The National Institute of Information Development of

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the coun ...

; ( Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Información de Desarollo de Nicaragua (INIDE)), is responsible for completing

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses inc ...

es and surveys. The 8th population and the 4th dwellings census was carried out in 2005.

History

INEC was established as ''Dirección General de Estadística'' in 1905. The organization faced financial troubles in the beginning and closed several times through 1939. When the

Sandinistas The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto ...

won the Revolution, the statistical office was renamed to INIDE. INIDE conducted its first census in 2005, and is expected to continue every ten years.

Censuses in Nicaragua

* 1906. First Population Census. * 1920. Second Population Census. * 1940. Third Population Census. * 1950. Fourth Population Census. * 1963. Fifth Population Census. * 1971. Sixth Population Census. * 1995. Seventh Population Census. * 2005. Eighth Population Census.

External links

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Demographics of Nicaragua