The latest officially reported population of Guatemala was 18,406,359 in 2024 vs 283,487,931 people in Indonesia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guatemala's population is 18,912,872 people compared to 287,460,768 in Indonesia.
Population statistics:
- Indonesia's population is 15.2 times bigger than Guatemala's.
- Guatemala is ranked the 70th most populous country in the world, while Indonesia is the 4th.
- The countries together account for 3.71% of the world: 0.23% for Guatemala vs 3.48% for Indonesia.
- For the last 10 years, Guatemala has had an average growth rate of +1.64% per year vs +0.94% in Indonesia.
- Since 2005, the population of Guatemala has increased from 13.1M people to 18.9M (44.5% growth), while Indonesia has grown from 231M to 287M (24.5% growth).
- Guatemala is projected to reach its peak in 2077 at 27.2M people compared to the peak of 323M people in 2058 for Indonesia.
Guatemala vs Indonesia: live population counter
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| Current population |
18912872
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287460768
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| Population rank | 70/197 | 4/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 3.48% |
| One net population change |
1.87 minutes
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13.7 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
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7.04 seconds
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| One death every |
6.01 minutes
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14.9 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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13.7 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | -38,469 |
| Daily growth/decline | +771 | +6,296 |
| Annual growth/decline | +281,521 | +2,297,864 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.55% | +0.82% |
| Population growth rate rank | 71/197 | 117/197 |
Guatemala and Indonesia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,063,655 | 88,296,070 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,186,201 | 90,791,249 | 3.02% | 2.83% |
| 1962 | 4,312,044 | 93,375,850 | 3.01% | 2.85% |
| 1963 | 4,440,264 | 96,051,424 | 2.97% | 2.87% |
| 1964 | 4,571,109 | 98,833,749 | 2.95% | 2.9% |
| 1965 | 4,704,965 | 101,365,130 | 2.93% | 2.56% |
| 1966 | 4,840,958 | 103,792,754 | 2.89% | 2.39% |
| 1967 | 4,978,862 | 106,526,393 | 2.85% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 5,118,111 | 109,450,006 | 2.8% | 2.74% |
| 1969 | 5,257,081 | 112,517,639 | 2.72% | 2.8% |
| 1970 | 5,396,966 | 115,657,495 | 2.66% | 2.79% |
| 1971 | 5,538,355 | 118,833,702 | 2.62% | 2.75% |
| 1972 | 5,682,833 | 122,039,841 | 2.61% | 2.7% |
| 1973 | 5,831,631 | 125,288,515 | 2.62% | 2.66% |
| 1974 | 5,981,197 | 128,555,045 | 2.56% | 2.61% |
| 1975 | 6,128,731 | 131,843,848 | 2.47% | 2.56% |
| 1976 | 6,262,404 | 135,173,655 | 2.18% | 2.53% |
| 1977 | 6,401,515 | 138,533,541 | 2.22% | 2.49% |
| 1978 | 6,561,534 | 141,953,163 | 2.5% | 2.47% |
| 1979 | 6,727,797 | 145,434,834 | 2.53% | 2.45% |
| 1980 | 6,900,212 | 148,950,540 | 2.56% | 2.42% |
| 1981 | 7,075,648 | 152,485,035 | 2.54% | 2.37% |
| 1982 | 7,240,241 | 156,052,152 | 2.33% | 2.34% |
| 1983 | 7,419,642 | 159,651,381 | 2.48% | 2.31% |
| 1984 | 7,630,682 | 163,251,124 | 2.84% | 2.25% |
| 1985 | 7,849,693 | 166,776,185 | 2.87% | 2.16% |
| 1986 | 8,070,818 | 170,175,065 | 2.82% | 2.04% |
| 1987 | 8,296,485 | 173,511,154 | 2.8% | 1.96% |
| 1988 | 8,532,099 | 176,855,065 | 2.84% | 1.93% |
| 1989 | 8,775,546 | 180,201,630 | 2.85% | 1.89% |
| 1990 | 9,024,773 | 183,501,098 | 2.84% | 1.83% |
| 1991 | 9,272,584 | 186,778,238 | 2.75% | 1.79% |
| 1992 | 9,522,266 | 190,043,744 | 2.69% | 1.75% |
| 1993 | 9,779,761 | 193,305,168 | 2.7% | 1.72% |
| 1994 | 10,043,718 | 196,591,828 | 2.7% | 1.7% |
| 1995 | 10,312,996 | 199,888,057 | 2.68% | 1.68% |
| 1996 | 10,583,526 | 203,204,348 | 2.62% | 1.66% |
| 1997 | 10,857,754 | 206,536,095 | 2.59% | 1.64% |
| 1998 | 11,139,145 | 209,826,788 | 2.59% | 1.59% |
