Guatemala vs Switzerland statistics compared

Guatemala has a population of 18.4M (ranked 70/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Guatemala's land area is 41,375 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 102nd vs. 131st).

By GDP, Guatemala ranks 67/197 ($113B) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Guatemala ranks 113/197 ($6,150), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

Guatemala and Switzerland: Comparison Charts

Guatemala and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Guatemala

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Guatemala	Switzerland
1960	$1,043,599,900	$10,412,232,621
1961	$1,076,699,900	$11,713,348,834
1962	$1,143,600,000	$12,989,649,694
1963	$1,262,800,000	$14,283,872,299
1964	$1,299,099,900	$15,833,133,858
1965	$1,331,399,900	$16,780,226,225
1966	$1,390,700,000	$18,019,402,374
1967	$1,453,500,000	$19,397,044,714
1968	$1,610,500,000	$20,712,102,794
1969	$1,715,399,900	$22,442,043,274
1970	$1,904,000,000	$24,998,066,773
1971	$1,984,800,000	$30,040,171,751
1972	$2,101,300,000	$36,844,318,854
1973	$2,569,200,100	$49,550,006,320
1974	$3,161,499,900	$57,103,011,446
1975	$3,645,900,000	$65,466,081,819
1976	$4,365,300,200	$68,476,524,644
1977	$5,480,500,200	$73,135,771,167
1978	$6,070,600,200	$102,280,472,036
1979	$6,902,600,200	$114,970,094,425
1980	$7,878,700,000	$122,557,843,886
1981	$8,607,500,300	$112,244,805,519
1982	$8,716,999,700	$115,043,365,512
1983	$9,050,000,400	$114,634,358,535
1984	$9,470,000,100	$109,455,312,168
1985	$9,721,652,087	$110,980,314,192
1986	$7,231,963,516	$159,089,921,063
1987	$7,084,399,840	$199,236,370,038
1988	$7,841,602,824	$215,540,625,299
1989	$8,410,724,361	$208,105,846,934
1990	$7,650,196,845	$265,763,573,999
1991	$9,406,135,143	$268,901,693,863
1992	$10,440,781,588	$279,921,425,828
1993	$11,400,017,301	$272,237,527,071
1994	$12,983,233,311	$301,375,055,202
1995	$14,655,404,433	$352,835,806,342
1996	$15,674,835,615	$340,103,959,547
1997	$17,790,026,222	$294,788,198,856
1998	$19,395,491,993	$303,459,014,347
1999	$18,318,412,251	$297,873,643,323
2000	$19,288,929,030	$279,216,033,870
2001	$18,405,220,247	$286,582,672,434
2002	$20,444,205,991	$309,301,422,430
2003	$21,576,351,799	$362,075,086,508
2004	$23,577,298,095	$403,912,891,033
2005	$26,783,389,294	$418,284,865,885
2006	$29,744,246,827	$441,634,672,197
2007	$33,567,850,824	$490,740,715,595
2008	$38,503,720,224	$567,267,767,519
2009	$37,126,148,265	$554,212,916,092
2010	$40,676,578,423	$598,851,027,948
2011	$46,876,006,272	$715,888,126,682
2012	$49,593,929,487	$686,420,221,558
2013	$52,996,446,180	$706,234,937,371
2014	$57,852,152,955	$726,537,809,430
2015	$62,186,064,758	$694,118,186,380
2016	$66,053,403,364	$687,895,460,903
2017	$71,653,754,107	$695,200,834,102
2018	$73,328,365,862	$725,568,717,468
2019	$77,172,317,259	$721,369,112,727
2020	$77,719,464,221	$741,999,406,006
2021	$86,455,519,687	$815,309,330,987
2022	$95,641,441,235	$828,508,926,958
2023	$104,368,413,483	$894,424,821,645
2024	$113,199,586,004	$936,564,198,049

