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Guatemala vs Iceland statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guatemala has a population of 18.4M (ranked 70/197), compared with 405K in Iceland (ranked 172/197). Guatemala's land area is 41,375 sq mi versus 38,931 sq mi for Iceland (ranked 102nd vs. 104th).

By GDP, Guatemala ranks 67/197 ($113B) and Iceland ranks 108/197 ($33.5B). By GDP per capita, Guatemala ranks 113/197 ($6,150), while Iceland ranks 10/197 ($82,704).

Main facts and rankings

Guatemala Iceland
Population
18912872
412970
Population rank 70/197 172/197
GDP
$113B
2024
$33.5B
2024
GDP rank 67/197 108/197
GDP per capita
$6,150
2024
$82,704
2024
GDP per capita rank 113/197 10/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$14,369
2024
$78,259
2024
Government debt
$30B
2024
$19.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.2%
2025
52.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,628
2024
$48,859
2024
Government debt per person rank 124/185 9/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$5,583
2025
$54,155
2025
Land area
41,375 sq mi
2025
38,931 sq mi
2025
Population density
445 ppl/mi²
2024
10.4 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.31
2023
1.59
2023
Median age
24 years
2024
37.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
72.9 years
2025
83.2 years
2025

Guatemala and Iceland: Comparison Charts

Guatemala and Iceland economies compared

GDP
Guatemala

Iceland
Year GDP
Guatemala Iceland
1960 $1,043,599,900 $252,169,712
1961 $1,076,699,900 $257,703,245
1962 $1,143,600,000 $289,200,704
1963 $1,262,800,000 $345,175,036
1964 $1,299,099,900 $440,797,869
1965 $1,331,399,900 $531,569,564
1966 $1,390,700,000 $638,349,755
1967 $1,453,500,000 $630,567,116
1968 $1,610,500,000 $481,532,848
1969 $1,715,399,900 $420,945,148
1970 $1,904,000,000 $526,704,545
1971 $1,984,800,000 $670,251,136
1972 $2,101,300,000 $839,652,164
1973 $2,569,200,100 $1,154,440,253
1974 $3,161,499,900 $1,515,190,595
1975 $3,645,900,000 $1,406,875,081
1976 $4,365,300,200 $1,669,488,390
1977 $5,480,500,200 $2,208,509,076
1978 $6,070,600,200 $2,511,826,196
1979 $6,902,600,200 $2,853,435,054
1980 $7,878,700,000 $3,381,419,251
1981 $8,607,500,300 $3,492,997,010
1982 $8,716,999,700 $3,206,626,645
1983 $9,050,000,400 $2,765,950,336
1984 $9,470,000,100 $2,864,441,387
1985 $9,721,652,087 $2,984,052,357
1986 $7,231,963,516 $3,989,622,739
1987 $7,084,399,840 $5,520,318,405
1988 $7,841,602,824 $6,106,635,816
1989 $8,410,724,361 $5,672,569,449
1990 $7,650,196,845 $6,468,736,356
1991 $9,406,135,143 $6,909,730,288
1992 $10,440,781,588 $7,080,981,738
1993 $11,400,017,301 $6,218,581,532
1994 $12,983,233,311 $6,389,460,343
1995 $14,655,404,433 $7,123,633,418
1996 $15,674,835,615 $7,426,082,271
1997 $17,790,026,222 $7,569,672,925
1998 $19,395,491,993 $8,503,746,468
1999 $18,318,412,251 $8,982,047,589
2000 $19,288,929,030 $9,025,660,362
2001 $18,405,220,247 $8,234,846,805
2002 $20,444,205,991 $9,318,395,055
2003 $21,576,351,799 $11,429,333,038
2004 $23,577,298,095 $13,825,302,536
2005 $26,783,389,294 $16,852,963,067
2006 $29,744,246,827 $17,465,318,552
2007 $33,567,850,824 $21,652,505,597
2008 $38,503,720,224 $18,074,622,987
2009 $37,126,148,265 $13,154,414,219
2010 $40,676,578,423 $13,751,161,918
2011 $46,876,006,272 $15,221,622,926
2012 $49,593,929,487 $14,751,508,134
2013 $52,996,446,180 $16,125,060,515
2014 $57,852,152,955 $17,867,662,178
2015 $62,186,064,758 $17,517,210,519
2016 $66,053,403,364 $20,793,168,031
2017 $71,653,754,107 $24,728,285,177
2018 $73,328,365,862 $26,260,850,582
2019 $77,172,317,259 $24,681,343,649
2020 $77,719,464,221 $21,629,953,194
2021 $86,455,519,687 $25,770,339,317
2022 $95,641,441,235 $28,696,453,180
2023 $104,368,413,483 $31,452,223,862
2024 $113,199,586,004 $33,462,807,983

