Guatemala vs Nicaragua statistics compared

Guatemala has a population of 18.4M (ranked 70/197), compared with 6.92M in Nicaragua (ranked 108/197). Guatemala's land area is 41,375 sq mi versus 46,464 sq mi for Nicaragua (ranked 102nd vs. 98th).

By GDP, Guatemala ranks 67/197 ($113B) and Nicaragua ranks 131/197 ($19.7B). By GDP per capita, Guatemala ranks 113/197 ($6,150), while Nicaragua ranks 141/197 ($2,848).

Guatemala and Nicaragua: Comparison Charts

Guatemala and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Table

Year	GDP
	Guatemala	Nicaragua
1960	$1,043,599,900	$227,223,322
1961	$1,076,699,900	$244,144,237
1962	$1,143,600,000	$269,283,804
1963	$1,262,800,000	$297,324,163
1964	$1,299,099,900	$347,119,918
1965	$1,331,399,900	$564,290,020
1966	$1,390,700,000	$607,140,010
1967	$1,453,500,000	$657,140,011
1968	$1,610,500,000	$692,859,985
1969	$1,715,399,900	$750,000,003
1970	$1,904,000,000	$778,569,939
1971	$1,984,800,000	$828,569,953
1972	$2,101,300,000	$878,570,045
1973	$2,569,200,100	$1,092,900,015
1974	$3,161,499,900	$1,521,400,012
1975	$3,645,900,000	$1,581,599,959
1976	$4,365,300,200	$1,836,899,999
1977	$5,480,500,200	$2,226,999,874
1978	$6,070,600,200	$2,127,699,979
1979	$6,902,600,200	$1,567,599,982
1980	$7,878,700,000	$2,144,300,006
1981	$8,607,500,300	$2,474,700,227
1982	$8,716,999,700	$2,454,499,872
1983	$9,050,000,400	$2,753,100,058
1984	$9,470,000,100	$3,117,599,872
1985	$9,721,652,087	$2,683,699,935
1986	$7,231,963,516	$2,885,799,994
1987	$7,084,399,840	$3,851,200,118
1988	$7,841,602,824	$2,630,900,096
1989	$8,410,724,361	$1,013,184,756
1990	$7,650,196,845	$1,009,455,484
1991	$9,406,135,143	$1,488,804,124
1992	$10,440,781,588	$1,792,800,000
1993	$11,400,017,301	$1,756,454,248
1994	$12,983,233,311	$3,863,185,119
1995	$14,655,404,433	$4,140,470,000
1996	$15,674,835,615	$4,308,351,903
1997	$17,790,026,222	$4,389,973,490
1998	$19,395,491,993	$4,635,347,386
1999	$18,318,412,251	$4,856,026,259
2000	$19,288,929,030	$5,109,587,050
2001	$18,405,220,247	$5,351,752,034
2002	$20,444,205,991	$5,223,727,303
2003	$21,576,351,799	$5,322,228,351
2004	$23,577,298,095	$5,792,932,838
2005	$26,783,389,294	$6,321,324,279
2006	$29,744,246,827	$6,763,672,381
2007	$33,567,850,824	$7,423,375,015
2008	$38,503,720,224	$8,496,967,597
2009	$37,126,148,265	$8,298,702,489
2010	$40,676,578,423	$8,758,602,233
2011	$46,876,006,272	$9,774,329,333
2012	$49,593,929,487	$10,532,017,232
2013	$52,996,446,180	$10,982,988,249
2014	$57,852,152,955	$11,880,438,824
2015	$62,186,064,758	$12,756,696,261
2016	$66,053,403,364	$13,286,093,388
2017	$71,653,754,107	$13,785,893,007
2018	$73,328,365,862	$13,025,221,974
2019	$77,172,317,259	$12,699,023,614
2020	$77,719,464,221	$12,726,422,432
2021	$86,455,519,687	$14,209,020,362
2022	$95,641,441,235	$15,634,572,502
2023	$104,368,413,483	$17,805,842,284
2024	$113,199,586,004	$19,693,982,968

