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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Guatemala	Colombia	Guatemala
1960	15,606,209	4,063,655	-	-
1961	16,095,203	4,186,201	3.13%	3.02%
1962	16,599,029	4,312,044	3.13%	3.01%
1963	17,113,823	4,440,264	3.1%	2.97%
1964	17,637,411	4,571,109	3.06%	2.95%
1965	18,169,050	4,704,965	3.01%	2.93%
1966	18,702,688	4,840,958	2.94%	2.89%
1967	19,235,618	4,978,862	2.85%	2.85%
1968	19,766,796	5,118,111	2.76%	2.8%
1969	20,291,942	5,257,081	2.66%	2.72%
1970	20,811,782	5,396,966	2.56%	2.66%
1971	21,319,096	5,538,355	2.44%	2.62%
1972	21,819,563	5,682,833	2.35%	2.61%
1973	22,325,374	5,831,631	2.32%	2.62%
1974	22,833,469	5,981,197	2.28%	2.56%
1975	23,344,644	6,128,731	2.24%	2.47%
1976	23,858,810	6,262,404	2.2%	2.18%
1977	24,393,494	6,401,515	2.24%	2.22%
1978	24,950,337	6,561,534	2.28%	2.5%
1979	25,515,626	6,727,797	2.27%	2.53%
1980	26,104,498	6,900,212	2.31%	2.56%
1981	26,713,267	7,075,648	2.33%	2.54%
1982	27,338,331	7,240,241	2.34%	2.33%
1983	27,988,173	7,419,642	2.38%	2.48%
1984	28,642,690	7,630,682	2.34%	2.84%
1985	29,268,470	7,849,693	2.18%	2.87%
1986	29,879,112	8,070,818	2.09%	2.82%
1987	30,499,467	8,296,485	2.08%	2.8%
1988	31,130,524	8,532,099	2.07%	2.84%
1989	31,776,279	8,775,546	2.07%	2.85%
1990	32,440,069	9,024,773	2.09%	2.84%
1991	33,098,372	9,272,584	2.03%	2.75%
1992	33,760,571	9,522,266	2%	2.69%
1993	34,441,473	9,779,761	2.02%	2.7%
1994	35,127,410	10,043,718	1.99%	2.7%
1995	35,804,662	10,312,996	1.93%	2.68%
1996	36,462,745	10,583,526	1.84%	2.62%
1997	37,121,149	10,857,754	1.81%	2.59%
1998	37,792,165	11,139,145	1.81%	2.59%
1999	38,454,863	11,422,965	1.75%	2.55%
2000	39,089,934	11,697,592	1.65%	2.4%
2001	39,709,262	11,969,422	1.58%	2.32%
2002	40,324,680	12,246,915	1.55%	2.32%
2003	40,937,429	12,525,842	1.52%	2.28%
2004	41,543,171	12,807,402	1.48%	2.25%
2005	42,128,977	13,087,629	1.41%	2.19%
2006	42,691,084	13,367,459	1.33%	2.14%
2007	43,235,374	13,652,040	1.27%	2.13%
2008	43,758,808	13,935,174	1.21%	2.07%
2009	44,271,541	14,215,611	1.17%	2.01%
2010	44,777,319	14,500,112	1.14%	2%
2011	45,259,614	14,792,126	1.08%	2.01%
2012	45,715,810	15,089,647	1.01%	2.01%
2013	46,151,584	15,387,337	0.95%	1.97%
2014	46,565,429	15,681,725	0.9%	1.91%
2015	46,969,940	15,971,743	0.87%	1.85%
2016	47,437,512	16,268,760	1%	1.86%
2017	48,131,078	16,567,357	1.46%	1.84%
2018	49,024,465	16,845,685	1.86%	1.68%
2019	49,907,985	17,103,803	1.8%	1.53%
2020	50,629,997	17,357,325	1.45%	1.48%
2021	51,188,173	17,598,650	1.1%	1.39%
2022	51,737,944	17,847,877	1.07%	1.42%
2023	52,321,152	18,124,838	1.13%	1.55%
2024	52,886,363	18,406,359	1.08%	1.55%
2025	53,425,632	18,687,873	1.02%	1.53%
2026	53,936,234	18,967,974	0.96%	1.5%
2027	54,422,275	19,246,005	0.9%	1.47%
2028	54,885,123	19,521,501	0.85%	1.43%
2029	55,322,627	19,795,168	0.8%	1.4%
2030	55,736,477	20,067,252	0.75%	1.37%
2031	56,125,966	20,337,369	0.7%	1.35%
2032	56,490,496	20,605,385	0.65%	1.32%
2033	56,832,264	20,871,083	0.61%	1.29%
2034	57,151,619	21,134,167	0.56%	1.26%
2035	57,445,755	21,394,231	0.51%	1.23%
2036	57,716,869	21,650,331	0.47%	1.2%
2037	57,965,300	21,901,955	0.43%	1.16%
2038	58,190,082	22,149,197	0.39%	1.13%
2039	58,394,310	22,391,079	0.35%	1.09%
2040	58,576,452	22,626,859	0.31%	1.05%
2041	58,736,886	22,856,760	0.27%	1.02%
2042	58,878,126	23,080,838	0.24%	0.98%
2043	59,000,362	23,299,226	0.21%	0.95%
2044	59,104,592	23,512,005	0.18%	0.91%
2045	59,190,826	23,719,080	0.15%	0.88%
2046	59,259,758	23,920,450	0.12%	0.85%
2047	59,313,132	24,115,734	0.09%	0.82%
2048	59,351,262	24,305,641	0.06%	0.79%
2049	59,375,012	24,491,000	0.04%	0.76%
2050	59,385,355	24,670,850	0.02%	0.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th in 2025. Guatemala was ranked 68th in 2005 and ranked 70th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Guatemala will increase by 30.4% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 70th to 67th.