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Guatemala vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guatemala has a population of 18.4M (ranked 70/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Guatemala's land area is 41,375 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 102nd vs. 90th).

By GDP, Guatemala ranks 67/197 ($113B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Guatemala ranks 113/197 ($6,150), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Guatemala Suriname
Population
18912872
644193
Population rank 70/197 165/197
GDP
$113B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 67/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$6,150
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 113/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$14,369
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$30B
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.2%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,628
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 124/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$5,583
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
41,375 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
445 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.31
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
24 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
72.9 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Guatemala and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Guatemala and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Guatemala

Suriname
Year GDP
Guatemala Suriname
1960 $1,043,599,900 $99,650,000
1961 $1,076,699,900 $107,700,000
1962 $1,143,600,000 $116,150,000
1963 $1,262,800,000 $125,950,000
1964 $1,299,099,900 $134,400,000
1965 $1,331,399,900 $154,150,000
1966 $1,390,700,000 $190,350,000
1967 $1,453,500,000 $220,700,000
1968 $1,610,500,000 $241,350,000
1969 $1,715,399,900 $259,650,000
1970 $1,904,000,000 $274,900,000
1971 $1,984,800,000 $301,000,000
1972 $2,101,300,000 $311,950,000
1973 $2,569,200,100 $339,450,000
1974 $3,161,499,900 $409,850,000
1975 $3,645,900,000 $465,500,000
1976 $4,365,300,200 $505,500,000
1977 $5,480,500,200 $641,500,000
1978 $6,070,600,200 $735,500,000
1979 $6,902,600,200 $782,500,000
1980 $7,878,700,000 $795,000,000
1981 $8,607,500,300 $889,000,000
1982 $8,716,999,700 $915,000,000
1983 $9,050,000,400 $883,500,000
1984 $9,470,000,100 $864,000,000
1985 $9,721,652,087 $873,000,000
1986 $7,231,963,516 $891,000,000
1987 $7,084,399,840 $980,000,000
1988 $7,841,602,824 $1,161,000,000
1989 $8,410,724,361 $542,600,000
1990 $7,650,196,845 $388,400,000
1991 $9,406,135,143 $448,100,000
1992 $10,440,781,588 $404,600,000
1993 $11,400,017,301 $428,764,706
1994 $12,983,233,311 $605,492,537
1995 $14,655,404,433 $691,590,498
1996 $15,674,835,615 $861,372,806
1997 $17,790,026,222 $926,422,500
1998 $19,395,491,993 $1,110,850,000
1999 $18,318,412,251 $886,290,698
2000 $19,288,929,030 $947,671,970
2001 $18,405,220,247 $834,279,358
2002 $20,444,205,991 $1,093,574,468
2003 $21,576,351,799 $1,274,190,311
2004 $23,577,298,095 $1,484,092,538
2005 $26,783,389,294 $1,793,410,397
2006 $29,744,246,827 $2,626,380,435
2007 $33,567,850,824 $2,936,612,022
2008 $38,503,720,224 $3,532,969,035
2009 $37,126,148,265 $3,875,409,836
2010 $40,676,578,423 $4,368,370,998
2011 $46,876,006,272 $4,422,276,622
2012 $49,593,929,487 $4,980,000,000
2013 $52,996,446,180 $5,145,757,576
2014 $57,852,152,955 $5,240,606,061
2015 $62,186,064,758 $5,126,237,646
2016 $66,053,403,364 $3,317,421,648
2017 $71,653,754,107 $3,591,679,431
2018 $73,328,365,862 $3,996,198,867
2019 $77,172,317,259 $4,016,040,575
2020 $77,719,464,221 $2,911,807,496
2021 $86,455,519,687 $3,107,923,198
2022 $95,641,441,235 $3,791,603,200
2023 $104,368,413,483 $3,455,146,281
2024 $113,199,586,004 $4,714,267,822

Guatemala and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Guatemala

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Guatemala Suriname
1960 $256.8 $378
1961 $257.2 $395
1962 $265.2 $409
1963 $284.4 $424
1964 $284.2 $435
1965 $283 $482
1966 $287.3 $575
1967 $291.9 $644
1968 $315 $681
1969 $326 $708
1970 $353 $724
1971 $358 $768
1972 $370 $785
1973 $441 $858
1974 $529 $1,041
1975 $595 $1,190
1976 $697 $1,302
1977 $856 $1,666
1978 $925 $1,928
1979 $1,026 $2,072
1980 $1,142 $2,118
1981 $1,216 $2,368
1982 $1,204 $2,430
1983 $1,220 $2,333
1984 $1,241 $2,261
1985 $1,238 $2,256
1986 $896 $2,271
1987 $854 $2,469
1988 $919 $2,886
1989 $958 $1,329
1990 $848 $942
1991 $1,014 $1,080
1992 $1,096 $969
1993 $1,166 $1,022
1994 $1,293 $1,434
1995 $1,421 $1,610
1996 $1,481 $1,963
1997 $1,638 $2,068
1998 $1,741 $2,429
1999 $1,604 $1,898
2000 $1,649 $1,988
2001 $1,538 $1,715
2002 $1,669 $2,202
2003 $1,723 $2,516
2004 $1,841 $2,888
2005 $2,046 $3,453
2006 $2,225 $5,003
2007 $2,459 $5,530
2008 $2,763 $6,576
2009 $2,612 $7,130
2010 $2,805 $7,944
2011 $3,169 $7,950
2012 $3,287 $8,851
2013 $3,444 $9,043
2014 $3,689 $9,108
2015 $3,894 $8,814
2016 $4,060 $5,644
2017 $4,325 $6,050
2018 $4,353 $6,666
2019 $4,512 $6,630
2020 $4,478 $4,755
2021 $4,913 $5,030
2022 $5,359 $6,084
2023 $5,758 $5,494
2024 $6,150 $7,431

