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Guatemala vs Tonga statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Guatemala has a population of 18.4M (ranked 70/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). Guatemala's land area is 41,375 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 102nd vs. 176th).

By GDP, Guatemala ranks 67/197 ($113B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, Guatemala ranks 113/197 ($6,150), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Main facts and rankings

Guatemala Tonga
Population
18912872
103744
Population rank 70/197 183/197
GDP
$113B
2024
$509M
2023
GDP rank 67/197 191/197
GDP per capita
$6,150
2024
$4,864
2023
GDP per capita rank 113/197 121/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$14,369
2024
$7,853
2023
Government debt
$30B
2024
$224M
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
27.2%
2025
44.1%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,628
2024
$2,138
2023
Government debt per person rank 124/185 117/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$5,583
2025
$4,126
2025
Land area
41,375 sq mi
2025
278 sq mi
2025
Population density
445 ppl/mi²
2024
375 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.31
2023
3.13
2023
Median age
24 years
2024
21.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
72.9 years
2025
73.2 years
2025

Guatemala and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Guatemala and Tonga economies compared

GDP
Guatemala

Tonga
Year GDP
Guatemala Tonga
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 $32,506,742
1976 $4,365,300,200 $30,036,417
1977 $5,480,500,200 $34,139,388
1978 $6,070,600,200 $41,567,472
1979 $6,902,600,200 $44,667,002
1980 $7,878,700,000 $53,260,077
1981 $8,607,500,300 $62,242,013
1982 $8,716,999,700 $62,068,161
1983 $9,050,000,400 $60,863,964
1984 $9,470,000,100 $64,248,355
1985 $9,721,652,087 $60,058,663
1986 $7,231,963,516 $68,195,856
1987 $7,084,399,840 $81,667,133
1988 $7,841,602,824 $106,657,267
1989 $8,410,724,361 $106,344,855
1990 $7,650,196,845 $113,563,822
1991 $9,406,135,143 $132,201,141
1992 $10,440,781,588 $137,066,291
1993 $11,400,017,301 $138,489,884
1994 $12,983,233,311 $195,990,986
1995 $14,655,404,433 $208,871,666
1996 $15,674,835,615 $222,100,576
1997 $17,790,026,222 $214,991,452
1998 $19,395,491,993 $191,504,893
1999 $18,318,412,251 $199,208,718
2000 $19,288,929,030 $204,848,488
2001 $18,405,220,247 $181,117,230
2002 $20,444,205,991 $182,764,281
2003 $21,576,351,799 $202,246,591
2004 $23,577,298,095 $230,678,011
2005 $26,783,389,294 $261,823,805
2006 $29,744,246,827 $292,232,703
2007 $33,567,850,824 $298,519,623
2008 $38,503,720,224 $344,438,844
2009 $37,126,148,265 $312,415,028
2010 $40,676,578,423 $366,887,375
2011 $46,876,006,272 $414,143,828
2012 $49,593,929,487 $471,122,971
2013 $52,996,446,180 $451,788,498
2014 $57,852,152,955 $440,997,735
2015 $62,186,064,758 $437,525,539
2016 $66,053,403,364 $420,828,255
2017 $71,653,754,107 $459,976,847
2018 $73,328,365,862 $489,714,530
2019 $77,172,317,259 $494,197,854
2020 $77,719,464,221 $496,856,304
2021 $86,455,519,687 $518,228,029
2022 $95,641,441,235 $518,180,029
2023 $104,368,413,483 $508,735,107
2024 $113,199,586,004 -

