Guatemala vs Tunisia Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Guatemala vs Tunisia

Table

Year	Median age
	Guatemala	Tunisia
1960	16.7	18.4
1961	16.7	18.3
1962	16.6	18.2
1963	16.6	18.1
1964	16.6	18
1965	16.7	17.9
1966	16.7	17.8
1967	16.7	17.7
1968	16.7	17.6
1969	16.8	17.5
1970	16.8	17.6
1971	16.8	17.6
1972	16.8	17.6
1973	16.8	17.7
1974	16.8	17.8
1975	16.9	17.8
1976	17	17.9
1977	17	18
1978	17	18.1
1979	17.1	18.3
1980	17.1	18.5
1981	17.1	18.7
1982	17.1	19
1983	17	19.2
1984	17	19.5
1985	17	19.7
1986	17.1	19.9
1987	17.1	20.2
1988	17.1	20.4
1989	17.1	20.7
1990	17.2	21
1991	17.2	21.2
1992	17.3	21.5
1993	17.3	21.8
1994	17.3	22.1
1995	17.4	22.5
1996	17.4	22.9
1997	17.5	23.2
1998	17.6	23.6
1999	17.7	24
2000	17.7	24.4
2001	17.8	24.8
2002	18	25.3
2003	18.1	25.7
2004	18.3	26.2
2005	18.5	26.7
2006	18.7	27.2
2007	18.9	27.6
2008	19.1	28.1
2009	19.4	28.5
2010	19.6	28.9
2011	19.9	29.2
2012	20.1	29.5
2013	20.4	29.8
2014	20.8	30.1
2015	21.1	30.4
2016	21.3	30.8
2017	21.7	31.1
2018	22	31.4
2019	22.3	31.7
2020	22.6	32
2021	22.9	32.4
2022	23.3	32.8
2023	23.7	33.2
2024	24	33.5
2025	24.4	33.9
2026	24.8	34.4
2027	25.2	34.8
2028	25.6	35.2
2029	26	35.6
2030	26.4	36.1
2031	26.8	36.5
2032	27.2	36.8
2033	27.5	37.2
2034	27.9	37.6
2035	28.3	37.9
2036	28.6	38.2
2037	29	38.5
2038	29.4	38.7
2039	29.7	39
2040	30.1	39.2
2041	30.5	39.4
2042	30.9	39.6
2043	31.3	39.8
2044	31.6	40
2045	32	40.1
2046	32.4	40.3
2047	32.8	40.5
2048	33.2	40.8
2049	33.6	41
2050	34	41.3

In 1960, the median age in Guatemala was 16.7 years compared to 18.4 years in Tunisia. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 24 years in Guatemala and to 33.5 years in Tunisia.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Guatemala is expected to increased to around 34 years by 2050 compared to 41.3 years in Tunisia. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Guatemala		Tunisia
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	5.13%	4.96%	3.62%	3.44%
5-9	5.52%	5.36%	4.36%	4.13%
10-14	5.37%	5.23%	4.39%	4.1%
15-19	5.2%	5.08%	3.72%	3.48%
20-24	5.08%	4.99%	3.34%	3.18%
25-29	4.68%	4.64%	3.44%	3.41%
30-34	4.13%	4.11%	3.77%	3.85%
35-39	3.45%	3.47%	3.74%	4.03%
40-44	2.8%	2.9%	3.58%	3.88%
45-49	2.15%	2.32%	3.24%	3.48%
50-54	1.62%	1.85%	2.9%	3.01%
55-59	1.28%	1.54%	2.64%	2.84%
60-64	1.02%	1.28%	2.38%	2.51%
65-69	0.85%	1.03%	1.88%	2.03%
70-74	0.62%	0.74%	1.27%	1.46%
75-79	0.4%	0.49%	0.64%	0.86%
80+	0.31%	0.41%	0.53%	0.87%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Guatemala has average demographic potential with 69.5% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 52.2% and low potential in Tunisia.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Guatemala			Tunisia
