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Guatemala vs Romania statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guatemala has a population of 18.4M (ranked 70/197), compared with 19.1M in Romania (ranked 67/197). Guatemala's land area is 41,375 sq mi versus 88,834 sq mi for Romania (ranked 102nd vs. 80th).

By GDP, Guatemala ranks 67/197 ($113B) and Romania ranks 43/197 ($383B). By GDP per capita, Guatemala ranks 113/197 ($6,150), while Romania ranks 58/197 ($20,072).

Main facts and rankings

Guatemala Romania
Population
18912872
18962595
Population rank 70/197 69/197
GDP
$113B
2024
$383B
2024
GDP rank 67/197 43/197
GDP per capita
$6,150
2024
$20,072
2024
GDP per capita rank 113/197 58/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$14,369
2024
$48,712
2024
Government debt
$30B
2024
$219B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.2%
2025
61.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,628
2024
$11,490
2024
Government debt per person rank 124/185 49/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$5,583
2025
$13,200
2025
Land area
41,375 sq mi
2025
88,834 sq mi
2025
Population density
445 ppl/mi²
2024
214.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.31
2023
1.71
2023
Median age
24 years
2024
43.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
72.9 years
2025
76.2 years
2025

Guatemala and Romania: Comparison Charts

Guatemala and Romania economies compared

GDP
Guatemala

Romania
Year GDP
Guatemala Romania
1960 $1,043,599,900 -
1961 $1,076,699,900 -
1962 $1,143,600,000 -
1963 $1,262,800,000 -
1964 $1,299,099,900 -
1965 $1,331,399,900 -
1966 $1,390,700,000 -
1967 $1,453,500,000 -
1968 $1,610,500,000 -
1969 $1,715,399,900 -
1970 $1,904,000,000 -
1971 $1,984,800,000 -
1972 $2,101,300,000 -
1973 $2,569,200,100 -
1974 $3,161,499,900 -
1975 $3,645,900,000 -
1976 $4,365,300,200 -
1977 $5,480,500,200 -
1978 $6,070,600,200 -
1979 $6,902,600,200 -
1980 $7,878,700,000 -
1981 $8,607,500,300 -
1982 $8,716,999,700 -
1983 $9,050,000,400 -
1984 $9,470,000,100 -
1985 $9,721,652,087 -
1986 $7,231,963,516 -
1987 $7,084,399,840 $38,067,567,568
1988 $7,841,602,824 $40,424,528,302
1989 $8,410,724,361 $41,450,777,202
1990 $7,650,196,845 $38,247,882,300
1991 $9,406,135,143 $28,850,634,900
1992 $10,440,781,588 $25,121,666,667
1993 $11,400,017,301 $26,361,160,450
1994 $12,983,233,311 $30,072,805,104
1995 $14,655,404,433 $37,430,162,103
1996 $15,674,835,615 $36,937,074,278
1997 $17,790,026,222 $35,575,214,078
1998 $19,395,491,993 $41,696,091,974
1999 $18,318,412,251 $35,953,156,754
2000 $19,288,929,030 $37,253,739,511
2001 $18,405,220,247 $40,395,116,581
2002 $20,444,205,991 $46,065,502,703
2003 $21,576,351,799 $57,806,384,143
2004 $23,577,298,095 $74,973,656,852
2005 $26,783,389,294 $98,454,380,120
2006 $29,744,246,827 $122,023,735,993
2007 $33,567,850,824 $174,588,782,939
2008 $38,503,720,224 $214,315,932,061
2009 $37,126,148,265 $174,110,532,659
2010 $40,676,578,423 $170,064,350,672
2011 $46,876,006,272 $192,623,977,894
2012 $49,593,929,487 $179,117,323,107
2013 $52,996,446,180 $189,798,603,751
2014 $57,852,152,955 $199,722,319,676
2015 $62,186,064,758 $177,885,131,240
2016 $66,053,403,364 $185,290,759,249
2017 $71,653,754,107 $210,147,385,855
2018 $73,328,365,862 $243,468,683,030
2019 $77,172,317,259 $251,677,082,534
2020 $77,719,464,221 $252,033,792,712
2021 $86,455,519,687 $286,578,196,368
2022 $95,641,441,235 $296,354,358,293
2023 $104,368,413,483 $350,775,856,415
2024 $113,199,586,004 $382,767,571,329