Guatemala and Iceland economies compared

GDP per capita
Guatemala

Iceland
Year GDP per capita
Guatemala Iceland
1960 $256.8 $1,436
1961 $257.2 $1,439
1962 $265.2 $1,586
1963 $284.4 $1,859
1964 $284.2 $2,332
1965 $283 $2,764
1966 $287.3 $3,264
1967 $291.9 $3,173
1968 $315 $2,390
1969 $326 $2,070
1970 $353 $2,576
1971 $358 $3,252
1972 $370 $4,015
1973 $441 $5,437
1974 $529 $7,041
1975 $595 $6,454
1976 $697 $7,583
1977 $856 $9,957
1978 $925 $11,237
1979 $1,026 $12,641
1980 $1,142 $14,822
1981 $1,216 $15,137
1982 $1,204 $13,712
1983 $1,220 $11,672
1984 $1,241 $11,960
1985 $1,238 $12,361
1986 $896 $16,406
1987 $854 $22,453
1988 $919 $24,452
1989 $958 $22,434
1990 $848 $25,385
1991 $1,014 $26,803
1992 $1,096 $27,124
1993 $1,166 $23,580
1994 $1,293 $24,019
1995 $1,421 $26,634
1996 $1,481 $27,615
1997 $1,638 $27,919
1998 $1,741 $31,030
1999 $1,604 $32,382
2000 $1,649 $32,096
2001 $1,538 $28,897
2002 $1,669 $32,409
2003 $1,723 $39,477
2004 $1,841 $47,335
2005 $2,046 $56,795
2006 $2,225 $57,493
2007 $2,459 $69,496
2008 $2,763 $56,943
2009 $2,612 $41,301
2010 $2,805 $43,237
2011 $3,169 $47,715
2012 $3,287 $45,996
2013 $3,444 $49,805
2014 $3,689 $54,577
2015 $3,894 $52,952
2016 $4,060 $61,988
2017 $4,325 $72,010
2018 $4,353 $74,452
2019 $4,512 $68,452
2020 $4,478 $59,024
2021 $4,913 $69,178
2022 $5,359 $75,121
2023 $5,758 $79,960
2024 $6,150 $82,704

Guatemala vs. Iceland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guatemala

Iceland
Year Life expectancy, years
Guatemala Iceland
1950 37.8 71
1951 38.3 71
1952 38.9 72.4
1953 39.5 72.3
1954 40.1 73.3
1955 40.7 73.3
1956 41.3 72.9
1957 41.9 73.4
1958 43.1 73.3
1959 44.3 72.6
1960 45.8 74
1961 46.1 73.4
1962 46.5 73.6
1963 46.6 72.9
1964 47.1 73.5
1965 47.2 73.8
1966 47.5 73.1
1967 47.7 73.7
1968 47.8 73.9
1969 47.5 73.7
1970 48.5 73.8
1971 50.3 73.5
1972 51.8 74.4
1973 52.8 74.3
1974 53 74.1
1975 52.8 75.3
1976 47.6 76.6
1977 55.2 76.1
1978 56.4 76.4
1979 56.6 76.5
1980 55.3 76.6
1981 54.7 76.2
1982 48.9 76.8
1983 57.9 76.4
1984 59.1 77.3
1985 59.8 77.4
1986 60.3 77.9
1987 61 77.1
1988 61.5 76.9
1989 61.7 77.9
1990 61.8 77.7
1991 61.9 77.8
1992 62 78.6
1993 62.4 78.8
1994 63 79
1995 63.7 77.5
1996 64.5 78.6
1997 65.2 78.7
1998 66 79.4
1999 66.6 79.2
2000 67.1 79.5
2001 67.4 80.4
2002 67.8 80.3
2003 68.2 80.8
2004 68.2 80.7
2005 68.2 81.2
2006 68.8 80.9
2007 69.3 81.1
2008 69.5 81.2
2009 69.7 81.4
2010 69.9 81.6
2011 70.3 82
2012 70.7 82.3
2013 70.9 81.7
2014 70.9 82.4
2015 70.9 82.2
2016 71.2 81.8
2017 71.6 82.2
2018 71.5 82.5
2019 71.6 82.8
2020 70 82.7
2021 67.9 82.8
2022 71.2 81.6
2023 72.6 82.7
2024 72.7 83
2025 72.9 83.2

