Guatemala vs South Africa statistics compared

Guatemala has a population of 18.4M (ranked 70/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Guatemala's land area is 41,375 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 102nd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Guatemala ranks 67/197 ($113B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Guatemala ranks 113/197 ($6,150), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Guatemala and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Guatemala and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Guatemala

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Guatemala	South Africa
1960	$1,043,599,900	$8,748,596,501
1961	$1,076,699,900	$9,225,996,310
1962	$1,143,600,000	$9,813,996,074
1963	$1,262,800,000	$10,854,195,658
1964	$1,299,099,900	$11,955,995,218
1965	$1,331,399,900	$13,068,994,772
1966	$1,390,700,000	$14,211,394,315
1967	$1,453,500,000	$15,821,393,671
1968	$1,610,500,000	$17,124,793,150
1969	$1,715,399,900	$19,256,992,297
1970	$1,904,000,000	$21,218,391,513
1971	$1,984,800,000	$23,411,076,638
1972	$2,101,300,000	$24,515,919,217
1973	$2,569,200,100	$33,262,772,008
1974	$3,161,499,900	$41,389,186,095
1975	$3,645,900,000	$42,906,905,672
1976	$4,365,300,200	$41,150,460,288
1977	$5,480,500,200	$45,328,411,332
1978	$6,070,600,200	$51,607,412,902
1979	$6,902,600,200	$63,038,658,089
1980	$7,878,700,000	$89,411,864,402
1981	$8,607,500,300	$93,141,472,164
1982	$8,716,999,700	$85,904,057,409
1983	$9,050,000,400	$96,204,110,942
1984	$9,470,000,100	$84,870,163,366
1985	$9,721,652,087	$64,459,376,087
1986	$7,231,963,516	$73,354,771,399
1987	$7,084,399,840	$96,535,763,418
1988	$7,841,602,824	$103,976,831,871
1989	$8,410,724,361	$108,055,624,082
1990	$7,650,196,845	$126,048,140,142
1991	$9,406,135,143	$135,203,698,238
1992	$10,440,781,588	$146,956,150,987
1993	$11,400,017,301	$147,194,747,566
1994	$12,983,233,311	$153,512,712,382
1995	$14,655,404,433	$171,735,933,897
1996	$15,674,835,615	$163,234,925,381
1997	$17,790,026,222	$168,978,057,328
1998	$19,395,491,993	$152,982,984,557
1999	$18,318,412,251	$151,516,957,079
2000	$19,288,929,030	$151,752,757,215
2001	$18,405,220,247	$135,429,905,923
2002	$20,444,205,991	$129,087,556,612
2003	$21,576,351,799	$197,018,965,309
2004	$23,577,298,095	$255,806,908,595
2005	$26,783,389,294	$288,867,217,197
2006	$29,744,246,827	$303,858,675,364
2007	$33,567,850,824	$333,077,117,254
2008	$38,503,720,224	$316,131,258,616
2009	$37,126,148,265	$329,754,060,647
2010	$40,676,578,423	$417,363,822,802
2011	$46,876,006,272	$458,199,494,831
2012	$49,593,929,487	$434,400,545,086
2013	$52,996,446,180	$400,886,013,596
2014	$57,852,152,955	$381,198,869,776
2015	$62,186,064,758	$346,709,790,459
2016	$66,053,403,364	$323,585,509,674
2017	$71,653,754,107	$381,448,814,653
2018	$73,328,365,862	$405,260,723,893
2019	$77,172,317,259	$389,330,032,224
2020	$77,719,464,221	$337,974,655,408
2021	$86,455,519,687	$420,886,877,629
2022	$95,641,441,235	$406,920,004,594
2023	$104,368,413,483	$380,699,271,816
2024	$113,199,586,004	$400,260,724,226