Guatemala and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Guatemala

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Guatemala	Switzerland
1960	$256.8	$1,954
1961	$257.2	$2,155
1962	$265.2	$2,330
1963	$284.4	$2,508
1964	$284.2	$2,735
1965	$283	$2,865
1966	$287.3	$3,045
1967	$291.9	$3,237
1968	$315	$3,413
1969	$326	$3,657
1970	$353	$4,044
1971	$358	$4,835
1972	$370	$5,885
1973	$441	$7,856
1974	$529	$9,005
1975	$595	$10,328
1976	$697	$10,865
1977	$856	$11,644
1978	$925	$16,282
1979	$1,026	$18,266
1980	$1,142	$19,394
1981	$1,216	$17,665
1982	$1,204	$18,000
1983	$1,220	$17,859
1984	$1,241	$16,991
1985	$1,238	$17,152
1986	$896	$24,460
1987	$854	$30,441
1988	$919	$32,690
1989	$958	$31,309
1990	$848	$39,575
1991	$1,014	$39,544
1992	$1,096	$40,714
1993	$1,166	$39,237
1994	$1,293	$43,092
1995	$1,421	$50,114
1996	$1,481	$48,093
1997	$1,638	$41,584
1998	$1,741	$42,681
1999	$1,604	$41,696
2000	$1,649	$38,865
2001	$1,538	$39,639
2002	$1,669	$42,459
2003	$1,723	$49,336
2004	$1,841	$54,659
2005	$2,046	$56,243
2006	$2,225	$59,011
2007	$2,459	$64,989
2008	$2,763	$74,175
2009	$2,612	$71,568
2010	$2,805	$76,531
2011	$3,169	$90,477
2012	$3,287	$85,836
2013	$3,444	$87,304
2014	$3,689	$88,725
2015	$3,894	$83,806
2016	$4,060	$82,153
2017	$4,325	$82,254
2018	$4,353	$85,217
2019	$4,512	$84,122
2020	$4,478	$85,898
2021	$4,913	$93,665
2022	$5,359	$94,395
2023	$5,758	$100,632
2024	$6,150	$103,670

Guatemala vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Guatemala

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Guatemala	Switzerland
1950	37.8	68.9
1951	38.3	68.7
1952	38.9	69.6
1953	39.5	69.5
1954	40.1	70
1955	40.7	70.1
1956	41.3	70.2
1957	41.9	70.5
1958	43.1	71.3
1959	44.3	71.5
1960	45.8	71.4
1961	46.1	71.7
1962	46.5	71.3
1963	46.6	71.3
1964	47.1	72.2
1965	47.2	72.3
1966	47.5	72.4
1967	47.7	72.7
1968	47.8	72.7
1969	47.5	72.7
1970	48.5	73.1
1971	50.3	73.2
1972	51.8	73.8
1973	52.8	74.1
1974	53	74.4
1975	52.8	74.8
1976	47.6	74.9
1977	55.2	75.4
1978	56.4	75.3
1979	56.6	75.6
1980	55.3	75.6
1981	54.7	75.8
1982	48.9	76.2
1983	57.9	76.2
1984	59.1	76.8
1985	59.8	76.9
1986	60.3	77
1987	61	77.3
1988	61.5	77.4
1989	61.7	77.6
1990	61.8	77.4
1991	61.9	77.6
1992	62	77.9
1993	62.4	78.2
1994	63	78.5
1995	63.7	78.6
1996	64.5	79
1997	65.2	79.2
1998	66	79.5
1999	66.6	79.7
2000	67.1	79.8
2001	67.4	80.3
2002	67.8	80.4
2003	68.2	80.5
2004	68.2	81.1
2005	68.2	81.2
2006	68.8	81.5
2007	69.3	81.7
2008	69.5	82
2009	69.7	82
2010	69.9	82.3
2011	70.3	82.6
2012	70.7	82.6
2013	70.9	82.7
2014	70.9	83.1
2015	70.9	82.8
2016	71.2	83.4
2017	71.6	83.4
2018	71.5	83.6
2019	71.6	83.8
2020	70	83.1
2021	67.9	83.6
2022	71.2	83.2
2023	72.6	84
2024	72.7	84.1
2025	72.9	84.2

Guatemala and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Guatemala

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Guatemala	Switzerland
1960	4,063,655	5,327,827
1961	4,186,201	5,434,294
1962	4,312,044	5,573,815
1963	4,440,264	5,694,247
1964	4,571,109	5,789,228
1965	4,704,965	5,856,472
1966	4,840,958	5,918,002
1967	4,978,862	5,991,785
1968	5,118,111	6,067,714
1969	5,257,081	6,136,387
1970	5,396,966	6,180,877
1971	5,538,355	6,213,399
1972	5,682,833	6,260,956
1973	5,831,631	6,307,347
1974	5,981,197	6,341,405
1975	6,128,731	6,338,632
1976	6,262,404	6,302,504
1977	6,401,515	6,281,174
1978	6,561,534	6,281,738
1979	6,727,797	6,294,365
1980	6,900,212	6,319,408
1981	7,075,648	6,354,074
1982	7,240,241	6,391,309
1983	7,419,642	6,418,773
1984	7,630,682	6,441,865
1985	7,849,693	6,470,365
1986	8,070,818	6,504,124
1987	8,296,485	6,545,106
1988	8,532,099	6,593,386
1989	8,775,546	6,646,912
1990	9,024,773	6,715,519
1991	9,272,584	6,799,978
1992	9,522,266	6,875,364
1993	9,779,761	6,938,265
1994	10,043,718	6,993,795
1995	10,312,996	7,040,687
1996	10,583,526	7,071,850
1997	10,857,754	7,088,906
1998	11,139,145	7,110,001
1999	11,422,965	7,143,991
2000	11,697,592	7,184,250
2001	11,969,422	7,229,854
2002	12,246,915	7,284,753
2003	12,525,842	7,339,001
2004	12,807,402	7,389,625
2005	13,087,629	7,437,115
2006	13,367,459	7,483,934
2007	13,652,040	7,551,117
2008	13,935,174	7,647,675
2009	14,215,611	7,743,831
2010	14,500,112	7,824,909
2011	14,792,126	7,912,398
2012	15,089,647	7,996,861
2013	15,387,337	8,089,346
2014	15,681,725	8,188,649
2015	15,971,743	8,282,396
2016	16,268,760	8,373,338
2017	16,567,357	8,451,840
2018	16,845,685	8,514,329
2019	17,103,803	8,575,280
2020	17,357,325	8,638,167
2021	17,598,650	8,704,546
2022	17,847,877	8,777,088
2023	18,124,838	8,888,093
2024	18,406,359	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Guatemala and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Guatemala