Guatemala and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP per capita

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Guatemala	Nicaragua
1960	$256.8	$127.5
1961	$257.2	$132.9
1962	$265.2	$142.3
1963	$284.4	$152.5
1964	$284.2	$172.7
1965	$283	$272.3
1966	$287.3	$284
1967	$291.9	$297.9
1968	$315	$304
1969	$326	$319
1970	$353	$321
1971	$358	$331
1972	$370	$341
1973	$441	$413
1974	$529	$557
1975	$595	$561
1976	$697	$633
1977	$856	$744
1978	$925	$691
1979	$1,026	$495
1980	$1,142	$659
1981	$1,216	$740
1982	$1,204	$714
1983	$1,220	$780
1984	$1,241	$861
1985	$1,238	$724
1986	$896	$761
1987	$854	$992
1988	$919	$662
1989	$958	$249.2
1990	$848	$242.5
1991	$1,014	$350
1992	$1,096	$411
1993	$1,166	$394
1994	$1,293	$849
1995	$1,421	$892
1996	$1,481	$911
1997	$1,638	$913
1998	$1,741	$949
1999	$1,604	$980
2000	$1,649	$1,017
2001	$1,538	$1,052
2002	$1,669	$1,014
2003	$1,723	$1,021
2004	$1,841	$1,099
2005	$2,046	$1,183
2006	$2,225	$1,248
2007	$2,459	$1,350
2008	$2,763	$1,524
2009	$2,612	$1,467
2010	$2,805	$1,527
2011	$3,169	$1,680
2012	$3,287	$1,785
2013	$3,444	$1,835
2014	$3,689	$1,958
2015	$3,894	$2,074
2016	$4,060	$2,132
2017	$4,325	$2,183
2018	$4,353	$2,035
2019	$4,512	$1,959
2020	$4,478	$1,938
2021	$4,913	$2,138
2022	$5,359	$2,323
2023	$5,758	$2,609
2024	$6,150	$2,848

Guatemala vs. Nicaragua life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Guatemala	Nicaragua
1950	37.8	40.6
1951	38.3	40.8
1952	38.9	41.9
1953	39.5	42.4
1954	40.1	43.1
1955	40.7	43.7
1956	41.3	44.3
1957	41.9	44.9
1958	43.1	45.5
1959	44.3	46.1
1960	45.8	46.4
1961	46.1	47.3
1962	46.5	48
1963	46.6	48.8
1964	47.1	49.6
1965	47.2	50.6
1966	47.5	51.6
1967	47.7	52.3
1968	47.8	52.9
1969	47.5	53.4
1970	48.5	53.8
1971	50.3	54.2
1972	51.8	48
1973	52.8	55
1974	53	55.4
1975	52.8	55.8
1976	47.6	56.1
1977	55.2	56.1
1978	56.4	53.5
1979	56.6	50.8
1980	55.3	58
1981	54.7	58.3
1982	48.9	58.7
1983	57.9	56.9
1984	59.1	56.1
1985	59.8	56.4
1986	60.3	57.6
1987	61	57.3
1988	61.5	59.8
1989	61.7	61.9
1990	61.8	62.5
1991	61.9	63.3
1992	62	63.7
1993	62.4	64.1
1994	63	64.5
1995	63.7	64.9
1996	64.5	65.2
1997	65.2	65.5
1998	66	64.1
1999	66.6	65.9
2000	67.1	66.4
2001	67.4	67
2002	67.8	68
2003	68.2	68.7
2004	68.2	69.5
2005	68.2	70.4
2006	68.8	71
2007	69.3	71.2
2008	69.5	71.4
2009	69.7	71.5
2010	69.9	71.8
2011	70.3	72
2012	70.7	72.4
2013	70.9	72.6
2014	70.9	72.8
2015	70.9	72.9
2016	71.2	73.2
2017	71.6	73.4
2018	71.5	73.9
2019	71.6	73.8
2020	70	70.8
2021	67.9	70.5
2022	71.2	74.5
2023	72.6	74.9
2024	72.7	75.1
2025	72.9	75.3

Guatemala and Nicaragua population clocks and comparison

Population

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Population
	Guatemala	Nicaragua
1960	4,063,655	1,782,370
1961	4,186,201	1,836,451
1962	4,312,044	1,892,320
1963	4,440,264	1,950,159
1964	4,571,109	2,010,176
1965	4,704,965	2,072,681
1966	4,840,958	2,137,820
1967	4,978,862	2,205,567
1968	5,118,111	2,275,836
1969	5,257,081	2,348,398
1970	5,396,966	2,423,065
1971	5,538,355	2,499,825
1972	5,682,833	2,573,578
1973	5,831,631	2,649,278
1974	5,981,197	2,732,075
1975	6,128,731	2,816,943
1976	6,262,404	2,903,851
1977	6,401,515	2,992,534
1978	6,561,534	3,080,314
1979	6,727,797	3,164,525
1980	6,900,212	3,252,403
1981	7,075,648	3,345,674
1982	7,240,241	3,438,745
1983	7,419,642	3,530,282
1984	7,630,682	3,619,104
1985	7,849,693	3,706,479
1986	8,070,818	3,794,157
1987	8,296,485	3,882,164
1988	8,532,099	3,972,320
1989	8,775,546	4,066,476
1990	9,024,773	4,162,559
1991	9,272,584	4,259,637
1992	9,522,266	4,357,026
1993	9,779,761	4,453,732
1994	10,043,718	4,549,316
1995	10,312,996	4,642,931
1996	10,583,526	4,729,974
1997	10,857,754	4,809,573
1998	11,139,145	4,883,655
1999	11,422,965	4,954,018
2000	11,697,592	5,022,633
2001	11,969,422	5,087,825
2002	12,246,915	5,149,909
2003	12,525,842	5,210,963
2004	12,807,402	5,272,912
2005	13,087,629	5,342,105
2006	13,367,459	5,418,855
2007	13,652,040	5,497,243
2008	13,935,174	5,576,593
2009	14,215,611	5,656,601
2010	14,500,112	5,737,450
2011	14,792,126	5,819,051
2012	15,089,647	5,901,287
2013	15,387,337	5,983,845
2014	15,681,725	6,066,492
2015	15,971,743	6,149,417
2016	16,268,760	6,232,666
2017	16,567,357	6,316,231
2018	16,845,685	6,400,080
2019	17,103,803	6,483,657
2020	17,357,325	6,565,267
2021	17,598,650	6,644,741
2022	17,847,877	6,730,654
2023	18,124,838	6,823,613
2024	18,406,359	6,916,140

