This article contains a sortable table listing all lakes and lagoons of Nicaragua. The table includes all still water bodies, natural or artificial, regardless of water volume or maximum depth.[1]
| Ranking | Nombre | Superficie (km²) |
Departamento (s) | |
| 1 | Lake Nicaragua (Cocibolca) | 8,138.10 | Granada Rivas Río San Juan Chontales | |
| 2 | Lake Managua (Xolotlan) | 1,052.90 | Managua León | |
| 3 | Perlas Lagoon | 505.64 | RACCS | |
| 4 | Bahía de Bluefields | 172.73 | RACCS | |
| 5 | Bismuna Lagoon (Wani) | 131.68 | RACCN | |
| 6 | Wouhnta Lagoon | 93.83 | RACCN | |
| 7 | Pahra Lagoon | 91.97 | RACCN | |
| 8 | Lake Apanás | 45.90 | Jinotega | |
| 9 | Top Lock Lagoon | 31.63 | RACCS | |
| 10 | Karatá Lagoon | 29.75 | RACCN | |
| 11 | Sonie Lagoon | 26.09 | RACCS | |
| 12 | Apoyo Lagoon | 19.44 | Granada Masaya | |
| 13 | Tisma Lagoon | 14.11 | Granada | |
| 14 | Dakura Lagoon | 11.75 | RACCN | |
| 15 | Masaya Lagoon | 8.54 | Masaya | |
| 16 | Cabo viejo Lagoon | 7.63 | RACCN | |
| 17 | Ñocrime Lagoon | 5.60 | Rivas | |
| 18 | Moyuá Lagoon | 5.08 | Matagalpa | |
| 19 | Xiloá Lagoon | 3.79 | Managua | |
| 20 | Sikapakia Lagoon | 2.88 | RACCN | |
| 21 | Leimus Lagoon | 2.82 | RACCN | |
| 22 | Apoyeque Lagoon | 1.93 | Managua | |
| 23 | Cosigüina Lagoon | 1.25 | Chinandega | |
| 24 | Monte Galán Lagoon | 0.76 | León | |
| 25 | Asososca Lagoon | 0.69 | Managua | |
| 26 | Mombacho Lagoon | 0.30 | Granada | |
| 27 | Maderas Lagoon | 0.22 | Rivas | |
| 28 | Nejapa Lagoon | 0.19 | Managua | |
| 29 | Tiscapa Lagoon | 0.13 | Managua |