The latest officially reported population of Eritrea was 3,535,603 in 2024 vs 18,406,359 people in Guatemala in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Eritrea's population is 3,683,508 people compared to 18,971,012 in Guatemala.
Population statistics:
- Guatemala's population is 5.15 times bigger than Eritrea's.
- Eritrea is ranked the 131st most populous country in the world, while Guatemala is the 69th.
- The countries together account for 0.27% of the world: 0.04% for Eritrea vs 0.23% for Guatemala.
- For the last 10 years, Eritrea has had an average growth rate of +1.28% per year vs +1.64% in Guatemala.
- Since 2006, the population of Eritrea has increased from 2.7M people to 3.68M (36.2% growth), while Guatemala has grown from 13.4M to 19M (41.9% growth).
- Eritrea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 8.44M people compared to the peak of 27.2M people in 2077 for Guatemala.
Eritrea vs Guatemala: live population counter
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| Current population |
3683508
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18971012
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| Population rank | 131/197 | 69/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
8.06 minutes
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1.87 minutes
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| One birth every |
5.31 minutes
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1.39 minutes
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| One death every |
25 minutes
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6.01 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
41.4 minutes
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1.13 hours
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| Annual migration change | -12,696 | -7,725 |
| Daily growth/decline | +179 | +771 |
| Annual growth/decline | +65,213 | +281,521 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.88% | +1.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 58/197 | 69/197 |
Eritrea and Guatemala: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 972,547 | 4,063,655 | - | - |
| 1961 | 995,573 | 4,186,201 | 2.37% | 3.02% |
| 1962 | 1,019,788 | 4,312,044 | 2.43% | 3.01% |
| 1963 | 1,045,092 | 4,440,264 | 2.48% | 2.97% |
| 1964 | 1,071,287 | 4,571,109 | 2.51% | 2.95% |
| 1965 | 1,098,335 | 4,704,965 | 2.52% | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 1,124,957 | 4,840,958 | 2.42% | 2.89% |
| 1967 | 1,152,339 | 4,978,862 | 2.43% | 2.85% |
| 1968 | 1,181,737 | 5,118,111 | 2.55% | 2.8% |
| 1969 | 1,212,005 | 5,257,081 | 2.56% | 2.72% |
| 1970 | 1,243,453 | 5,396,966 | 2.59% | 2.66% |
| 1971 | 1,276,154 | 5,538,355 | 2.63% | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 1,309,235 | 5,682,833 | 2.59% | 2.61% |
| 1973 | 1,342,669 | 5,831,631 | 2.55% | 2.62% |
| 1974 | 1,375,688 | 5,981,197 | 2.46% | 2.56% |
| 1975 | 1,408,210 | 6,128,731 | 2.36% | 2.47% |
| 1976 | 1,443,807 | 6,262,404 | 2.53% | 2.18% |
| 1977 | 1,482,565 | 6,401,515 | 2.68% | 2.22% |
| 1978 | 1,522,378 | 6,561,534 | 2.69% | 2.5% |
| 1979 | 1,563,332 | 6,727,797 | 2.69% | 2.53% |
| 1980 | 1,605,797 | 6,900,212 | 2.72% | 2.56% |
| 1981 | 1,649,939 | 7,075,648 | 2.75% | 2.54% |
| 1982 | 1,695,461 | 7,240,241 | 2.76% | 2.33% |
| 1983 | 1,736,160 | 7,419,642 | 2.4% | 2.48% |
| 1984 | 1,771,730 | 7,630,682 | 2.05% | 2.84% |
| 1985 | 1,807,816 | 7,849,693 | 2.04% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 1,845,164 | 8,070,818 | 2.07% | 2.82% |
| 1987 | 1,888,669 | 8,296,485 | 2.36% | 2.8% |
| 1988 | 1,938,255 | 8,532,099 | 2.63% | 2.84% |
| 1989 | 1,987,017 | 8,775,546 | 2.52% | 2.85% |
| 1990 | 2,032,737 | 9,024,773 | 2.3% | 2.84% |
| 1991 | 1,919,571 | 9,272,584 | -5.57% | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 1,798,748 | 9,522,266 | -6.29% | 2.69% |
| 1993 | 1,856,006 | 9,779,761 | 3.18% | 2.7% |
| 1994 | 1,913,915 | 10,043,718 | 3.12% | 2.7% |