Guatemala and Iceland population clocks and comparison

Population
Guatemala

Iceland
Year Population
Guatemala Iceland
1960 4,063,655 175,574
1961 4,186,201 179,029
1962 4,312,044 182,378
1963 4,440,264 185,653
1964 4,571,109 188,983
1965 4,704,965 192,286
1966 4,840,958 195,570
1967 4,978,862 198,751
1968 5,118,111 201,488
1969 5,257,081 203,369
1970 5,396,966 204,438
1971 5,538,355 206,098
1972 5,682,833 209,137
1973 5,831,631 212,317
1974 5,981,197 215,209
1975 6,128,731 217,979
1976 6,262,404 220,154
1977 6,401,515 221,799
1978 6,561,534 223,537
1979 6,727,797 225,735
1980 6,900,212 228,138
1981 7,075,648 230,755
1982 7,240,241 233,860
1983 7,419,642 236,977
1984 7,630,682 239,511
1985 7,849,693 241,405
1986 8,070,818 243,180
1987 8,296,485 245,859
1988 8,532,099 249,740
1989 8,775,546 252,852
1990 9,024,773 254,826
1991 9,272,584 257,797
1992 9,522,266 261,057
1993 9,779,761 263,725
1994 10,043,718 266,021
1995 10,312,996 267,468
1996 10,583,526 268,916
1997 10,857,754 271,128
1998 11,139,145 274,047
1999 11,422,965 277,381
2000 11,697,592 281,205
2001 11,969,422 284,968
2002 12,246,915 287,523
2003 12,525,842 289,521
2004 12,807,402 292,074
2005 13,087,629 296,734
2006 13,367,459 303,782
2007 13,652,040 311,566
2008 13,935,174 317,414
2009 14,215,611 318,499
2010 14,500,112 318,041
2011 14,792,126 319,014
2012 15,089,647 320,716
2013 15,387,337 323,764
2014 15,681,725 327,386
2015 15,971,743 330,815
2016 16,268,760 335,439
2017 16,567,357 343,400
2018 16,845,685 352,721
2019 17,103,803 360,563
2020 17,357,325 366,463
2021 17,598,650 372,520
2022 17,847,877 382,003
2023 18,124,838 393,349
2024 18,406,359 404,610

Fertility rates in Guatemala and Iceland

Fertility rate
Guatemala

Iceland
Year Fertility rate
Guatemala Iceland
1960 7 4.29
1961 6.98 3.88
1962 6.93 3.98
1963 6.9 3.99
1964 6.87 3.88
1965 6.84 3.73
1966 6.8 3.59
1967 6.76 3.28
1968 6.7 3.06
1969 6.65 2.99
1970 6.6 2.81
1971 6.55 2.92
1972 6.51 3.09
1973 6.49 2.94
1974 6.46 2.66
1975 6.41 2.65
1976 6.37 2.52
1977 6.32 2.31
1978 6.26 2.35
1979 6.22 2.49
1980 6.17 2.48
1981 6.12 2.33
1982 6.06 2.27
1983 5.98 2.24
1984 5.86 2.08
1985 5.73 1.93
1986 5.66 1.92
1987 5.64 2.06
1988 5.62 2.26
1989 5.56 2.19
1990 5.48 2.3
1991 5.38 2.18
1992 5.31 2.21
1993 5.25 2.22
1994 5.19 2.14
1995 5.11 2.08
1996 5.01 2.12
1997 4.91 2.04
1998 4.8 2.05
1999 4.69 1.99
2000 4.58 2.08
2001 4.5 1.95
2002 4.37 1.93
2003 4.25 1.99
2004 4.13 2.04
2005 3.97 2.05
2006 3.85 2.08
2007 3.72 2.09
2008 3.57 2.15
2009 3.47 2.23
2010 3.38 2.2
2011 3.29 2.02
2012 3.22 2.04
2013 3.15 1.93
2014 3.09 1.93
2015 3.03 1.8
2016 2.97 1.74
2017 2.86 1.71
2018 2.74 1.71
2019 2.59 1.74
2020 2.47 1.72
2021 2.39 1.82
2022 2.34 1.59
2023 2.31 1.59