Guatemala and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita
Guatemala

Tonga
Year GDP per capita
Guatemala Tonga
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 $349
1976 $697 $315
1977 $856 $353
1978 $925 $428
1979 $1,026 $458
1980 $1,142 $545
1981 $1,216 $636
1982 $1,204 $633
1983 $1,220 $621
1984 $1,241 $656
1985 $1,238 $613
1986 $896 $696
1987 $854 $830
1988 $919 $1,078
1989 $958 $1,070
1990 $848 $1,139
1991 $1,014 $1,323
1992 $1,096 $1,370
1993 $1,166 $1,383
1994 $1,293 $1,957
1995 $1,421 $2,084
1996 $1,481 $2,215
1997 $1,638 $2,136
1998 $1,741 $1,889
1999 $1,604 $1,952
2000 $1,649 $1,995
2001 $1,538 $1,754
2002 $1,669 $1,759
2003 $1,723 $1,936
2004 $1,841 $2,195
2005 $2,046 $2,478
2006 $2,225 $2,750
2007 $2,459 $2,797
2008 $2,763 $3,218
2009 $2,612 $2,914
2010 $2,805 $3,416
2011 $3,169 $3,850
2012 $3,287 $4,384
2013 $3,444 $4,219
2014 $3,689 $4,137
2015 $3,894 $4,124
2016 $4,060 $3,988
2017 $4,325 $4,366
2018 $4,353 $4,639
2019 $4,512 $4,677
2020 $4,478 $4,700
2021 $4,913 $4,913
2022 $5,359 $4,933
2023 $5,758 $4,864
2024 $6,150 -

Guatemala vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Guatemala

Tonga
Year Life expectancy, years
Guatemala Tonga
1950 37.8 48.4
1951 38.3 49.8
1952 38.9 51.2
1953 39.5 52.4
1954 40.1 53.6
1955 40.7 54.7
1956 41.3 55.7
1957 41.9 56.5
1958 43.1 57.2
1959 44.3 57.8
1960 45.8 58.3
1961 46.1 58.8
1962 46.5 59.3
1963 46.6 59.8
1964 47.1 60.3
1965 47.2 60.7
1966 47.5 61.2
1967 47.7 61.7
1968 47.8 62.2
1969 47.5 62.7
1970 48.5 63.2
1971 50.3 63.6
1972 51.8 64.1
1973 52.8 64.4
1974 53 64.8
1975 52.8 65.1
1976 47.6 65.4
1977 55.2 65.6
1978 56.4 65.9
1979 56.6 66
1980 55.3 66.2
1981 54.7 66.4
1982 48.9 66.3
1983 57.9 66.7
1984 59.1 66.8
1985 59.8 66.9
1986 60.3 67.1
1987 61 67.2
1988 61.5 67.3
1989 61.7 67.4
1990 61.8 67.5
1991 61.9 67.7
1992 62 67.9
1993 62.4 68.2
1994 63 68.4
1995 63.7 68.6
1996 64.5 68.8
1997 65.2 69
1998 66 69.2
1999 66.6 69.4
2000 67.1 69.6
2001 67.4 69.8
2002 67.8 70
2003 68.2 70.2
2004 68.2 70.4
2005 68.2 70.6
2006 68.8 70.7
2007 69.3 70.9
2008 69.5 71
2009 69.7 70.9
2010 69.9 71.3
2011 70.3 71.4
2012 70.7 71.5
2013 70.9 71.6
2014 70.9 71.7
2015 70.9 71.9
2016 71.2 72
2017 71.6 72.1
2018 71.5 72.2
2019 71.6 72.3
2020 70 72.4
2021 67.9 72.1
2022 71.2 72.6
2023 72.6 72.9
2024 72.7 73.1
2025 72.9 73.2

Guatemala and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population
Guatemala