| 1995 | 2,025,267 | 10,312,996 | 5.82% | 2.68% |
| 1996 | 2,128,464 | 10,583,526 | 5.1% | 2.62% |
| 1997 | 2,152,135 | 10,857,754 | 1.11% | 2.59% |
| 1998 | 2,180,419 | 11,139,145 | 1.31% | 2.59% |
| 1999 | 2,212,780 | 11,422,965 | 1.48% | 2.55% |
| 2000 | 2,247,031 | 11,697,592 | 1.55% | 2.4% |
| 2001 | 2,312,079 | 11,969,422 | 2.89% | 2.32% |
| 2002 | 2,392,978 | 12,246,915 | 3.5% | 2.32% |
| 2003 | 2,493,903 | 12,525,842 | 4.22% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 2,598,284 | 12,807,402 | 4.19% | 2.25% |
| 2005 | 2,661,215 | 13,087,629 | 2.42% | 2.19% |
| 2006 | 2,703,502 | 13,367,459 | 1.59% | 2.14% |
| 2007 | 2,743,222 | 13,652,040 | 1.47% | 2.13% |
| 2008 | 2,816,327 | 13,935,174 | 2.66% | 2.07% |
| 2009 | 2,887,885 | 14,215,611 | 2.54% | 2.01% |
| 2010 | 2,945,186 | 14,500,112 | 1.98% | 2% |
| 2011 | 2,998,485 | 14,792,126 | 1.81% | 2.01% |
| 2012 | 3,036,988 | 15,089,647 | 1.28% | 2.01% |
| 2013 | 3,074,360 | 15,387,337 | 1.23% | 1.97% |
| 2014 | 3,095,173 | 15,681,725 | 0.68% | 1.91% |
| 2015 | 3,105,546 | 15,971,743 | 0.34% | 1.85% |
| 2016 | 3,124,698 | 16,268,760 | 0.62% | 1.86% |
| 2017 | 3,150,347 | 16,567,357 | 0.82% | 1.84% |
| 2018 | 3,192,760 | 16,845,685 | 1.35% | 1.68% |
| 2019 | 3,240,194 | 17,103,803 | 1.49% | 1.53% |
| 2020 | 3,291,271 | 17,357,325 | 1.58% | 1.48% |
| 2021 | 3,350,183 | 17,598,650 | 1.79% | 1.39% |
| 2022 | 3,409,447 | 17,847,877 | 1.77% | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 3,470,390 | 18,124,838 | 1.79% | 1.55% |
| 2024 | 3,535,603 | 18,406,359 | 1.88% | 1.55% |
| 2025 | 3,606,996 | 18,687,873 | 2.02% | 1.53% |
| 2026 | 3,682,659 | 18,967,974 | 2.1% | 1.5% |
| 2027 | 3,760,368 | 19,246,005 | 2.11% | 1.47% |
| 2028 | 3,840,135 | 19,521,501 | 2.12% | 1.43% |
| 2029 | 3,920,467 | 19,795,168 | 2.09% | 1.4% |
| 2030 | 4,002,671 | 20,067,252 | 2.1% | 1.37% |
| 2031 | 4,085,037 | 20,337,369 | 2.06% | 1.35% |
| 2032 | 4,166,507 | 20,605,385 | 1.99% | 1.32% |
| 2033 | 4,249,501 | 20,871,083 | 1.99% | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 4,334,727 | 21,134,167 | 2.01% | 1.26% |
| 2035 | 4,420,915 | 21,394,231 | 1.99% | 1.23% |
| 2036 | 4,509,755 | 21,650,331 | 2.01% | 1.2% |
| 2037 | 4,601,933 | 21,901,955 | 2.04% | 1.16% |
| 2038 | 4,692,340 | 22,149,197 | 1.96% | 1.13% |
| 2039 | 4,780,469 | 22,391,079 | 1.88% | 1.09% |
| 2040 | 4,868,668 | 22,626,859 | 1.84% | 1.05% |
| 2041 | 4,954,481 | 22,856,760 | 1.76% | 1.02% |
| 2042 | 5,039,298 | 23,080,838 | 1.71% | 0.98% |
| 2043 | 5,124,256 | 23,299,226 | 1.69% | 0.95% |
| 2044 | 5,207,858 | 23,512,005 | 1.63% | 0.91% |
| 2045 | 5,292,756 | 23,719,080 | 1.63% | 0.88% |
| 2046 | 5,375,963 | 23,920,450 | 1.57% | 0.85% |
| 2047 | 5,456,488 | 24,115,734 | 1.5% | 0.82% |
| 2048 | 5,537,538 | 24,305,641 | 1.49% | 0.79% |
| 2049 | 5,617,348 | 24,491,000 | 1.44% | 0.76% |
| 2050 | 5,696,052 | 24,670,850 | 1.4% | 0.73% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth).
Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st 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) Eritrea's population will grow by 54.6% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Guatemala will increase by 30% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 69th to 67th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Guatemala | 1.21M |
| Mixco | 528K |
| Coban | 229K |
| Quetzaltenango | 208K |
| Jalapa | 193K |
| San Miguel Petapa | 151K |
| Momostenango | 140K |
| Mazatenango | 83.8K |
| Flores | 44.7K |
| Panajachel | 16.1K |
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Population differences between Eritrea and Guatemala
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| Life expectancy | 69.4 years | 73 years |
| Average age | 24.6 years | 27.3 years |
| Median age | 19.9 years | 24 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 3.71 births per woman | 2.31 births per woman |
| Population density | 75.6 ppl/mi² | 445 ppl/mi² |
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