The latest officially reported population of Guatemala was 18,406,359 in 2024 vs 14,754,785 people in Guinea in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guatemala's population is 18,971,012 people compared to 15,445,735 in Guinea.
Population statistics:
- Guatemala's population is 1.23 times bigger than Guinea's.
- Guatemala is ranked the 69th most populous country in the world, while Guinea is the 75th.
- The countries together account for 0.42% of the world: 0.23% for Guatemala vs 0.19% for Guinea.
- For the last 10 years, Guatemala has had an average growth rate of +1.64% per year vs +2.54% in Guinea.
- Since 2006, the population of Guatemala has increased from 13.4M people to 19M (41.9% growth), while Guinea has grown from 9.44M to 15.4M (63.6% growth).
- Guatemala is projected to reach its peak in 2077 at 27.2M people compared to the peak of 32M people in 2100 for Guinea.
Guatemala vs Guinea: live population counter
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| Current population |
18971012
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15445735
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| Population rank | 69/197 | 75/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 0.19% |
| One net population change |
1.87 minutes
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1.5 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
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1.08 minutes
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| One death every |
6.01 minutes
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4 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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43.7 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | -12,024 |
| Daily growth/decline | +771 | +957 |
| Annual growth/decline | +281,521 | +349,317 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.55% | +2.42% |
| Population growth rate rank | 69/197 | 32/197 |
Guatemala and Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,063,655 | 3,556,749 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,186,201 | 3,619,551 | 3.02% | 1.77% |
| 1962 | 4,312,044 | 3,684,273 | 3.01% | 1.79% |
| 1963 | 4,440,264 | 3,750,954 | 2.97% | 1.81% |
| 1964 | 4,571,109 | 3,819,722 | 2.95% | 1.83% |
| 1965 | 4,704,965 | 3,890,716 | 2.93% | 1.86% |
| 1966 | 4,840,958 | 3,964,155 | 2.89% | 1.89% |
| 1967 | 4,978,862 | 4,040,153 | 2.85% | 1.92% |
| 1968 | 5,118,111 | 4,118,550 | 2.8% | 1.94% |
| 1969 | 5,257,081 | 4,198,300 | 2.72% | 1.94% |
| 1970 | 5,396,966 | 4,277,535 | 2.66% | 1.89% |
| 1971 | 5,538,355 | 4,355,200 | 2.62% | 1.82% |
| 1972 | 5,682,833 | 4,431,292 | 2.61% | 1.75% |
| 1973 | 5,831,631 | 4,506,324 | 2.62% | 1.69% |
| 1974 | 5,981,197 | 4,580,510 | 2.56% | 1.65% |
| 1975 | 6,128,731 | 4,653,876 | 2.47% | 1.6% |
| 1976 | 6,262,404 | 4,727,022 | 2.18% | 1.57% |
| 1977 | 6,401,515 | 4,801,128 | 2.22% | 1.57% |
| 1978 | 6,561,534 | 4,877,854 | 2.5% | 1.6% |
| 1979 | 6,727,797 | 4,959,283 | 2.53% | 1.67% |
| 1980 | 6,900,212 | 5,047,419 | 2.56% | 1.78% |
| 1981 | 7,075,648 | 5,143,288 | 2.54% | 1.9% |
| 1982 | 7,240,241 | 5,247,672 | 2.33% | 2.03% |
| 1983 | 7,419,642 | 5,359,814 | 2.48% | 2.14% |
| 1984 | 7,630,682 | 5,480,096 | 2.84% | 2.24% |
| 1985 | 7,849,693 | 5,610,373 | 2.87% | 2.38% |
| 1986 | 8,070,818 | 5,750,668 | 2.82% | 2.5% |
| 1987 | 8,296,485 | 5,900,198 | 2.8% | 2.6% |
| 1988 | 8,532,099 | 6,056,574 | 2.84% | 2.65% |
| 1989 | 8,775,546 | 6,215,811 | 2.85% | 2.63% |
| 1990 | 9,024,773 | 6,434,374 | 2.84% | 3.52% |
| 1991 | 9,272,584 | 6,697,166 | 2.75% | 4.08% |
| 1992 | 9,522,266 | 6,914,366 | 2.69% | 3.24% |
| 1993 | 9,779,761 | 7,128,177 | 2.7% | 3.09% |
| 1994 | 10,043,718 | 7,345,107 | 2.7% | 3.04% |
| 1995 | 10,312,996 | 7,553,249 | 2.68% | 2.83% |
| 1996 | 10,583,526 | 7,770,035 | 2.62% | 2.87% |