Guatemala and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Guatemala

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Guatemala	South Africa
1960	$256.8	$532
1961	$257.2	$546
1962	$265.2	$563
1963	$284.4	$605
1964	$284.2	$646
1965	$283	$685
1966	$287.3	$722
1967	$291.9	$779
1968	$315	$817
1969	$326	$891
1970	$353	$952
1971	$358	$1,020
1972	$370	$1,038
1973	$441	$1,369
1974	$529	$1,656
1975	$595	$1,670
1976	$697	$1,559
1977	$856	$1,671
1978	$925	$1,852
1979	$1,026	$2,202
1980	$1,142	$3,029
1981	$1,216	$3,050
1982	$1,204	$2,717
1983	$1,220	$2,938
1984	$1,241	$2,504
1985	$1,238	$1,839
1986	$896	$2,027
1987	$854	$2,586
1988	$919	$2,702
1989	$958	$2,727
1990	$848	$3,093
1991	$1,014	$3,243
1992	$1,096	$3,462
1993	$1,166	$3,400
1994	$1,293	$3,489
1995	$1,421	$3,856
1996	$1,481	$3,618
1997	$1,638	$3,700
1998	$1,741	$3,310
1999	$1,604	$3,242
2000	$1,649	$3,218
2001	$1,538	$2,847
2002	$1,669	$2,688
2003	$1,723	$4,062
2004	$1,841	$5,221
2005	$2,046	$5,837
2006	$2,225	$6,077
2007	$2,459	$6,592
2008	$2,763	$6,185
2009	$2,612	$6,375
2010	$2,805	$7,973
2011	$3,169	$8,646
2012	$3,287	$8,077
2013	$3,444	$7,332
2014	$3,689	$6,857
2015	$3,894	$6,112
2016	$4,060	$5,651
2017	$4,325	$6,618
2018	$4,353	$6,914
2019	$4,512	$6,534
2020	$4,478	$5,581
2021	$4,913	$6,843
2022	$5,359	$6,523
2023	$5,758	$6,023
2024	$6,150	$6,253

Guatemala vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Guatemala

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Guatemala	South Africa
1950	37.8	43.1
1951	38.3	44.1
1952	38.9	45
1953	39.5	46.1
1954	40.1	47.1
1955	40.7	48.2
1956	41.3	49.2
1957	41.9	50.2
1958	43.1	51.1
1959	44.3	51.9
1960	45.8	52.6
1961	46.1	53.1
1962	46.5	53.6
1963	46.6	53.9
1964	47.1	54.2
1965	47.2	54.4
1966	47.5	54.7
1967	47.7	55
1968	47.8	55.2
1969	47.5	55.4
1970	48.5	55.7
1971	50.3	56
1972	51.8	56.4
1973	52.8	56.7
1974	53	57.1
1975	52.8	57.6
1976	47.6	58
1977	55.2	58.5
1978	56.4	59
1979	56.6	59.5
1980	55.3	60
1981	54.7	60.4
1982	48.9	60.9
1983	57.9	61.4
1984	59.1	61.8
1985	59.8	62.2
1986	60.3	62.4
1987	61	62.7
1988	61.5	62.9
1989	61.7	63
1990	61.8	62.9
1991	61.9	63
1992	62	62.8
1993	62.4	62.6
1994	63	62.1
1995	63.7	61.6
1996	64.5	61.1
1997	65.2	60.5
1998	66	59.9
1999	66.6	59.2
2000	67.1	58.4
2001	67.4	57.2
2002	67.8	55.6
2003	68.2	54.2
2004	68.2	54
2005	68.2	53.9
2006	68.8	54.2
2007	69.3	54.9
2008	69.5	56
2009	69.7	57.4
2010	69.9	58.9
2011	70.3	60.6
2012	70.7	61.7
2013	70.9	62.4
2014	70.9	63.2
2015	70.9	64.1
2016	71.2	64.7
2017	71.6	65.4
2018	71.5	65.7
2019	71.6	66.1
2020	70	65.2
2021	67.9	62
2022	71.2	65.5
2023	72.6	66.1
2024	72.7	66.3
2025	72.9	66.5

Guatemala and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Guatemala

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Guatemala	South Africa
1960	4,063,655	16,440,172
1961	4,186,201	16,908,035
1962	4,312,044	17,418,522
1963	4,440,264	17,954,564
1964	4,571,109	18,511,361
1965	4,704,965	19,089,380
1966	4,840,958	19,690,087
1967	4,978,862	20,314,066
1968	5,118,111	20,957,287
1969	5,257,081	21,614,676
1970	5,396,966	22,279,984
1971	5,538,355	22,942,143
1972	5,682,833	23,609,456
1973	5,831,631	24,294,263
1974	5,981,197	24,989,108
1975	6,128,731	25,690,940
1976	6,262,404	26,395,450
1977	6,401,515	27,118,952
1978	6,561,534	27,869,507
1979	6,727,797	28,634,162
1980	6,900,212	29,518,857
1981	7,075,648	30,541,044
1982	7,240,241	31,615,339
1983	7,419,642	32,739,304
1984	7,630,682	33,892,788
1985	7,849,693	35,042,093
1986	8,070,818	36,180,515
1987	8,296,485	37,326,190
1988	8,532,099	38,480,649
1989	8,775,546	39,628,575
1990	9,024,773	40,746,268
1991	9,272,584	41,687,898
1992	9,522,266	42,443,509
1993	9,779,761	43,297,156
1994	10,043,718	44,004,139
1995	10,312,996	44,541,554
1996	10,583,526	45,123,018
1997	10,857,754	45,666,838
1998	11,139,145	46,223,880
1999	11,422,965	46,730,335
2000	11,697,592	47,159,719
2001	11,969,422	47,566,800
2002	12,246,915	48,019,415
2003	12,525,842	48,500,348
2004	12,807,402	48,991,421
2005	13,087,629	49,490,033
2006	13,367,459	49,998,277
2007	13,652,040	50,528,584
2008	13,935,174	51,114,599
2009	14,215,611	51,728,516
2010	14,500,112	52,344,051
2011	14,792,126	52,995,205
2012	15,089,647	53,782,567
2013	15,387,337	54,678,791
2014	15,681,725	55,594,838
2015	15,971,743	56,723,537
2016	16,268,760	57,259,551
2017	16,567,357	57,635,162
2018	16,845,685	58,613,001
2019	17,103,803	59,587,885
2020	17,357,325	60,562,381
2021	17,598,650	61,502,603
2022	17,847,877	62,378,410
2023	18,124,838	63,212,384
2024	18,406,359	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Guatemala and South Africa