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Guatemala	Switzerland
1960	7	2.44
1961	6.98	2.52
1962	6.93	2.58
1963	6.9	2.65
1964	6.87	2.66
1965	6.84	2.59
1966	6.8	2.5
1967	6.76	2.39
1968	6.7	2.29
1969	6.65	2.19
1970	6.6	2.1
1971	6.55	2.04
1972	6.51	1.91
1973	6.49	1.81
1974	6.46	1.73
1975	6.41	1.61
1976	6.37	1.55
1977	6.32	1.53
1978	6.26	1.51
1979	6.22	1.52
1980	6.17	1.55
1981	6.12	1.55
1982	6.06	1.56
1983	5.98	1.52
1984	5.86	1.53
1985	5.73	1.52
1986	5.66	1.53
1987	5.64	1.52
1988	5.62	1.57
1989	5.56	1.56
1990	5.48	1.58
1991	5.38	1.58
1992	5.31	1.58
1993	5.25	1.51
1994	5.19	1.49
1995	5.11	1.48
1996	5.01	1.5
1997	4.91	1.48
1998	4.8	1.47
1999	4.69	1.48
2000	4.58	1.5
2001	4.5	1.38
2002	4.37	1.39
2003	4.25	1.39
2004	4.13	1.42
2005	3.97	1.42
2006	3.85	1.44
2007	3.72	1.46
2008	3.57	1.48
2009	3.47	1.5
2010	3.38	1.52
2011	3.29	1.52
2012	3.22	1.52
2013	3.15	1.52
2014	3.09	1.54
2015	3.03	1.54
2016	2.97	1.54
2017	2.86	1.52
2018	2.74	1.52
2019	2.59	1.48
2020	2.47	1.46
2021	2.39	1.52
2022	2.34	1.39
2023	2.31	1.33

Guatemala and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Guatemala

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Guatemala	Switzerland
1960	16.7	32.6
1961	16.7	32.4
1962	16.6	32
1963	16.6	31.7
1964	16.6	31.5
1965	16.7	31.6
1966	16.7	31.6
1967	16.7	31.6
1968	16.7	31.7
1969	16.8	31.7
1970	16.8	32
1971	16.8	32.2
1972	16.8	32.3
1973	16.8	32.5
1974	16.8	32.7
1975	16.9	33.1
1976	17	33.5
1977	17	33.8
1978	17	34.2
1979	17.1	34.5
1980	17.1	34.8
1981	17.1	35
1982	17.1	35.3
1983	17	35.6
1984	17	35.9
1985	17	36.1
1986	17.1	36.3
1987	17.1	36.5
1988	17.1	36.7
1989	17.1	36.8
1990	17.2	36.9
1991	17.2	36.9
1992	17.3	36.9
1993	17.3	37
1994	17.3	37.1
1995	17.4	37.3
1996	17.4	37.6
1997	17.5	37.9
1998	17.6	38.2
1999	17.7	38.4
2000	17.7	38.7
2001	17.8	39
2002	18	39.3
2003	18.1	39.6
2004	18.3	39.9
2005	18.5	40.3
2006	18.7	40.6
2007	18.9	40.9
2008	19.1	41.1
2009	19.4	41.3
2010	19.6	41.5
2011	19.9	41.6
2012	20.1	41.8
2013	20.4	42
2014	20.8	42.1
2015	21.1	42.2
2016	21.3	42.3
2017	21.7	42.4
2018	22	42.5
2019	22.3	42.6
2020	22.6	42.7
2021	22.9	42.8
2022	23.3	43
2023	23.7	43.4
2024	24	43.7

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