Population in Belize compared to Guatemala: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Belize and Guatemala: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belize	Guatemala	Belize	Guatemala
1960	91,318	4,063,655	-	-
1961	93,632	4,186,201	2.53%	3.02%
1962	96,042	4,312,044	2.57%	3.01%
1963	98,704	4,440,264	2.77%	2.97%
1964	101,603	4,571,109	2.94%	2.95%
1965	104,675	4,704,965	3.02%	2.93%
1966	107,906	4,840,958	3.09%	2.89%
1967	111,272	4,978,862	3.12%	2.85%
1968	114,713	5,118,111	3.09%	2.8%
1969	118,040	5,257,081	2.9%	2.72%
1970	120,736	5,396,966	2.28%	2.66%
1971	122,805	5,538,355	1.71%	2.62%
1972	124,676	5,682,833	1.52%	2.61%
1973	126,445	5,831,631	1.42%	2.62%
1974	128,185	5,981,197	1.38%	2.56%
1975	130,387	6,128,731	1.72%	2.47%
1976	133,099	6,262,404	2.08%	2.18%
1977	135,887	6,401,515	2.09%	2.22%
1978	138,713	6,561,534	2.08%	2.5%
1979	141,678	6,727,797	2.14%	2.53%
1980	145,062	6,900,212	2.39%	2.56%
1981	148,786	7,075,648	2.57%	2.54%
1982	152,548	7,240,241	2.53%	2.33%
1983	156,297	7,419,642	2.46%	2.48%
1984	160,044	7,630,682	2.4%	2.84%
1985	163,796	7,849,693	2.34%	2.87%
1986	167,554	8,070,818	2.29%	2.82%
1987	171,338	8,296,485	2.26%	2.8%
1988	175,180	8,532,099	2.24%	2.84%
1989	179,107	8,775,546	2.24%	2.85%
1990	183,076	9,024,773	2.22%	2.84%
1991	187,040	9,272,584	2.17%	2.75%
1992	190,983	9,522,266	2.11%	2.69%
1993	194,902	9,779,761	2.05%	2.7%
1994	199,097	10,043,718	2.15%	2.7%
1995	204,146	10,312,996	2.54%	2.68%
1996	210,310	10,583,526	3.02%	2.62%
1997	217,446	10,857,754	3.39%	2.59%
1998	225,173	11,139,145	3.55%	2.59%
1999	233,059	11,422,965	3.5%	2.55%
2000	240,799	11,697,592	3.32%	2.4%
2001	248,379	11,969,422	3.15%	2.32%
2002	256,009	12,246,915	3.07%	2.32%
2003	263,780	12,525,842	3.04%	2.28%
2004	271,688	12,807,402	3%	2.25%
2005	279,731	13,087,629	2.96%	2.19%
2006	287,878	13,367,459	2.91%	2.14%
2007	296,100	13,652,040	2.86%	2.13%
2008	304,361	13,935,174	2.79%	2.07%
2009	312,614	14,215,611	2.71%	2.01%
2010	320,245	14,500,112	2.44%	2%
2011	327,298	14,792,126	2.2%	2.01%
2012	334,414	15,089,647	2.17%	2.01%
2013	341,627	15,387,337	2.16%	1.97%
2014	348,923	15,681,725	2.14%	1.91%
2015	356,333	15,971,743	2.12%	1.85%
2016	364,705	16,268,760	2.35%	1.86%
2017	373,202	16,567,357	2.33%	1.84%
2018	380,226	16,845,685	1.88%	1.68%
2019	385,829	17,103,803	1.47%	1.53%
2020	390,812	17,357,325	1.29%	1.48%
2021	395,346	17,598,650	1.16%	1.39%
2022	402,733	17,847,877	1.87%	1.42%
2023	411,106	18,124,838	2.08%	1.55%
2024	417,072	18,406,359	1.45%	1.55%
2025	422,922	18,687,873	1.4%	1.53%
2026	428,651	18,967,974	1.35%	1.5%
2027	434,214	19,246,005	1.3%	1.47%
2028	439,588	19,521,501	1.24%	1.43%
2029	444,794	19,795,168	1.18%	1.4%
2030	449,845	20,067,252	1.14%	1.37%
2031	454,733	20,337,369	1.09%	1.35%
2032	459,517	20,605,385	1.05%	1.32%
2033	464,203	20,871,083	1.02%	1.29%
2034	468,777	21,134,167	0.99%	1.26%
2035	473,126	21,394,231	0.93%	1.23%
2036	477,230	21,650,331	0.87%	1.2%
2037	481,157	21,901,955	0.82%	1.16%
2038	484,877	22,149,197	0.77%	1.13%
2039	488,334	22,391,079	0.71%	1.09%
2040	491,592	22,626,859	0.67%	1.05%
2041	494,725	22,856,760	0.64%	1.02%
2042	497,695	23,080,838	0.6%	0.98%
2043	500,514	23,299,226	0.57%	0.95%
2044	503,171	23,512,005	0.53%	0.91%
2045	505,692	23,719,080	0.5%	0.88%
2046	508,116	23,920,450	0.48%	0.85%
2047	510,423	24,115,734	0.45%	0.82%
2048	512,657	24,305,641	0.44%	0.79%
2049	514,721	24,491,000	0.4%	0.76%
2050	516,621	24,670,850	0.37%	0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belize increased by 76,827 people (a 26.7% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belize gained 64,006 (a 17.6% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth).

Belize was ranked 173rd most populous country in 2006 and is 171st 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) Belize's population will grow by 20.5% to 516,621 people with a rank change from 171st to 172nd. The population of Guatemala will increase by 30% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 69th to 67th.