Tonga
Year Population
Guatemala Tonga
1960 4,063,655 66,170
1961 4,186,201 68,037
1962 4,312,044 69,940
1963 4,440,264 71,885
1964 4,571,109 73,879
1965 4,704,965 75,924
1966 4,840,958 78,002
1967 4,978,862 79,814
1968 5,118,111 81,353
1969 5,257,081 82,885
1970 5,396,966 84,401
1971 5,538,355 85,896
1972 5,682,833 87,356
1973 5,831,631 88,805
1974 5,981,197 90,683
1975 6,128,731 93,017
1976 6,262,404 95,325
1977 6,401,515 96,725
1978 6,561,534 97,204
1979 6,727,797 97,544
1980 6,900,212 97,769
1981 7,075,648 97,909
1982 7,240,241 97,980
1983 7,419,642 97,998
1984 7,630,682 97,990
1985 7,849,693 97,984
1986 8,070,818 98,010
1987 8,296,485 98,376
1988 8,532,099 98,969
1989 8,775,546 99,403
1990 9,024,773 99,700
1991 9,272,584 99,895
1992 9,522,266 100,022
1993 9,779,761 100,103
1994 10,043,718 100,166
1995 10,312,996 100,225
1996 10,583,526 100,275
1997 10,857,754 100,674
1998 11,139,145 101,388
1999 11,422,965 102,046
2000 11,697,592 102,677
2001 11,969,422 103,288
2002 12,246,915 103,874
2003 12,525,842 104,464
2004 12,807,402 105,071
2005 13,087,629 105,671
2006 13,367,459 106,253
2007 13,652,040 106,726
2008 13,935,174 107,020
2009 14,215,611 107,203
2010 14,500,112 107,400
2011 14,792,126 107,570
2012 15,089,647 107,460
2013 15,387,337 107,078
2014 15,681,725 106,609
2015 15,971,743 106,095
2016 16,268,760 105,524
2017 16,567,357 105,356
2018 16,845,685 105,567
2019 17,103,803 105,669
2020 17,357,325 105,704
2021 17,598,650 105,490
2022 17,847,877 105,042
2023 18,124,838 104,597
2024 18,406,359 104,175

Fertility rates in Guatemala and Tonga

Fertility rate
Guatemala

Tonga
Year Fertility rate
Guatemala Tonga
1960 7 6.65
1961 6.98 6.61
1962 6.93 6.57
1963 6.9 6.52
1964 6.87 6.46
1965 6.84 6.41
1966 6.8 6.35
1967 6.76 6.29
1968 6.7 6.23
1969 6.65 6.17
1970 6.6 6.07
1971 6.55 5.96
1972 6.51 5.86
1973 6.49 5.8
1974 6.46 5.77
1975 6.41 5.75
1976 6.37 5.73
1977 6.32 5.7
1978 6.26 5.68
1979 6.22 5.65
1980 6.17 5.6
1981 6.12 5.55
1982 6.06 5.5
1983 5.98 5.45
1984 5.86 5.41
1985 5.73 5.34
1986 5.66 5.27
1987 5.64 5.19
1988 5.62 5.1
1989 5.56 5.01
1990 5.48 4.93
1991 5.38 4.85
1992 5.31 4.79
1993 5.25 4.73
1994 5.19 4.66
1995 5.11 4.56
1996 5.01 4.46
1997 4.91 4.38
1998 4.8 4.31
1999 4.69 4.23
2000 4.58 4.16
2001 4.5 4.13
2002 4.37 4.14
2003 4.25 4.18
2004 4.13 4.19
2005 3.97 4.2
2006 3.85 4.14
2007 3.72 4.09
2008 3.57 4.01
2009 3.47 3.95
2010 3.38 3.88
2011 3.29 3.83
2012 3.22 3.77
2013 3.15 3.7
2014 3.09 3.62
2015 3.03 3.54
2016 2.97 3.46
2017 2.86 3.39
2018 2.74 3.33
2019 2.59 3.27
2020 2.47 3.23
2021 2.39 3.2
2022 2.34 3.17
2023 2.31 3.13

