The latest officially reported population of Guatemala was 18,406,359 in 2024 vs 1,450,935,791 people in India in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guatemala's population is 18,971,012 people compared to 1,476,762,615 in India.
Population statistics:
- India's population is 77.8 times bigger than Guatemala's.
- Guatemala is ranked the 69th most populous country in the world, while India is the 1st.
- The countries together account for 18.1% of the world: 0.23% for Guatemala vs 17.8% for India.
- For the last 10 years, Guatemala has had an average growth rate of +1.64% per year vs +1.03% in India.
- Since 2006, the population of Guatemala has increased from 13.4M people to 19M (41.9% growth), while India has grown from 1.17B to 1.48B (25.9% growth).
- Guatemala is projected to reach its peak in 2077 at 27.2M people compared to the peak of 1.7B people in 2061 for India.
Guatemala vs India: live population counter
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| Current population |
18971012
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1476762615
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| Population rank | 69/197 | 1/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 17.8% |
| One net population change |
1.87 minutes
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2.45 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
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1.36 seconds
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| One death every |
6.01 minutes
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3.32 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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50 seconds
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | -630,830 |
| Daily growth/decline | +771 | +35,250 |
| Annual growth/decline | +281,521 | +12,866,195 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.55% | +0.89% |
| Population growth rate rank | 69/197 | 108/197 |
Guatemala and India: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,063,655 | 435,990,338 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,186,201 | 446,564,729 | 3.02% | 2.43% |
| 1962 | 4,312,044 | 457,283,090 | 3.01% | 2.4% |
| 1963 | 4,440,264 | 468,138,575 | 2.97% | 2.37% |
| 1964 | 4,571,109 | 479,229,598 | 2.95% | 2.37% |
| 1965 | 4,704,965 | 490,140,146 | 2.93% | 2.28% |
| 1966 | 4,840,958 | 500,740,247 | 2.89% | 2.16% |
| 1967 | 4,978,862 | 511,606,372 | 2.85% | 2.17% |
| 1968 | 5,118,111 | 522,716,889 | 2.8% | 2.17% |
| 1969 | 5,257,081 | 533,880,544 | 2.72% | 2.14% |
| 1970 | 5,396,966 | 545,864,268 | 2.66% | 2.24% |
| 1971 | 5,538,355 | 558,096,387 | 2.62% | 2.24% |
| 1972 | 5,682,833 | 570,482,142 | 2.61% | 2.22% |
| 1973 | 5,831,631 | 583,465,598 | 2.62% | 2.28% |
| 1974 | 5,981,197 | 597,041,391 | 2.56% | 2.33% |
| 1975 | 6,128,731 | 611,309,535 | 2.47% | 2.39% |
| 1976 | 6,262,404 | 625,861,883 | 2.18% | 2.38% |
| 1977 | 6,401,515 | 640,801,103 | 2.22% | 2.39% |
| 1978 | 6,561,534 | 655,728,229 | 2.5% | 2.33% |
| 1979 | 6,727,797 | 671,155,747 | 2.53% | 2.35% |
| 1980 | 6,900,212 | 687,354,025 | 2.56% | 2.41% |
| 1981 | 7,075,648 | 703,696,250 | 2.54% | 2.38% |
| 1982 | 7,240,241 | 720,313,473 | 2.33% | 2.36% |
| 1983 | 7,419,642 | 737,372,681 | 2.48% | 2.37% |
| 1984 | 7,630,682 | 754,875,449 | 2.84% | 2.37% |
| 1985 | 7,849,693 | 772,647,793 | 2.87% | 2.35% |
| 1986 | 8,070,818 | 790,689,978 | 2.82% | 2.34% |
| 1987 | 8,296,485 | 808,931,270 | 2.8% | 2.31% |
| 1988 | 8,532,099 | 827,342,990 | 2.84% | 2.28% |
| 1989 | 8,775,546 | 846,039,529 | 2.85% | 2.26% |
| 1990 | 9,024,773 | 864,972,221 | 2.84% | 2.24% |
| 1991 | 9,272,584 | 883,927,600 | 2.75% | 2.19% |
| 1992 | 9,522,266 | 902,957,070 | 2.69% | 2.15% |
| 1993 | 9,779,761 | 922,118,387 | 2.7% | 2.12% |
| 1994 | 10,043,718 | 941,163,767 | 2.7% | 2.07% |
| 1995 | 10,312,996 | 960,301,044 | 2.68% | 2.03% |
| 1996 | 10,583,526 | 979,678,458 | 2.62% | 2.02% |
