Population in the Bahamas compared to Guatemala: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Bahamas and Guatemala: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahamas	Guatemala	Bahamas	Guatemala
1960	116,317	4,063,655	-	-
1961	122,197	4,186,201	5.06%	3.02%
1962	128,493	4,312,044	5.15%	3.01%
1963	135,087	4,440,264	5.13%	2.97%
1964	141,528	4,571,109	4.77%	2.95%
1965	147,952	4,704,965	4.54%	2.93%
1966	154,874	4,840,958	4.68%	2.89%
1967	162,267	4,978,862	4.77%	2.85%
1968	170,089	5,118,111	4.82%	2.8%
1969	177,981	5,257,081	4.64%	2.72%
1970	184,982	5,396,966	3.93%	2.66%
1971	190,857	5,538,355	3.18%	2.62%
1972	196,055	5,682,833	2.72%	2.61%
1973	200,791	5,831,631	2.42%	2.62%
1974	205,342	5,981,197	2.27%	2.56%
1975	209,886	6,128,731	2.21%	2.47%
1976	214,501	6,262,404	2.2%	2.18%
1977	219,157	6,401,515	2.17%	2.22%
1978	223,761	6,561,534	2.1%	2.5%
1979	228,230	6,727,797	2%	2.53%
1980	232,526	6,900,212	1.88%	2.56%
1981	236,614	7,075,648	1.76%	2.54%
1982	240,614	7,240,241	1.69%	2.33%
1983	244,698	7,419,642	1.7%	2.48%
1984	248,863	7,630,682	1.7%	2.84%
1985	253,154	7,849,693	1.72%	2.87%
1986	257,536	8,070,818	1.73%	2.82%
1987	261,935	8,296,485	1.71%	2.8%
1988	266,448	8,532,099	1.72%	2.84%
1989	271,178	8,775,546	1.78%	2.85%
1990	275,945	9,024,773	1.76%	2.84%
1991	280,731	9,272,584	1.73%	2.75%
1992	285,927	9,522,266	1.85%	2.69%
1993	291,339	9,779,761	1.89%	2.7%
1994	296,509	10,043,718	1.77%	2.7%
1995	301,461	10,312,996	1.67%	2.68%
1996	306,268	10,583,526	1.59%	2.62%
1997	310,904	10,857,754	1.51%	2.59%
1998	315,368	11,139,145	1.44%	2.59%
1999	319,614	11,422,965	1.35%	2.55%
2000	323,835	11,697,592	1.32%	2.4%
2001	327,836	11,969,422	1.24%	2.32%
2002	331,614	12,246,915	1.15%	2.32%
2003	335,618	12,525,842	1.21%	2.28%
2004	339,782	12,807,402	1.24%	2.25%
2005	343,894	13,087,629	1.21%	2.19%
2006	348,375	13,367,459	1.3%	2.14%
2007	353,334	13,652,040	1.42%	2.13%
2008	358,120	13,935,174	1.35%	2.07%
2009	362,810	14,215,611	1.31%	2.01%
2010	367,478	14,500,112	1.29%	2%
2011	371,729	14,792,126	1.16%	2.01%
2012	375,469	15,089,647	1.01%	2.01%
2013	378,953	15,387,337	0.93%	1.97%
2014	382,298	15,681,725	0.88%	1.91%
2015	385,346	15,971,743	0.8%	1.85%
2016	388,055	16,268,760	0.7%	1.86%
2017	390,485	16,567,357	0.63%	1.84%
2018	392,717	16,845,685	0.57%	1.68%
2019	394,675	17,103,803	0.5%	1.53%
2020	395,863	17,357,325	0.3%	1.48%
2021	396,373	17,598,650	0.13%	1.39%
2022	397,538	17,847,877	0.29%	1.42%
2023	399,440	18,124,838	0.48%	1.55%
2024	401,283	18,406,359	0.46%	1.55%
2025	403,042	18,687,873	0.44%	1.53%
2026	404,635	18,967,974	0.4%	1.5%
2027	406,126	19,246,005	0.37%	1.47%
2028	407,560	19,521,501	0.35%	1.43%
2029	408,950	19,795,168	0.34%	1.4%
2030	410,269	20,067,252	0.32%	1.37%
2031	411,543	20,337,369	0.31%	1.35%
2032	412,724	20,605,385	0.29%	1.32%
2033	413,846	20,871,083	0.27%	1.29%
2034	414,942	21,134,167	0.26%	1.26%
2035	415,982	21,394,231	0.25%	1.23%
2036	416,939	21,650,331	0.23%	1.2%
2037	417,847	21,901,955	0.22%	1.16%
2038	418,753	22,149,197	0.22%	1.13%
2039	419,595	22,391,079	0.2%	1.09%
2040	420,348	22,626,859	0.18%	1.05%
2041	421,079	22,856,760	0.17%	1.02%
2042	421,746	23,080,838	0.16%	0.98%
2043	422,343	23,299,226	0.14%	0.95%
2044	422,831	23,512,005	0.12%	0.91%
2045	423,269	23,719,080	0.1%	0.88%
2046	423,679	23,920,450	0.1%	0.85%
2047	423,952	24,115,734	0.06%	0.82%
2048	424,123	24,305,641	0.04%	0.79%
2049	424,251	24,491,000	0.03%	0.76%
2050	424,273	24,670,850	0.005%	0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Bahamas increased by 39,680 people (a 11.4% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Bahamas gained 16,596 (a 4.28% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth).

The Bahamas was ranked 170th most populous country in 2006 and is 172nd in 2026. Guatemala was ranked 68th in 2006 and ranked 69th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Bahamas' population will grow by 4.85% to 424,273 people with a rank change from 172nd to 174th. The population of Guatemala will increase by 30% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 69th to 67th.