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	95.5%	91.2%	4.3%	89.2%	81.8%	7.36%
1961	95.9%	91.6%	4.34%	89.6%	82.2%	7.36%
1962	96.1%	91.7%	4.38%	90.1%	82.8%	7.36%
1963	96%	91.6%	4.4%	91%	83.6%	7.37%
1964	95.7%	91.3%	4.4%	91.9%	84.5%	7.38%
1965	95.4%	90.9%	4.41%	92.5%	85.2%	7.36%
1966	95%	90.6%	4.42%	93.2%	85.9%	7.31%
1967	94.7%	90.2%	4.42%	93.9%	86.7%	7.23%
1968	94.2%	89.8%	4.42%	94.1%	86.9%	7.13%
1969	93.9%	89.5%	4.4%	93.8%	86.8%	7.03%
1970	93.6%	89.2%	4.39%	93.4%	86.5%	6.93%
1971	93.5%	89.1%	4.41%	92.8%	86%	6.85%
1972	93.5%	89%	4.46%	92.1%	85.4%	6.78%
1973	93.6%	89.1%	4.53%	91.4%	84.7%	6.72%
1974	93.5%	88.9%	4.62%	90.7%	84%	6.68%
1975	93.3%	88.6%	4.71%	90%	83.3%	6.66%
1976	93.1%	88.3%	4.81%	89.3%	82.6%	6.66%
1977	93%	88%	4.91%	88.6%	81.9%	6.68%
1978	93%	87.9%	5.04%	87.4%	80.7%	6.71%
1979	93%	87.9%	5.15%	85.7%	78.9%	6.72%
1980	93.2%	88%	5.25%	83.9%	77.2%	6.73%
1981	93.5%	88.2%	5.32%	82.1%	75.4%	6.74%
1982	94%	88.5%	5.44%	80.4%	73.7%	6.74%
1983	94.5%	88.9%	5.59%	78.8%	72.1%	6.76%
1984	94.8%	89.1%	5.69%	77.6%	70.8%	6.78%
1985	94.9%	89.1%	5.78%	76.7%	69.9%	6.81%
1986	94.9%	89%	5.9%	76.1%	69.2%	6.87%
1987	95.1%	89%	6.04%	75.4%	68.4%	6.97%
1988	95.2%	89%	6.2%	74.5%	67.4%	7.06%
1989	95.3%	88.9%	6.37%	73.3%	66.2%	7.14%
1990	95.2%	88.7%	6.51%	71.9%	64.7%	7.2%
1991	95.1%	88.4%	6.66%	70.4%	63.2%	7.26%
1992	94.9%	88.1%	6.82%	68.9%	61.5%	7.34%
1993	94.6%	87.7%	6.95%	67.2%	59.8%	7.42%
1994	94.4%	87.3%	7.02%	65.5%	58%	7.52%
1995	94%	87%	7.04%	63.8%	56.2%	7.64%
1996	93.6%	86.5%	7.06%	62.2%	54.4%	7.79%
1997	93%	85.9%	7.09%	60.6%	52.6%	7.97%
1998	92.3%	85.2%	7.11%	59%	50.8%	8.16%
1999	91.5%	84.4%	7.12%	57.2%	48.9%	8.35%
2000	90.8%	83.6%	7.13%	55.5%	46.9%	8.53%
2001	90%	82.9%	7.13%	53.7%	45%	8.67%
2002	89%	81.9%	7.11%	51.9%	43.1%	8.79%
2003	87.7%	80.7%	7.07%	50.3%	41.4%	8.89%
2004	86.3%	79.2%	7.03%	48.7%	39.8%	8.98%
2005	84.7%	77.7%	6.98%	47.4%	38.4%	9.07%
2006	83%	76.1%	6.94%	46.4%	37.3%	9.14%
2007	81.3%	74.4%	6.91%	45.5%	36.3%	9.19%
2008	79.5%	72.7%	6.89%	44.9%	35.6%	9.25%
2009	77.8%	70.9%	6.87%	44.5%	35.2%	9.31%
2010	76%	69.1%	6.86%	44.3%	34.9%	9.38%
2011	74.2%	67.4%	6.86%	44.3%	34.9%	9.47%
2012	72.6%	65.7%	6.86%	44.6%	35%	9.58%
2013	71%	64.1%	6.89%	45.1%	35.3%	9.72%
2014	69.6%	62.7%	6.94%	45.7%	35.8%	9.92%
2015	68.2%	61.3%	6.99%	46.4%	36.2%	10.2%
2016	67%	59.9%	7.04%	47.1%	36.6%	10.5%
2017	65.7%	58.6%	7.11%	47.9%	37%	10.9%
2018	64.6%	57.4%	7.2%	48.6%	37.3%	11.3%
2019	63.5%	56.1%	7.3%	49.4%	37.5%	11.9%
2020	62.2%	54.8%	7.37%	50.1%	37.6%	12.4%
2021	60.9%	53.5%	7.36%	50.4%	37.5%	12.9%
2022	59.6%	52.2%	7.39%	50.6%	37.2%	13.3%
2023	58.4%	50.9%	7.5%	50.6%	36.8%	13.8%
2024	57.3%	49.7%	7.63%	50.5%	36.2%	14.3%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Guatemala decreased from 86.3% to 57.3% between 2004 and 2024.