Fertility rates in Guatemala and Nicaragua

Fertility rate

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Guatemala	Nicaragua
1960	7	7.16
1961	6.98	7.11
1962	6.93	7.1
1963	6.9	7.08
1964	6.87	7.06
1965	6.84	7.03
1966	6.8	6.99
1967	6.76	6.94
1968	6.7	6.89
1969	6.65	6.83
1970	6.6	6.77
1971	6.55	6.71
1972	6.51	6.65
1973	6.49	6.59
1974	6.46	6.52
1975	6.41	6.45
1976	6.37	6.37
1977	6.32	6.28
1978	6.26	6.16
1979	6.22	6.07
1980	6.17	5.96
1981	6.12	5.84
1982	6.06	5.74
1983	5.98	5.61
1984	5.86	5.49
1985	5.73	5.36
1986	5.66	5.22
1987	5.64	5.07
1988	5.62	4.93
1989	5.56	4.76
1990	5.48	4.6
1991	5.38	4.43
1992	5.31	4.27
1993	5.25	4.1
1994	5.19	3.94
1995	5.11	3.78
1996	5.01	3.62
1997	4.91	3.47
1998	4.8	3.34
1999	4.69	3.22
2000	4.58	3.12
2001	4.5	3
2002	4.37	2.89
2003	4.25	2.83
2004	4.13	2.78
2005	3.97	2.77
2006	3.85	2.73
2007	3.72	2.7
2008	3.57	2.66
2009	3.47	2.63
2010	3.38	2.6
2011	3.29	2.56
2012	3.22	2.53
2013	3.15	2.49
2014	3.09	2.46
2015	3.03	2.43
2016	2.97	2.41
2017	2.86	2.38
2018	2.74	2.35
2019	2.59	2.32
2020	2.47	2.3
2021	2.39	2.27
2022	2.34	2.24
2023	2.31	2.22

Guatemala and Nicaragua demographics compared

Median age

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Guatemala	Nicaragua
1960	16.7	16.2
1961	16.7	16.1
1962	16.6	16
1963	16.6	15.9
1964	16.6	15.9
1965	16.7	15.9
1966	16.7	16
1967	16.7	16
1968	16.7	16
1969	16.8	16.1
1970	16.8	16.1
1971	16.8	16.1
1972	16.8	16.2
1973	16.8	16.2
1974	16.8	16.2
1975	16.9	16.2
1976	17	16.2
1977	17	16.2
1978	17	16.2
1979	17.1	16.2
1980	17.1	16.2
1981	17.1	16.2
1982	17.1	16.2
1983	17	16.3
1984	17	16.3
1985	17	16.3
1986	17.1	16.3
1987	17.1	16.4
1988	17.1	16.4
1989	17.1	16.5
1990	17.2	16.7
1991	17.2	16.8
1992	17.3	17
1993	17.3	17.2
1994	17.3	17.4
1995	17.4	17.6
1996	17.4	17.9
1997	17.5	18.1
1998	17.6	18.4
1999	17.7	18.8
2000	17.7	19.1
2001	17.8	19.4
2002	18	19.7
2003	18.1	20.1
2004	18.3	20.4
2005	18.5	20.8
2006	18.7	21.1
2007	18.9	21.4
2008	19.1	21.7
2009	19.4	22
2010	19.6	22.2
2011	19.9	22.5
2012	20.1	22.8
2013	20.4	23.1
2014	20.8	23.4
2015	21.1	23.7
2016	21.3	24
2017	21.7	24.3
2018	22	24.7
2019	22.3	25
2020	22.6	25.3
2021	22.9	25.6
2022	23.3	25.9
2023	23.7	26.3
2024	24	26.6

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