Guatemala and Romania economies compared

GDP per capita
Guatemala

Romania
Year GDP per capita
Guatemala Romania
1960 $256.8 -
1961 $257.2 -
1962 $265.2 -
1963 $284.4 -
1964 $284.2 -
1965 $283 -
1966 $287.3 -
1967 $291.9 -
1968 $315 -
1969 $326 -
1970 $353 -
1971 $358 -
1972 $370 -
1973 $441 -
1974 $529 -
1975 $595 -
1976 $697 -
1977 $856 -
1978 $925 -
1979 $1,026 -
1980 $1,142 -
1981 $1,216 -
1982 $1,204 -
1983 $1,220 -
1984 $1,241 -
1985 $1,238 -
1986 $896 -
1987 $854 $1,659
1988 $919 $1,753
1989 $958 $1,790
1990 $848 $1,648
1991 $1,014 $1,254
1992 $1,096 $1,102
1993 $1,166 $1,158
1994 $1,293 $1,323
1995 $1,421 $1,650
1996 $1,481 $1,633
1997 $1,638 $1,577
1998 $1,741 $1,853
1999 $1,604 $1,600
2000 $1,649 $1,660
2001 $1,538 $1,825
2002 $1,669 $2,120
2003 $1,723 $2,679
2004 $1,841 $3,495
2005 $2,046 $4,618
2006 $2,225 $5,758
2007 $2,459 $8,360
2008 $2,763 $10,435
2009 $2,612 $8,548
2010 $2,805 $8,400
2011 $3,169 $9,561
2012 $3,287 $8,930
2013 $3,444 $9,498
2014 $3,689 $10,032
2015 $3,894 $8,977
2016 $4,060 $9,405
2017 $4,325 $10,728
2018 $4,353 $12,502
2019 $4,512 $12,992
2020 $4,478 $13,082
2021 $4,913 $14,987
2022 $5,359 $15,558
2023 $5,758 $18,404
2024 $6,150 $20,072

Guatemala vs. Romania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guatemala

Romania
Year Life expectancy, years
Guatemala Romania
1950 37.8 60.5
1951 38.3 61.2
1952 38.9 61.8
1953 39.5 62.5
1954 40.1 63
1955 40.7 63.3
1956 41.3 63.6
1957 41.9 64
1958 43.1 64.4
1959 44.3 64.9
1960 45.8 65.6
1961 46.1 66.4
1962 46.5 67.2
1963 46.6 67.8
1964 47.1 68.4
1965 47.2 68.4
1966 47.5 68.2
1967 47.7 68.1
1968 47.8 67.9
1969 47.5 67.2
1970 48.5 67.9
1971 50.3 68.4
1972 51.8 69
1973 52.8 68.7
1974 53 69.5
1975 52.8 69.6
1976 47.6 69.9
1977 55.2 69.5
1978 56.4 69.8
1979 56.6 69.5
1980 55.3 69.2
1981 54.7 69.5
1982 48.9 69.8
1983 57.9 69.8
1984 59.1 69.9
1985 59.8 69.4
1986 60.3 69.7
1987 61 69.1
1988 61.5 69.4
1989 61.7 69.5
1990 61.8 69.8
1991 61.9 70
1992 62 69.5
1993 62.4 69.5
1994 63 69.3
1995 63.7 69.3
1996 64.5 68.8
1997 65.2 69.1
1998 66 69.9
1999 66.6 70.6
2000 67.1 71.2
2001 67.4 71.1
2002 67.8 70.8
2003 68.2 70.8
2004 68.2 71.1
2005 68.2 71.6
2006 68.8 72.2
2007 69.3 72.8
2008 69.5 73.2
2009 69.7 73.5
2010 69.9 73.6
2011 70.3 74.3
2012 70.7 74.3
2013 70.9 74.9
2014 70.9 74.8
2015 70.9 74.7
2016 71.2 75
2017 71.6 75
2018 71.5 75.1
2019 71.6 75.3
2020 70 74
2021 67.9 72.7
2022 71.2 75.3
2023 72.6 75.9
2024 72.7 76.1
2025 72.9 76.2