In Tunisia, the ratio of dependent people increased from 48.7% to 50.5% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Guatemala	Tunisia
1960	51.1%	52.9%
1961	51%	52.8%
1962	51%	52.6%
1963	51%	52.4%
1964	51.1%	52.1%
1965	51.2%	51.9%
1966	51.3%	51.7%
1967	51.4%	51.6%
1968	51.5%	51.5%
1969	51.6%	51.6%
1970	51.7%	51.7%
1971	51.7%	51.9%
1972	51.7%	52%
1973	51.7%	52.2%
1974	51.7%	52.4%
1975	51.7%	52.6%
1976	51.8%	52.8%
1977	51.8%	53%
1978	51.8%	53.4%
1979	51.8%	53.9%
1980	51.8%	54.4%
1981	51.7%	54.9%
1982	51.5%	55.4%
1983	51.4%	55.9%
1984	51.3%	56.3%
1985	51.3%	56.6%
1986	51.3%	56.8%
1987	51.3%	57%
1988	51.2%	57.3%
1989	51.2%	57.7%
1990	51.2%	58.2%
1991	51.3%	58.7%
1992	51.3%	59.2%
1993	51.4%	59.8%
1994	51.5%	60.4%
1995	51.5%	61%
1996	51.7%	61.6%
1997	51.8%	62.3%
1998	52%	62.9%
1999	52.2%	63.6%
2000	52.4%	64.3%
2001	52.6%	65.1%
2002	52.9%	65.8%
2003	53.3%	66.6%
2004	53.7%	67.2%
2005	54.2%	67.8%
2006	54.6%	68.3%
2007	55.2%	68.7%
2008	55.7%	69%
2009	56.3%	69.2%
2010	56.8%	69.3%
2011	57.4%	69.3%
2012	57.9%	69.2%
2013	58.5%	68.9%
2014	59%	68.6%
2015	59.4%	68.3%
2016	59.9%	68%
2017	60.3%	67.6%
2018	60.8%	67.3%
2019	61.2%	66.9%
2020	61.7%	66.6%
2021	62.2%	66.5%
2022	62.7%	66.4%
2023	63.1%	66.4%
2024	63.6%	66.4%
2025	64%	66.5%
2026	64.4%	66.6%
2027	64.9%	66.8%
2028	65.3%	67%
2029	65.7%	67.2%
2030	66.2%	67.4%
2031	66.6%	67.6%
2032	67%	67.8%
2033	67.3%	68%
2034	67.6%	68.1%
2035	67.8%	68.2%
2036	68%	68.1%
2037	68.1%	68%
2038	68.2%	67.8%
2039	68.4%	67.6%
2040	68.5%	67.3%
2041	68.6%	66.9%
2042	68.7%	66.6%
2043	68.7%	66.2%
2044	68.8%	65.8%
2045	68.8%	65.2%
2046	68.8%	64.7%
2047	68.8%	64.2%
2048	68.8%	63.8%
2049	68.8%	63.2%
2050	68.8%	62.7%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 53.7% to 63.6% in Guatemala and from 67.2% to 66.4% in Tunisia.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Tunisia
1960	46.7%	43.2%
1961	46.7%	43.4%
1962	46.8%	43.5%
1963	46.7%	43.8%
1964	46.6%	44%
1965	46.6%	44.2%
1966	46.5%	44.5%
1967	46.4%	44.7%
1968	46.2%	44.8%
1969	46.2%	44.8%
1970	46.1%	44.7%
1971	46%	44.6%
1972	46%	44.4%
1973	46%	44.3%
1974	45.9%	44.1%
1975	45.8%	43.9%
1976	45.7%	43.7%
1977	45.6%	43.4%
1978	45.6%	43%
1979	45.5%	42.5%
1980	45.5%	42%
1981	45.6%	41.4%
1982	45.6%	40.8%
1983	45.7%	40.3%
1984	45.7%	39.9%
1985	45.7%	39.6%
1986	45.7%	39.3%
1987	45.6%	39%
1988	45.6%	38.6%
1989	45.5%	38.2%
1990	45.4%	37.6%
1991	45.3%	37.1%
1992	45.2%	36.4%
1993	45.1%	35.8%
1994	44.9%	35%
1995	44.8%	34.3%
1996	44.7%	33.5%
1997	44.5%	32.8%
1998	44.3%	32%
1999	44.1%	31.1%
2000	43.8%	30.2%
2001	43.6%	29.3%
2002	43.3%	28.4%
2003	43%	27.5%
2004	42.5%	26.7%
2005	42.1%	26%
2006	41.6%	25.4%