| 1999 | 11,422,965 | 213,004,668 | 2.55% | 1.51% |
| 2000 | 11,697,592 | 216,077,790 | 2.4% | 1.44% |
| 2001 | 11,969,422 | 219,097,902 | 2.32% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 12,246,915 | 222,088,495 | 2.32% | 1.36% |
| 2003 | 12,525,842 | 225,048,008 | 2.28% | 1.33% |
| 2004 | 12,807,402 | 227,926,649 | 2.25% | 1.28% |
| 2005 | 13,087,629 | 230,871,650 | 2.19% | 1.29% |
| 2006 | 13,367,459 | 233,951,652 | 2.14% | 1.33% |
| 2007 | 13,652,040 | 237,062,337 | 2.13% | 1.33% |
| 2008 | 13,935,174 | 240,157,903 | 2.07% | 1.31% |
| 2009 | 14,215,611 | 243,220,028 | 2.01% | 1.28% |
| 2010 | 14,500,112 | 246,305,322 | 2% | 1.27% |
| 2011 | 14,792,126 | 249,470,032 | 2.01% | 1.28% |
| 2012 | 15,089,647 | 252,698,525 | 2.01% | 1.29% |
| 2013 | 15,387,337 | 255,852,467 | 1.97% | 1.25% |
| 2014 | 15,681,725 | 258,877,399 | 1.91% | 1.18% |
| 2015 | 15,971,743 | 261,799,249 | 1.85% | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 16,268,760 | 264,627,418 | 1.86% | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 16,567,357 | 267,346,658 | 1.84% | 1.03% |
| 2018 | 16,845,685 | 269,951,846 | 1.68% | 0.97% |
| 2019 | 17,103,803 | 272,489,381 | 1.53% | 0.94% |
| 2020 | 17,357,325 | 274,814,866 | 1.48% | 0.85% |
| 2021 | 17,598,650 | 276,758,053 | 1.39% | 0.71% |
| 2022 | 17,847,877 | 278,830,529 | 1.42% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | 18,124,838 | 281,190,067 | 1.55% | 0.85% |
| 2024 | 18,406,359 | 283,487,931 | 1.55% | 0.82% |
| 2025 | 18,687,873 | 285,721,231 | 1.53% | 0.79% |
| 2026 | 18,967,974 | 287,886,778 | 1.5% | 0.76% |
| 2027 | 19,246,005 | 289,986,520 | 1.47% | 0.73% |
| 2028 | 19,521,501 | 292,016,774 | 1.43% | 0.7% |
| 2029 | 19,795,168 | 293,978,106 | 1.4% | 0.67% |
| 2030 | 20,067,252 | 295,876,644 | 1.37% | 0.65% |
| 2031 | 20,337,369 | 297,719,741 | 1.35% | 0.62% |
| 2032 | 20,605,385 | 299,510,654 | 1.32% | 0.6% |
| 2033 | 20,871,083 | 301,250,975 | 1.29% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 21,134,167 | 302,938,571 | 1.26% | 0.56% |
| 2035 | 21,394,231 | 304,566,615 | 1.23% | 0.54% |
| 2036 | 21,650,331 | 306,135,097 | 1.2% | 0.51% |
| 2037 | 21,901,955 | 307,646,407 | 1.16% | 0.49% |
| 2038 | 22,149,197 | 309,096,450 | 1.13% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 22,391,079 | 310,481,116 | 1.09% | 0.45% |
| 2040 | 22,626,859 | 311,797,391 | 1.05% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 22,856,760 | 313,041,656 | 1.02% | 0.4% |
| 2042 | 23,080,838 | 314,211,278 | 0.98% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 23,299,226 | 315,304,309 | 0.95% | 0.35% |
| 2044 | 23,512,005 | 316,318,412 | 0.91% | 0.32% |
| 2045 | 23,719,080 | 317,249,609 | 0.88% | 0.29% |
| 2046 | 23,920,450 | 318,096,567 | 0.85% | 0.27% |
| 2047 | 24,115,734 | 318,862,018 | 0.82% | 0.24% |
| 2048 | 24,305,641 | 319,554,646 | 0.79% | 0.22% |
| 2049 | 24,491,000 | 320,173,244 | 0.76% | 0.19% |
| 2050 | 24,670,850 | 320,712,941 | 0.73% | 0.17% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth), while Indonesia gained 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guatemala gained 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth), while Indonesia's population increased by 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth).
Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2005 and is 70th in 2025. Indonesia was ranked 4th in 2005 and still ranked 4th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Guatemala's population will grow by 30.4% to 24,670,850 people with a rank change from 70th to 67th. The population of Indonesia will increase by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people and rank change from 4th to 6th.
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 Indonesia
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| Life expectancy | 72.9 years | 71.4 years |
| Average age | 27.3 years | 32.8 years |
| Median age | 24 years | 31.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.31 births per woman | 2.13 births per woman |
| Population density | 445 ppl/mi² | 388 ppl/mi² |
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