Guatemala and Romania population clocks and comparison

Population
Guatemala

Romania
Year Population
Guatemala Romania
1960 4,063,655 18,406,905
1961 4,186,201 18,555,250
1962 4,312,044 18,676,550
1963 4,440,264 18,797,850
1964 4,571,109 18,919,126
1965 4,704,965 19,031,576
1966 4,840,958 19,215,450
1967 4,978,862 19,534,242
1968 5,118,111 19,799,831
1969 5,257,081 20,009,141
1970 5,396,966 20,250,398
1971 5,538,355 20,461,567
1972 5,682,833 20,657,957
1973 5,831,631 20,835,681
1974 5,981,197 21,029,429
1975 6,128,731 21,293,583
1976 6,262,404 21,551,634
1977 6,401,515 21,756,096
1978 6,561,534 21,951,464
1979 6,727,797 22,090,488
1980 6,900,212 22,207,282
1981 7,075,648 22,353,070
1982 7,240,241 22,475,741
1983 7,419,642 22,560,478
1984 7,630,682 22,640,547
1985 7,849,693 22,732,999
1986 8,070,818 22,836,841
1987 8,296,485 22,949,430
1988 8,532,099 23,057,662
1989 8,775,546 23,161,458
1990 9,024,773 23,201,835
1991 9,272,584 23,001,155
1992 9,522,266 22,794,284
1993 9,779,761 22,763,280
1994 10,043,718 22,730,211
1995 10,312,996 22,684,270
1996 10,583,526 22,619,004
1997 10,857,754 22,553,978
1998 11,139,145 22,507,344
1999 11,422,965 22,472,040
2000 11,697,592 22,442,971
2001 11,969,422 22,131,970
2002 12,246,915 21,730,496
2003 12,525,842 21,574,326
2004 12,807,402 21,451,748
2005 13,087,629 21,319,685
2006 13,367,459 21,193,760
2007 13,652,040 20,882,982
2008 13,935,174 20,537,875
2009 14,215,611 20,367,487
2010 14,500,112 20,246,871
2011 14,792,126 20,147,528
2012 15,089,647 20,058,035
2013 15,387,337 19,983,693
2014 15,681,725 19,908,979
2015 15,971,743 19,815,616
2016 16,268,760 19,702,267
2017 16,567,357 19,588,715
2018 16,845,685 19,473,970
2019 17,103,803 19,371,648
2020 17,357,325 19,265,250
2021 17,598,650 19,122,059
2022 17,847,877 19,048,502
2023 18,124,838 19,059,479
2024 18,406,359 19,069,340

Fertility rates in Guatemala and Romania

Fertility rate
Guatemala

Romania
Year Fertility rate
Guatemala Romania
1960 7 2.34
1961 6.98 2.17
1962 6.93 2.04
1963 6.9 2.01
1964 6.87 1.96
1965 6.84 1.91
1966 6.8 1.9
1967 6.76 3.66
1968 6.7 3.63
1969 6.65 3.19
1970 6.6 2.89
1971 6.55 2.67
1972 6.51 2.55
1973 6.49 2.44
1974 6.46 2.71
1975 6.41 2.59
1976 6.37 2.54
1977 6.32 2.57
1978 6.26 2.52
1979 6.22 2.49
1980 6.17 2.43
1981 6.12 2.36
1982 6.06 2.17
1983 5.98 2.06
1984 5.86 2.26
1985 5.73 2.31
1986 5.66 2.39
1987 5.64 2.38
1988 5.62 2.3
1989 5.56 2.22
1990 5.48 1.83
1991 5.38 1.59
1992 5.31 1.51
1993 5.25 1.43
1994 5.19 1.4
1995 5.11 1.33
1996 5.01 1.3
1997 4.91 1.32
1998 4.8 1.32
1999 4.69 1.3
2000 4.58 1.31
2001 4.5 1.27
2002 4.37 1.27
2003 4.25 1.3
2004 4.13 1.33
2005 3.97 1.4
2006 3.85 1.42
2007 3.72 1.45
2008 3.57 1.6
2009 3.47 1.66
2010 3.38 1.59
2011 3.29 1.47
2012 3.22 1.52
2013 3.15 1.46
2014 3.09 1.56
2015 3.03 1.62
2016 2.97 1.69
2017 2.86 1.78
2018 2.74 1.76
2019 2.59 1.77
2020 2.47 1.8
2021 2.39 1.81
2022 2.34 1.71
2023 2.31 1.71