Guatemala and Tonga demographics compared

Median age
Guatemala

Tonga
Year Median age, years
Guatemala Tonga
1960 16.7 17.1
1961 16.7 17.1
1962 16.6 17.1
1963 16.6 17
1964 16.6 17
1965 16.7 17
1966 16.7 17
1967 16.7 17
1968 16.7 16.9
1969 16.8 16.8
1970 16.8 16.8
1971 16.8 16.7
1972 16.8 16.7
1973 16.8 16.8
1974 16.8 16.8
1975 16.9 16.7
1976 17 16.7
1977 17 16.8
1978 17 17.1
1979 17.1 17.3
1980 17.1 17.4
1981 17.1 17.6
1982 17.1 17.8
1983 17 17.9
1984 17 18
1985 17 18.1
1986 17.1 18.2
1987 17.1 18.3
1988 17.1 18.6
1989 17.1 18.9
1990 17.2 19.1
1991 17.2 19.3
1992 17.3 19.5
1993 17.3 19.6
1994 17.3 19.6
1995 17.4 19.6
1996 17.4 19.6
1997 17.5 19.7
1998 17.6 19.9
1999 17.7 20.1
2000 17.7 20.3
2001 17.8 20.5
2002 18 20.7
2003 18.1 20.8
2004 18.3 20.8
2005 18.5 20.8
2006 18.7 20.8
2007 18.9 20.9
2008 19.1 21
2009 19.4 21.1
2010 19.6 21.2
2011 19.9 21.2
2012 20.1 21.4
2013 20.4 21.6
2014 20.8 21.7
2015 21.1 21.8
2016 21.3 21.9
2017 21.7 21.9
2018 22 22
2019 22.3 22
2020 22.6 22.1
2021 22.9 22.1
2022 23.3 22
2023 23.7 21.9
2024 24 21.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Guatemala Tonga
GNI, Atlas method
$106B
2024
$578M
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
14.9%
2025
49.7%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.11%
2023
5.15%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.41%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
43,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.5%
2025
-7.9%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.34%
2023
1.65%
2023
Services, % of GDP
61.8%
2024
50.2%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
21.7%
2024
13.5%
2023
Economic freedom index
63.4
2025
58.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
34.1%
2023
22%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
1.6%
2023
4%
2021
Total reserves including gold
$24.4B
2024
$377M
2024
Personal remittances received
$21.6B
2024
$257M
2024
International tourist arrivals
594,000
2020
94,000
2019
International tourism as share of exports
2.35%
2020
47.8%
2020
Banked people share
38.3%
2024
n/a

Energy

Guatemala Tonga
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
888 kg
2022
543 kg
2007
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.7
2022
$7.94
2007
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
21.3 megatons
2023
0.22 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.18 tons
2023
2.1 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
34.6%
2022
0%
2007
Renewable energy use share
62.1%
2021
2.3%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
5.26%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
38.4%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
670 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
60.7%
2021
14.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
43.7%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Guatemala Tonga
% of world population
0.23%
2024
0.001%
2024
Annual migration change
-7,725
2024
-2,149
2024
Urban population
53.5%
2024
23.2%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.39 ft
2025
5.74 ft
2025
Average female height
4.95 ft
2025
5.45 ft
2025
Quality of life index
38.7
2025
42.6
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
25
2024
50
2025
Higher education index
44
2025
n/a
Homicides per 100K people
20
2021
0.95
2019
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
22.9
2019
33
2019
Visa free countries
133
2025
127
2025
Adult literacy rate
82.1%
2024
99.4%
2021
English speaking
1%
2025
30%
2023
People using the Internet
56.1%
2023
58.5%
2023

Health

Guatemala Tonga
Government health expenditure per capita
$396
2022
$378
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$231.2
2022
$11.1
2022
Life expectancy
72.9 years
2025
73.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
2.04%
2022
45.7%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.28
2020
1.01
2021
Age at first childbirth
20.6 years
2025
24.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
94
2023
67
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
21.4
2023
9.9
2023
Obesity rate
27.6%
2022
72.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
13.2%
2024
19.6%
2024
Air quality index
37
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
11.9%
2022
31.3%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.54 liters
2020
0.36 liters
2020

Territory

Guatemala Tonga
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.0005%
2025
Land area per capita
2,248 sq mi
2024
2,669 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
17,807 sq mi
2025
135.1 sq mi
2025
Forest area
13,487 sq mi
2025
34.6 sq mi
2025
Roads length
10,949 mi
2016
423 mi
2011

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