Guatemala vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guatemala

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Guatemala Suriname
1950 37.8 50.7
1951 38.3 51.1
1952 38.9 51.4
1953 39.5 52.1
1954 40.1 52.8
1955 40.7 53.5
1956 41.3 54.1
1957 41.9 54.7
1958 43.1 55.4
1959 44.3 55.9
1960 45.8 56.6
1961 46.1 57.3
1962 46.5 58
1963 46.6 58.5
1964 47.1 58.9
1965 47.2 59.1
1966 47.5 59.2
1967 47.7 59.2
1968 47.8 59.3
1969 47.5 59.4
1970 48.5 59.5
1971 50.3 59.6
1972 51.8 59.7
1973 52.8 59.8
1974 53 59.9
1975 52.8 60
1976 47.6 60.2
1977 55.2 60.3
1978 56.4 60.4
1979 56.6 60.5
1980 55.3 60.7
1981 54.7 60.8
1982 48.9 60.9
1983 57.9 61.1
1984 59.1 61.2
1985 59.8 61.4
1986 60.3 61.2
1987 61 61.3
1988 61.5 61.5
1989 61.7 62
1990 61.8 62.1
1991 61.9 62.2
1992 62 62.2
1993 62.4 62.4
1994 63 62.5
1995 63.7 62.8
1996 64.5 63.1
1997 65.2 63.4
1998 66 63.7
1999 66.6 64
2000 67.1 64.4
2001 67.4 64.8
2002 67.8 65.3
2003 68.2 65.8
2004 68.2 66.4
2005 68.2 67
2006 68.8 67.6
2007 69.3 68.3
2008 69.5 68.9
2009 69.7 69.3
2010 69.9 69.6
2011 70.3 69.8
2012 70.7 70
2013 70.9 70.1
2014 70.9 70.3
2015 70.9 70.6
2016 71.2 71
2017 71.6 71.2
2018 71.5 71.5
2019 71.6 71.8
2020 70 72.3
2021 67.9 68.9
2022 71.2 73.3
2023 72.6 73.6
2024 72.7 73.8
2025 72.9 73.9

Guatemala and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Guatemala

Suriname
Year Population
Guatemala Suriname
1960 4,063,655 263,918
1961 4,186,201 272,791
1962 4,312,044 283,912
1963 4,440,264 297,034
1964 4,571,109 309,041
1965 4,704,965 320,000
1966 4,840,958 331,135
1967 4,978,862 342,679
1968 5,118,111 354,616
1969 5,257,081 366,906
1970 5,396,966 379,442
1971 5,538,355 391,932
1972 5,682,833 397,413
1973 5,831,631 395,772
1974 5,981,197 393,676
1975 6,128,731 391,170
1976 6,262,404 388,289
1977 6,401,515 385,067
1978 6,561,534 381,502
1979 6,727,797 377,602
1980 6,900,212 375,377
1981 7,075,648 375,459
1982 7,240,241 376,555
1983 7,419,642 378,746
1984 7,630,682 382,193
1985 7,849,693 386,972
1986 8,070,818 392,330
1987 8,296,485 396,911
1988 8,532,099 402,227
1989 8,775,546 408,409
1990 9,024,773 412,493
1991 9,272,584 415,013
1992 9,522,266 417,589
1993 9,779,761 419,352
1994 10,043,718 422,375
1995 10,312,996 429,606
1996 10,583,526 438,830
1997 10,857,754 448,067
1998 11,139,145 457,406
1999 11,422,965 466,916
2000 11,697,592 476,643
2001 11,969,422 486,560
2002 12,246,915 496,551
2003 12,525,842 506,414
2004 12,807,402 513,923
2005 13,087,629 519,313
2006 13,367,459 524,997
2007 13,652,040 531,016
2008 13,935,174 537,245
2009 14,215,611 543,568
2010 14,500,112 549,923
2011 14,792,126 556,269
2012 15,089,647 562,633
2013 15,387,337 569,020
2014 15,681,725 575,373
2015 15,971,743 581,627
2016 16,268,760 587,757
2017 16,567,357 593,713
2018 16,845,685 599,513
2019 17,103,803 605,768
2020 17,357,325 612,317
2021 17,598,650 617,896
2022 17,847,877 623,164
2023 18,124,838 628,886
2024 18,406,359 634,431