| 1997 | 10,857,754 | 999,133,762 | 2.59% | 1.99% |
| 1998 | 11,139,145 | 1,018,665,080 | 2.59% | 1.95% |
| 1999 | 11,422,965 | 1,038,225,823 | 2.55% | 1.92% |
| 2000 | 11,697,592 | 1,057,922,733 | 2.4% | 1.9% |
| 2001 | 11,969,422 | 1,077,898,575 | 2.32% | 1.89% |
| 2002 | 12,246,915 | 1,097,600,380 | 2.32% | 1.83% |
| 2003 | 12,525,842 | 1,116,803,006 | 2.28% | 1.75% |
| 2004 | 12,807,402 | 1,135,991,513 | 2.25% | 1.72% |
| 2005 | 13,087,629 | 1,154,676,322 | 2.19% | 1.64% |
| 2006 | 13,367,459 | 1,172,878,890 | 2.14% | 1.58% |
| 2007 | 13,652,040 | 1,190,676,021 | 2.13% | 1.52% |
| 2008 | 13,935,174 | 1,207,930,964 | 2.07% | 1.45% |
| 2009 | 14,215,611 | 1,225,524,753 | 2.01% | 1.46% |
| 2010 | 14,500,112 | 1,243,481,564 | 2% | 1.47% |
| 2011 | 14,792,126 | 1,261,224,954 | 2.01% | 1.43% |
| 2012 | 15,089,647 | 1,278,674,502 | 2.01% | 1.38% |
| 2013 | 15,387,337 | 1,295,829,511 | 1.97% | 1.34% |
| 2014 | 15,681,725 | 1,312,277,191 | 1.91% | 1.27% |
| 2015 | 15,971,743 | 1,328,024,498 | 1.85% | 1.2% |
| 2016 | 16,268,760 | 1,343,944,296 | 1.86% | 1.2% |
| 2017 | 16,567,357 | 1,359,657,400 | 1.84% | 1.17% |
| 2018 | 16,845,685 | 1,374,659,064 | 1.68% | 1.1% |
| 2019 | 17,103,803 | 1,389,030,312 | 1.53% | 1.05% |
| 2020 | 17,357,325 | 1,402,617,695 | 1.48% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 17,598,650 | 1,414,203,896 | 1.39% | 0.83% |
| 2022 | 17,847,877 | 1,425,423,212 | 1.42% | 0.79% |
| 2023 | 18,124,838 | 1,438,069,596 | 1.55% | 0.89% |
| 2024 | 18,406,359 | 1,450,935,791 | 1.55% | 0.89% |
| 2025 | 18,687,873 | 1,463,865,531 | 1.53% | 0.89% |
| 2026 | 18,967,974 | 1,476,625,576 | 1.5% | 0.87% |
| 2027 | 19,246,005 | 1,489,164,679 | 1.47% | 0.85% |
| 2028 | 19,521,501 | 1,501,432,748 | 1.43% | 0.82% |
| 2029 | 19,795,168 | 1,513,423,737 | 1.4% | 0.8% |
| 2030 | 20,067,252 | 1,525,138,852 | 1.37% | 0.77% |
| 2031 | 20,337,369 | 1,536,540,604 | 1.35% | 0.75% |
| 2032 | 20,605,385 | 1,547,607,126 | 1.32% | 0.72% |
| 2033 | 20,871,083 | 1,558,324,087 | 1.29% | 0.69% |
| 2034 | 21,134,167 | 1,568,688,356 | 1.26% | 0.67% |
| 2035 | 21,394,231 | 1,578,694,799 | 1.23% | 0.64% |
| 2036 | 21,650,331 | 1,588,325,366 | 1.2% | 0.61% |
| 2037 | 21,901,955 | 1,597,537,009 | 1.16% | 0.58% |
| 2038 | 22,149,197 | 1,606,300,646 | 1.13% | 0.55% |
| 2039 | 22,391,079 | 1,614,639,243 | 1.09% | 0.52% |
| 2040 | 22,626,859 | 1,622,580,052 | 1.05% | 0.49% |
| 2041 | 22,856,760 | 1,630,119,374 | 1.02% | 0.46% |
| 2042 | 23,080,838 | 1,637,235,363 | 0.98% | 0.44% |
| 2043 | 23,299,226 | 1,643,915,269 | 0.95% | 0.41% |
| 2044 | 23,512,005 | 1,650,186,610 | 0.91% | 0.38% |
| 2045 | 23,719,080 | 1,656,067,585 | 0.88% | 0.36% |
| 2046 | 23,920,450 | 1,661,548,400 | 0.85% | 0.33% |
| 2047 | 24,115,734 | 1,666,628,151 | 0.82% | 0.31% |
| 2048 | 24,305,641 | 1,671,309,727 | 0.79% | 0.28% |
| 2049 | 24,491,000 | 1,675,619,893 | 0.76% | 0.26% |
| 2050 | 24,670,850 | 1,679,589,268 | 0.73% | 0.24% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth), while India gained 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guatemala gained 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth), while India's population increased by 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth).
Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2006 and is 69th in 2026. India was ranked 2nd in 2006 and ranked 1st 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 India will increase by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.
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 India
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| Life expectancy | 73 years | 72.7 years |
| Average age | 27.3 years | 31.8 years |
| Median age | 24 years | 29.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 51.6:48.4 |
| Fertility rate | 2.31 births per woman | 1.98 births per woman |
| Population density | 445 ppl/mi² | 1,264 ppl/mi² |
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