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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Ecuador was 18,135,478 in 2024 vs 18,406,359 people in Guatemala in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Ecuador's population is 18,414,090 people compared to 18,912,872 in Guatemala.

Population statistics:

  • Guatemala's population is 1.03 times bigger than Ecuador's.
  • Ecuador is ranked the 71st most populous country in the world, while Guatemala is the 70th.
  • The countries together account for 0.45% of the world: 0.22% for Ecuador vs 0.23% for Guatemala.
  • For the last 10 years, Ecuador has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +1.64% in Guatemala.
  • Since 2005, the population of Ecuador has increased from 13.8M people to 18.4M (33% growth), while Guatemala has grown from 13.1M to 18.9M (44.5% growth).
  • Ecuador is projected to reach its peak in 2063 at 21.7M people compared to the peak of 27.2M people in 2077 for Guatemala.

Ecuador vs Guatemala: live population counter

Ecuador Guatemala
Current population
18414090
18912872
Population rank 71/197 70/197
Percent of world population 0.22% 0.23%
One net population change
3.38 minutes
1.87 minutes
One birth every
1.94 minutes
1.39 minutes
One death every
5.7 minutes
6.01 minutes
One migration net change every
26.7 minutes
1.13 hours
Annual migration change -19,704 -7,725
Daily growth/decline +426 +771
Annual growth/decline +155,395 +281,521
Annual growth/decline rate +0.86% +1.55%
Population growth rate rank 112/197 71/197

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

Ecuador
Population

Growth rate
Guatemala
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Ecuador Guatemala Ecuador Guatemala
1960 4,590,891 4,063,655 - -
1961 4,722,331 4,186,201 2.86% 3.02%
1962 4,859,269 4,312,044 2.9% 3.01%
1963 5,001,716 4,440,264 2.93% 2.97%
1964 5,149,918 4,571,109 2.96% 2.95%
1965 5,303,963 4,704,965 2.99% 2.93%
1966 5,463,748 4,840,958 3.01% 2.89%
1967 5,629,057 4,978,862 3.03% 2.85%
1968 5,799,680 5,118,111 3.03% 2.8%
1969 5,975,236 5,257,081 3.03% 2.72%
1970 6,155,387 5,396,966 3.01% 2.66%
1971 6,340,052 5,538,355 3% 2.62%
1972 6,529,034 5,682,833 2.98% 2.61%
1973 6,722,033 5,831,631 2.96% 2.62%
1974 6,918,573 5,981,197 2.92% 2.56%
1975 7,118,251 6,128,731 2.89% 2.47%
1976 7,320,912 6,262,404 2.85% 2.18%
1977 7,526,819 6,401,515 2.81% 2.22%
1978 7,736,167 6,561,534 2.78% 2.5%
1979 7,948,869 6,727,797 2.75% 2.53%
1980 8,165,877 6,900,212 2.73% 2.56%
1981 8,386,910 7,075,648 2.71% 2.54%
1982 8,611,298 7,240,241 2.68% 2.33%
1983 8,840,417 7,419,642 2.66% 2.48%
1984 9,074,782 7,630,682 2.65% 2.84%
1985 9,311,154 7,849,693 2.6% 2.87%
1986 9,545,998 8,070,818 2.52% 2.82%
1987 9,779,290 8,296,485 2.44% 2.8%
1988 10,010,808 8,532,099 2.37% 2.84%
1989 10,241,852 8,775,546 2.31% 2.85%
1990 10,473,673 9,024,773 2.26% 2.84%
1991 10,702,380 9,272,584 2.18% 2.75%
1992 10,930,128 9,522,266 2.13% 2.69%
1993 11,154,274 9,779,761 2.05% 2.7%
1994 11,372,197 10,043,718 1.95% 2.7%
1995 11,590,514 10,312,996 1.92% 2.68%
1996 11,810,950 10,583,526 1.9% 2.62%
1997 12,031,127 10,857,754 1.86% 2.59%
1998 12,251,184 11,139,145 1.83% 2.59%
1999 12,470,795 11,422,965 1.79% 2.55%
2000 12,689,206 11,697,592 1.75% 2.4%
2001 12,910,740 11,969,422 1.75% 2.32%
2002 13,138,472 12,246,915 1.76% 2.32%
2003 13,372,306 12,525,842 1.78% 2.28%
2004 13,608,701 12,807,402 1.77% 2.25%
2005 13,846,163 13,087,629 1.74% 2.19%
2006 14,086,131 13,367,459 1.73% 2.14%
2007 14,328,773 13,652,040 1.72% 2.13%
2008 14,575,202 13,935,174 1.72% 2.07%
2009 14,825,954 14,215,611 1.72% 2.01%
2010 15,076,695 14,500,112 1.69% 2%
2011 15,326,227 14,792,126 1.66% 2.01%
2012 15,572,194 15,089,647 1.6% 2.01%
2013 15,807,128 15,387,337 1.51% 1.97%
2014 16,035,124 15,681,725 1.44% 1.91%
2015 16,266,225 15,971,743 1.44% 1.85%
2016 16,505,139 16,268,760 1.47% 1.86%
2017 16,759,519 16,567,357 1.54% 1.84%
2018 17,049,547 16,845,685 1.73% 1.68%
2019 17,340,021 17,103,803 1.7% 1.53%
2020 17,546,065 17,357,325 1.19% 1.48%
2021 17,682,454 17,598,650 0.78% 1.39%
2022 17,823,897 17,847,877 0.8% 1.42%
2023 17,980,083 18,124,838 0.88% 1.55%
2024 18,135,478 18,406,359 0.86% 1.55%
2025 18,289,898 18,687,873 0.85% 1.53%
2026 18,444,505 18,967,974 0.85% 1.5%
2027 18,600,319 19,246,005 0.84% 1.47%
2028 18,757,228 19,521,501 0.84% 1.43%
2029 18,914,103 19,795,168 0.84% 1.4%
2030 19,069,715 20,067,252 0.82% 1.37%
2031 19,222,817 20,337,369 0.8% 1.35%
2032 19,372,495 20,605,385 0.78% 1.32%
2033 19,518,750 20,871,083 0.75% 1.29%
2034 19,661,347 21,134,167 0.73% 1.26%
2035 19,800,128 21,394,231 0.71% 1.23%
2036 19,935,162 21,650,331 0.68% 1.2%
2037 20,066,382 21,901,955 0.66% 1.16%
2038 20,193,573 22,149,197 0.63% 1.13%
2039 20,316,268 22,391,079 0.61% 1.09%
2040 20,434,223 22,626,859 0.58% 1.05%
2041 20,547,455 22,856,760 0.55% 1.02%
2042 20,655,763 23,080,838 0.53% 0.98%
2043 20,759,127 23,299,226 0.5% 0.95%
2044 20,857,468 23,512,005 0.47% 0.91%
2045 20,950,629 23,719,080 0.45% 0.88%
2046 21,038,532 23,920,450 0.42% 0.85%
2047 21,121,169 24,115,734 0.39% 0.82%
2048 21,198,613 24,305,641 0.37% 0.79%
2049 21,270,658 24,491,000 0.34% 0.76%
2050 21,337,231 24,670,850 0.31% 0.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ecuador increased by 2,420,062 people (a 17.5% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ecuador gained 2,147,865 (a 13.2% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth).

Ecuador was ranked 64th most populous country in 2005 and is 71st 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) Ecuador's population will grow by 15.9% to 21,337,231 people with a rank change from 71st to 74th. The population of Guatemala will increase by 30.4% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 70th to 67th.

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