Fertility rates in Guatemala and Suriname

Fertility rate
Guatemala

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Guatemala Suriname
1960 7 6.59
1961 6.98 6.58
1962 6.93 6.57
1963 6.9 6.51
1964 6.87 6.43
1965 6.84 6.32
1966 6.8 6.2
1967 6.76 6.04
1968 6.7 5.86
1969 6.65 5.7
1970 6.6 5.53
1971 6.55 5.36
1972 6.51 5.18
1973 6.49 5.01
1974 6.46 4.81
1975 6.41 4.63
1976 6.37 4.45
1977 6.32 4.26
1978 6.26 4.08
1979 6.22 3.93
1980 6.17 3.79
1981 6.12 3.75
1982 6.06 3.82
1983 5.98 3.87
1984 5.86 3.8
1985 5.73 3.71
1986 5.66 3.61
1987 5.64 3.53
1988 5.62 3.46
1989 5.56 3.39
1990 5.48 3.23
1991 5.38 3.09
1992 5.31 3.01
1993 5.25 2.94
1994 5.19 2.9
1995 5.11 2.9
1996 5.01 2.92
1997 4.91 2.95
1998 4.8 2.99
1999 4.69 3.02
2000 4.58 3.05
2001 4.5 3.06
2002 4.37 2.96
2003 4.25 2.84
2004 4.13 2.74
2005 3.97 2.71
2006 3.85 2.73
2007 3.72 2.74
2008 3.57 2.73
2009 3.47 2.71
2010 3.38 2.69
2011 3.29 2.67
2012 3.22 2.67
2013 3.15 2.65
2014 3.09 2.62
2015 3.03 2.57
2016 2.97 2.5
2017 2.86 2.43
2018 2.74 2.38
2019 2.59 2.35
2020 2.47 2.31
2021 2.39 2.3
2022 2.34 2.27
2023 2.31 2.25

Guatemala and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Guatemala

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Guatemala Suriname
1960 16.7 18.1
1961 16.7 18.2
1962 16.6 17.8
1963 16.6 17.3
1964 16.6 16.8
1965 16.7 16.4
1966 16.7 16.1
1967 16.7 15.8
1968 16.7 15.6
1969 16.8 15.6
1970 16.8 15.6
1971 16.8 15.7
1972 16.8 16
1973 16.8 16.3
1974 16.8 16.7
1975 16.9 17
1976 17 17.4
1977 17 17.6
1978 17 17.9
1979 17.1 18.1
1980 17.1 18.4
1981 17.1 18.7
1982 17.1 18.9
1983 17 19.2
1984 17 19.5
1985 17 19.7
1986 17.1 20
1987 17.1 20.2
1988 17.1 20.4
1989 17.1 20.6
1990 17.2 20.8
1991 17.2 21
1992 17.3 21.2
1993 17.3 21.5
1994 17.3 21.7
1995 17.4 22
1996 17.4 22.4
1997 17.5 22.8
1998 17.6 23.2
1999 17.7 23.6
2000 17.7 24
2001 17.8 24.4
2002 18 24.7
2003 18.1 25
2004 18.3 25.3
2005 18.5 25.5
2006 18.7 25.6
2007 18.9 25.8
2008 19.1 26.1
2009 19.4 26.3
2010 19.6 26.5
2011 19.9 26.7
2012 20.1 26.9
2013 20.4 27.1
2014 20.8 27.3
2015 21.1 27.5
2016 21.3 27.7
2017 21.7 27.9
2018 22 28.1
2019 22.3 28.3
2020 22.6 28.6
2021 22.9 28.7
2022 23.3 28.9
2023 23.7 29.2
2024 24 29.4

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guatemala Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$106B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
14.9%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.11%
2023
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.41%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
43,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.5%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.34%
2023
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
61.8%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
21.7%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
63.4
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.1%
2023
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.6%
2023
2.2%
2022
Total reserves including gold
$24.4B
2024
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$21.6B
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
594,000
2020
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
2.35%
2020
0.78%
2020
Banked people share
38.3%
2024
n/a

Energy

Guatemala Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
888 kg
2022
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.7
2022
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
21.3 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.18 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
34.6%
2022
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
62.1%
2021
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
5.26%
2022
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
38.4%
2022
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
670 kWh
2022
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
60.7%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
43.7%
2022
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Guatemala Suriname
% of world population
0.23%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
-7,725
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
53.5%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.39 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
4.95 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
38.7
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
25
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
44
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
20
2021
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.9
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
133
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
82.1%
2024
95%
2021
English speaking
1%
2025
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
56.1%
2023
78.4%
2023

Health

Guatemala Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$396
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$231.2
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
72.9 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
2.04%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.28
2020
1.48
2021
Age at first childbirth
20.6 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
94
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
21.4
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
27.6%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
37
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.9%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.54 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Guatemala Suriname
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
2,248 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
17,807 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
13,487 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
10,949 mi
2016
2,674 mi
2003

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