Fertility rate

Guatemala

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Guatemala	South Africa
1960	7	6.11
1961	6.98	6.08
1962	6.93	6.05
1963	6.9	6.01
1964	6.87	5.96
1965	6.84	5.89
1966	6.8	5.91
1967	6.76	5.85
1968	6.7	5.78
1969	6.65	5.72
1970	6.6	5.63
1971	6.55	5.57
1972	6.51	5.49
1973	6.49	5.41
1974	6.46	5.3
1975	6.41	5.19
1976	6.37	5.07
1977	6.32	4.94
1978	6.26	4.85
1979	6.22	4.82
1980	6.17	4.78
1981	6.12	4.71
1982	6.06	4.7
1983	5.98	4.63
1984	5.86	4.57
1985	5.73	4.5
1986	5.66	4.41
1987	5.64	4.35
1988	5.62	4.18
1989	5.56	3.98
1990	5.48	3.72
1991	5.38	3.62
1992	5.31	3.48
1993	5.25	3.37
1994	5.19	3.26
1995	5.11	3.17
1996	5.01	2.99
1997	4.91	2.73
1998	4.8	2.63
1999	4.69	2.56
2000	4.58	2.41
2001	4.5	2.37
2002	4.37	2.32
2003	4.25	2.36
2004	4.13	2.44
2005	3.97	2.51
2006	3.85	2.55
2007	3.72	2.55
2008	3.57	2.68
2009	3.47	2.5
2010	3.38	2.44
2011	3.29	2.44
2012	3.22	2.45
2013	3.15	2.43
2014	3.09	2.42
2015	3.03	2.36
2016	2.97	2.26
2017	2.86	2.28
2018	2.74	2.27
2019	2.59	2.26
2020	2.47	2.26
2021	2.39	2.25
2022	2.34	2.23
2023	2.31	2.22

Guatemala and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Guatemala

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Guatemala	South Africa
1960	16.7	19
1961	16.7	19
1962	16.6	18.9
1963	16.6	18.9
1964	16.6	18.9
1965	16.7	18.8
1966	16.7	18.8
1967	16.7	18.8
1968	16.7	18.8
1969	16.8	18.8
1970	16.8	18.8
1971	16.8	18.8
1972	16.8	18.8
1973	16.8	18.8
1974	16.8	18.9
1975	16.9	18.9
1976	17	19
1977	17	19.1
1978	17	19.2
1979	17.1	19.3
1980	17.1	19.4
1981	17.1	19.6
1982	17.1	19.8
1983	17	20
1984	17	20.2
1985	17	20.4
1986	17.1	20.5
1987	17.1	20.7
1988	17.1	20.9
1989	17.1	21.1
1990	17.2	21.3
1991	17.2	21.5
1992	17.3	21.5
1993	17.3	21.9
1994	17.3	22
1995	17.4	21.5
1996	17.4	21.2
1997	17.5	21.2
1998	17.6	21.4
1999	17.7	21.6
2000	17.7	21.9
2001	17.8	22.2
2002	18	22.4
2003	18.1	22.8
2004	18.3	23.1
2005	18.5	23.3
2006	18.7	23.5
2007	18.9	23.8
2008	19.1	24
2009	19.4	24.3
2010	19.6	24.6
2011	19.9	25
2012	20.1	25.3
2013	20.4	25.7
2014	20.8	26
2015	21.1	26.4
2016	21.3	26.7
2017	21.7	27
2018	22	27.5
2019	22.3	27.9
2020	22.6	28.3
2021	22.9	28.6
2022	23.3	28.9
2023	23.7	29.2
2024	24	29.5

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