Guatemala and Iceland demographics compared

Median age
Guatemala

Iceland
Year Median age, years
Guatemala Iceland
1960 16.7 25.4
1961 16.7 25.2
1962 16.6 24.9
1963 16.6 24.7
1964 16.6 24.4
1965 16.7 24.2
1966 16.7 24.1
1967 16.7 24.1
1968 16.7 24.2
1969 16.8 24.3
1970 16.8 24.5
1971 16.8 24.7
1972 16.8 24.8
1973 16.8 24.9
1974 16.8 25.1
1975 16.9 25.4
1976 17 25.7
1977 17 26
1978 17 26.4
1979 17.1 26.7
1980 17.1 26.9
1981 17.1 27.2
1982 17.1 27.5
1983 17 27.7
1984 17 28
1985 17 28.4
1986 17.1 28.8
1987 17.1 29.1
1988 17.1 29.3
1989 17.1 29.6
1990 17.2 30
1991 17.2 30.2
1992 17.3 30.5
1993 17.3 30.8
1994 17.3 31.1
1995 17.4 31.5
1996 17.4 31.8
1997 17.5 32.1
1998 17.6 32.4
1999 17.7 32.6
2000 17.7 32.8
2001 17.8 33
2002 18 33.4
2003 18.1 33.7
2004 18.3 34
2005 18.5 34.2
2006 18.7 34.5
2007 18.9 34.6
2008 19.1 34.5
2009 19.4 34.6
2010 19.6 34.9
2011 19.9 35.1
2012 20.1 35.4
2013 20.4 35.5
2014 20.8 35.7
2015 21.1 36
2016 21.3 36.2
2017 21.7 36.3
2018 22 36.4
2019 22.3 36.5
2020 22.6 36.6
2021 22.9 36.7
2022 23.3 36.7
2023 23.7 36.9
2024 24 37.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guatemala Iceland
GNI, Atlas method
$106B
2024
$31.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
14.9%
2025
44.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.11%
2023
7.29%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.41%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
43,000
2020
0
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.5%
2025
-1.64%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.34%
2023
3.56%
2024
Services, % of GDP
61.8%
2024
65.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
21.7%
2024
19.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
63.4
2025
72.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.1%
2023
22.4%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
1.6%
2023
3.7%
2019
Number of billionaires n/a
1
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0003%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
34
2004
Total reserves including gold
$24.4B
2024
$6.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$21.6B
2024
$246M
2024
International tourist arrivals
594,000
2020
488,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
2.35%
2020
11.9%
2008
Banked people share
38.3%
2024
99.9%
2024

Energy

Guatemala Iceland
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
888 kg
2022
15,379 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.7
2022
$4.99
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
21.3 megatons
2023
3.09 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.18 tons
2023
7.85 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
34.6%
2022
10.3%
2023
Renewable energy use share
62.1%
2021
82.4%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
5.26%
2022
88.8%
2023
Net energy imports use share
38.4%
2022
20.5%
2009
Electric power consumption per capita
670 kWh
2022
49,956 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
60.7%
2021
100%
2016
Hydroelectric share
43.7%
2022
70.3%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Guatemala Iceland
% of world population
0.23%
2024
0.005%
2024
Annual migration change
-7,725
2024
+3,543
2024
Urban population
53.5%
2024
94.1%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.39 ft
2025
5.97 ft
2025
Average female height
4.95 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Quality of life index
38.7
2025
92.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
25
2024
77
2024
Higher education index
44
2025
79
2025
Homicides per 100K people
20
2021
1.07
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.9
2019
2
2019
Visa free countries
133
2025
171
2025
Adult literacy rate
82.1%
2024
99%
2003
English speaking
1%
2025
98%
2023
People using the Internet
56.1%
2023
99.8%
2023

Health

Guatemala Iceland
Government health expenditure per capita
$396
2022
$7,197
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$231.2
2022
$1,035
2023
Life expectancy
72.9 years
2025
83.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
2.04%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.28
2020
4.52
2022
Age at first childbirth
20.6 years
2025
28.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
94
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
21.4
2023
2.6
2023
Obesity rate
27.6%
2022
21.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
6.9%
2024
Air quality index
37
2025
98
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.9%
2022
9.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.54 liters
2020
7.94 liters
2020

Territory

Guatemala Iceland
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.07%
2025
Land area per capita
2,248 sq mi
2024
96,218 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
17,807 sq mi
2025
6,324 sq mi
2025
Forest area
13,487 sq mi
2025
205.8 sq mi
2025
Roads length
10,949 mi
2016
8,014 mi
2012

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