Guatemala and Romania demographics compared

Median age
Guatemala

Romania
Year Median age, years
Guatemala Romania
1960 16.7 28.5
1961 16.7 28.9
1962 16.6 29.3
1963 16.6 29.7
1964 16.6 30.2
1965 16.7 30.6
1966 16.7 31
1967 16.7 31.3
1968 16.7 31.3
1969 16.8 31.3
1970 16.8 31.4
1971 16.8 31.4
1972 16.8 31.5
1973 16.8 31.5
1974 16.8 31.6
1975 16.9 31.7
1976 17 31.8
1977 17 31.8
1978 17 31.7
1979 17.1 31.7
1980 17.1 31.8
1981 17.1 31.9
1982 17.1 32
1983 17 32.1
1984 17 32.3
1985 17 32.5
1986 17.1 32.7
1987 17.1 32.8
1988 17.1 32.8
1989 17.1 32.9
1990 17.2 33
1991 17.2 33.1
1992 17.3 33.3
1993 17.3 33.6
1994 17.3 33.8
1995 17.4 34
1996 17.4 34.2
1997 17.5 34.4
1998 17.6 34.6
1999 17.7 34.7
2000 17.7 34.8
2001 17.8 34.8
2002 18 35.3
2003 18.1 36
2004 18.3 36.6
2005 18.5 37
2006 18.7 37.3
2007 18.9 37.7
2008 19.1 38.2
2009 19.4 38.8
2010 19.6 39.3
2011 19.9 39.8
2012 20.1 40.2
2013 20.4 40.5
2014 20.8 40.9
2015 21.1 41.3
2016 21.3 41.7
2017 21.7 42
2018 22 42.3
2019 22.3 42.6
2020 22.6 42.9
2021 22.9 43.2
2022 23.3 43.3
2023 23.7 43.5
2024 24 43.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guatemala Romania
GNI, Atlas method
$106B
2024
$336B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
14.9%
2025
39.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.11%
2023
3.28%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.41%
2023
1.61%
2023
Armed forces personnel
43,000
2020
128,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.5%
2025
-7.83%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.34%
2023
5.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
61.8%
2024
62.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
21.7%
2024
25%
2024
Economic freedom index
63.4
2025
66.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.1%
2023
21.8%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
1.6%
2023
2.4%
2023
Number of billionaires n/a
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00004%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
83
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$47.4B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$24.4B
2024
$73.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$21.6B
2024
$9.52B
2024
International tourist arrivals
594,000
2020
5,023,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
2.35%
2020
1.73%
2020
Banked people share
38.3%
2024
71.3%
2024

Energy

Guatemala Romania
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
888 kg
2022
1,601 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.7
2022
$28.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
21.3 megatons
2023
70.8 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.18 tons
2023
3.71 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
34.6%
2022
70.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
62.1%
2021
23.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
5.26%
2022
17.5%
2023
Net energy imports use share
38.4%
2022
28.1%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
670 kWh
2022
2,585 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
60.7%
2021
44.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
43.7%
2022
32.2%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
19.3%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Guatemala Romania
% of world population
0.23%
2024
0.23%
2024
Annual migration change
-7,725
2024
-28,466
2024
Urban population
53.5%
2024
54.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.39 ft
2025
5.83 ft
2025
Average female height
4.95 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
38.7
2025
67.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
25
2024
46
2024
Higher education index
44
2025
69
2025
Homicides per 100K people
20
2021
1.11
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.9
2019
10.3
2019
Visa free countries
133
2025
171
2025
Adult literacy rate
82.1%
2024
99.2%
2021
English speaking
1%
2025
31%
2023
People using the Internet
56.1%
2023
91.3%
2024

Health

Guatemala Romania
Government health expenditure per capita
$396
2022
$902
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$231.2
2022
$193.3
2022
Life expectancy
72.9 years
2025
76.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
2.04%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.28
2020
3.47
2021
Age at first childbirth
20.6 years
2025
27.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
94
2023
12
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
21.4
2023
6.6
2023
Obesity rate
27.6%
2022
35%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
7.5%
2024
Air quality index
37
2025
50
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.9%
2022
30%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.54 liters
2020
16.8 liters
2020

Territory

Guatemala Romania
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.15%
2025
Land area per capita
2,248 sq mi
2024
4,658 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
17,807 sq mi
2025
49,093 sq mi
2025
Forest area
13,487 sq mi
2025
26,753 sq mi
2025
Roads length
10,949 mi
2016
53,679 mi
2023

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