2007	41%	25%
2008	40.5%	24.6%
2009	39.9%	24.3%
2010	39.3%	24.2%
2011	38.7%	24.2%
2012	38.1%	24.2%
2013	37.5%	24.4%
2014	36.9%	24.6%
2015	36.4%	24.7%
2016	35.9%	24.9%
2017	35.4%	25%
2018	34.9%	25.1%
2019	34.4%	25.1%
2020	33.8%	25.1%
2021	33.3%	25%
2022	32.7%	24.7%
2023	32.1%	24.4%
2024	31.6%	24%
2025	31%	23.6%
2026	30.5%	23%
2027	29.9%	22.5%
2028	29.4%	21.8%
2029	28.8%	21.2%
2030	28.3%	20.5%
2031	27.8%	19.9%
2032	27.3%	19.2%
2033	26.8%	18.7%
2034	26.4%	18.2%
2035	26%	17.7%
2036	25.7%	17.4%
2037	25.5%	17.2%
2038	25.2%	17%
2039	24.9%	16.8%
2040	24.6%	16.7%
2041	24.3%	16.6%
2042	24%	16.5%
2043	23.7%	16.5%
2044	23.4%	16.5%
2045	23.1%	16.6%
2046	22.8%	16.6%
2047	22.5%	16.7%
2048	22.2%	16.7%
2049	21.9%	16.8%
2050	21.6%	16.8%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 31.6% in Guatemala and 24% in Tunisia. Birth rates in Guatemala compared to Tunisia .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Guatemala	Tunisia
1960	2.2%	3.89%
1961	2.22%	3.88%
1962	2.23%	3.87%
1963	2.24%	3.86%
1964	2.25%	3.84%
1965	2.26%	3.82%
1966	2.27%	3.78%
1967	2.27%	3.73%
1968	2.27%	3.68%
1969	2.27%	3.63%
1970	2.27%	3.58%
1971	2.28%	3.55%
1972	2.31%	3.53%
1973	2.34%	3.51%
1974	2.38%	3.5%
1975	2.44%	3.5%
1976	2.49%	3.52%
1977	2.55%	3.54%
1978	2.61%	3.58%
1979	2.67%	3.62%
1980	2.72%	3.66%
1981	2.75%	3.7%
1982	2.8%	3.74%
1983	2.87%	3.78%
1984	2.92%	3.82%
1985	2.97%	3.85%
1986	3.02%	3.9%
1987	3.1%	3.97%
1988	3.18%	4.05%
1989	3.26%	4.12%
1990	3.34%	4.19%
1991	3.42%	4.26%
1992	3.5%	4.35%
1993	3.57%	4.44%
1994	3.61%	4.54%
1995	3.63%	4.66%
1996	3.65%	4.8%
1997	3.67%	4.96%
1998	3.7%	5.13%
1999	3.72%	5.31%
2000	3.74%	5.49%
2001	3.75%	5.64%
2002	3.76%	5.78%
2003	3.77%	5.92%
2004	3.77%	6.04%
2005	3.78%	6.15%
2006	3.79%	6.24%
2007	3.81%	6.32%
2008	3.84%	6.38%
2009	3.87%	6.44%
2010	3.9%	6.5%
2011	3.93%	6.56%
2012	3.98%	6.63%
2013	4.03%	6.7%
2014	4.09%	6.81%
2015	4.15%	6.97%
2016	4.22%	7.16%
2017	4.29%	7.37%
2018	4.37%	7.63%
2019	4.47%	7.95%
2020	4.55%	8.28%
2021	4.58%	8.56%
2022	4.63%	8.84%
2023	4.73%	9.17%
2024	4.85%	9.53%
2025	4.96%	9.94%
2026	5.08%	10.3%
2027	5.19%	10.7%
2028	5.3%	11.1%
2029	5.41%	11.6%
2030	5.53%	12.1%
2031	5.65%	12.6%
2032	5.77%	12.9%
2033	5.89%	13.3%
2034	6.01%	13.7%
2035	6.14%	14.1%
2036	6.28%	14.5%
2037	6.42%	14.8%
2038	6.58%	15.2%
2039	6.74%	15.6%
2040	6.93%	16.1%
2041	7.12%	16.5%
2042	7.33%	16.9%
2043	7.56%	17.3%
2044	7.81%	17.7%
2045	8.07%	18.2%
2046	8.35%	18.7%
2047	8.65%	19.1%
2048	8.97%	19.5%
2049	9.29%	20%
2050	9.62%	20.5%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 4.85% in Guatemala and 9.53% in Tunisia. Life expectancy in Guatemala compared to Tunisia .