bananas; gold |
| Nicaragua : Imports |
$1.6 billion machinery and equipment, raw materials, petroleum products, consumer goods |
| Nicaragua : Telephones |
312,000 (2008) |
| Nicaragua : Mobile cellular |
3.108 million (2008) |
| Nicaragua : Radio broadcast stations |
AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1 (1998) |
| Nicaragua : Radios |
1.24 million |
| Nicaragua : Television broadcast stations |
16 (2009) |
| Nicaragua : Televisions |
320,000 |
| Nicaragua : Internet country code |
.ni |
| Nicaragua : Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
88,742 (2009) |
| Nicaragua : Internet users |
185,000 (2008) |
| Nicaragua : Railways |
6 km |
| Nicaragua : Highways |
19,137 km |
| Nicaragua : Waterways |
2,220 km (including lakes Managua and Nicaragua) (2008) |
| Nicaragua : Pipelines |
oil 54 km (2009) |
| Nicaragua : Ports and harbors |
Bluefields, Corinto, El Bluff |
| Nicaragua : Merchant marine |
N/A |
| Nicaragua : Airports |
143 (2009) |
| Nicaragua : Heliports |
N/A |
| Nicaragua : Military branches |
National Army of Nicaragua (Ejercito Nacional de Nicaragua, ENN; includes Navy, Air Force) (2010) |
| Nicaragua : Military expenditures |
0.6% of GDP (2006) |