| 1997 | 10,857,754 | 7,931,370 | 2.59% | 2.08% |
| 1998 | 11,139,145 | 8,081,990 | 2.59% | 1.9% |
| 1999 | 11,422,965 | 8,265,123 | 2.55% | 2.27% |
| 2000 | 11,697,592 | 8,428,832 | 2.4% | 1.98% |
| 2001 | 11,969,422 | 8,539,960 | 2.32% | 1.32% |
| 2002 | 12,246,915 | 8,674,066 | 2.32% | 1.57% |
| 2003 | 12,525,842 | 8,870,781 | 2.28% | 2.27% |
| 2004 | 12,807,402 | 9,062,726 | 2.25% | 2.16% |
| 2005 | 13,087,629 | 9,245,844 | 2.19% | 2.02% |
| 2006 | 13,367,459 | 9,441,171 | 2.14% | 2.11% |
| 2007 | 13,652,040 | 9,662,281 | 2.13% | 2.34% |
| 2008 | 13,935,174 | 9,898,870 | 2.07% | 2.45% |
| 2009 | 14,215,611 | 10,143,534 | 2.01% | 2.47% |
| 2010 | 14,500,112 | 10,396,086 | 2% | 2.49% |
| 2011 | 14,792,126 | 10,656,810 | 2.01% | 2.51% |
| 2012 | 15,089,647 | 10,921,581 | 2.01% | 2.48% |
| 2013 | 15,387,337 | 11,191,873 | 1.97% | 2.47% |
| 2014 | 15,681,725 | 11,472,924 | 1.91% | 2.51% |
| 2015 | 15,971,743 | 11,767,070 | 1.85% | 2.56% |
| 2016 | 16,268,760 | 12,073,030 | 1.86% | 2.6% |
| 2017 | 16,567,357 | 12,385,659 | 1.84% | 2.59% |
| 2018 | 16,845,685 | 12,704,774 | 1.68% | 2.58% |
| 2019 | 17,103,803 | 13,034,346 | 1.53% | 2.59% |
| 2020 | 17,357,325 | 13,371,183 | 1.48% | 2.58% |
| 2021 | 17,598,650 | 13,710,513 | 1.39% | 2.54% |
| 2022 | 17,847,877 | 14,055,137 | 1.42% | 2.51% |
| 2023 | 18,124,838 | 14,405,468 | 1.55% | 2.49% |
| 2024 | 18,406,359 | 14,754,785 | 1.55% | 2.42% |
| 2025 | 18,687,873 | 15,099,737 | 1.53% | 2.34% |
| 2026 | 18,967,974 | 15,441,997 | 1.5% | 2.27% |
| 2027 | 19,246,005 | 15,784,102 | 1.47% | 2.22% |
| 2028 | 19,521,501 | 16,126,582 | 1.43% | 2.17% |
| 2029 | 19,795,168 | 16,466,764 | 1.4% | 2.11% |
| 2030 | 20,067,252 | 16,807,153 | 1.37% | 2.07% |
| 2031 | 20,337,369 | 17,147,643 | 1.35% | 2.03% |
| 2032 | 20,605,385 | 17,485,900 | 1.32% | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 20,871,083 | 17,822,213 | 1.29% | 1.92% |
| 2034 | 21,134,167 | 18,154,418 | 1.26% | 1.86% |
| 2035 | 21,394,231 | 18,486,025 | 1.23% | 1.83% |
| 2036 | 21,650,331 | 18,820,871 | 1.2% | 1.81% |
| 2037 | 21,901,955 | 19,155,764 | 1.16% | 1.78% |
| 2038 | 22,149,197 | 19,489,372 | 1.13% | 1.74% |
| 2039 | 22,391,079 | 19,823,866 | 1.09% | 1.72% |
| 2040 | 22,626,859 | 20,160,751 | 1.05% | 1.7% |
| 2041 | 22,856,760 | 20,497,039 | 1.02% | 1.67% |
| 2042 | 23,080,838 | 20,830,660 | 0.98% | 1.63% |
| 2043 | 23,299,226 | 21,163,506 | 0.95% | 1.6% |
| 2044 | 23,512,005 | 21,492,058 | 0.91% | 1.55% |
| 2045 | 23,719,080 | 21,817,254 | 0.88% | 1.51% |
| 2046 | 23,920,450 | 22,141,694 | 0.85% | 1.49% |
| 2047 | 24,115,734 | 22,463,122 | 0.82% | 1.45% |
| 2048 | 24,305,641 | 22,780,061 | 0.79% | 1.41% |
| 2049 | 24,491,000 | 23,092,618 | 0.76% | 1.37% |
| 2050 | 24,670,850 | 23,404,600 | 0.73% | 1.35% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth), while Guinea gained 2,631,859 people (a 27.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guatemala gained 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth), while Guinea's population increased by 3,372,705 (a 27.9% growth).
Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2006 and is 69th in 2026. Guinea was ranked 84th in 2006 and ranked 75th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Guatemala's population will grow by 30% to 24,670,850 people with a rank change from 69th to 67th. The population of Guinea will increase by 51.5% to 23,404,600 people and rank change from 75th to 71st.
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 Guatemala and Guinea
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| Life expectancy | 73 years | 61.2 years |
| Average age | 27.3 years | 23.4 years |
| Median age | 24 years | 19.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 2.31 births per woman | 4.22 births per woman |
| Population density | 445 ppl/mi² | 155.5 ppl/mi² |
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