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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	Iraq	Guatemala	Iraq
1960	4,063,655	7,022,052	-	-
1961	4,186,201	7,194,553	3.02%	2.46%
1962	4,312,044	7,413,875	3.01%	3.05%
1963	4,440,264	7,667,928	2.97%	3.43%
1964	4,571,109	7,929,566	2.95%	3.41%
1965	4,704,965	8,202,140	2.93%	3.44%
1966	4,840,958	8,485,104	2.89%	3.45%
1967	4,978,862	8,778,869	2.85%	3.46%
1968	5,118,111	9,085,016	2.8%	3.49%
1969	5,257,081	9,403,356	2.72%	3.5%
1970	5,396,966	9,735,611	2.66%	3.53%
1971	5,538,355	10,077,809	2.62%	3.51%
1972	5,682,833	10,430,164	2.61%	3.5%
1973	5,831,631	10,795,869	2.62%	3.51%
1974	5,981,197	11,167,761	2.56%	3.44%
1975	6,128,731	11,543,639	2.47%	3.37%
1976	6,262,404	11,927,651	2.18%	3.33%
1977	6,401,515	12,331,046	2.22%	3.38%
1978	6,561,534	12,753,355	2.5%	3.42%
1979	6,727,797	13,170,365	2.53%	3.27%
1980	6,900,212	13,591,992	2.56%	3.2%
1981	7,075,648	14,006,381	2.54%	3.05%
1982	7,240,241	14,406,083	2.33%	2.85%
1983	7,419,642	14,840,555	2.48%	3.02%
1984	7,630,682	15,310,733	2.84%	3.17%
1985	7,849,693	15,683,430	2.87%	2.43%
1986	8,070,818	16,074,145	2.82%	2.49%
1987	8,296,485	16,521,049	2.8%	2.78%
1988	8,532,099	16,908,819	2.84%	2.35%
1989	8,775,546	17,364,542	2.85%	2.7%
1990	9,024,773	17,581,206	2.84%	1.25%
1991	9,272,584	17,767,253	2.75%	1.06%
1992	9,522,266	18,300,845	2.69%	3%
1993	9,779,761	19,201,195	2.7%	4.92%
1994	10,043,718	20,139,807	2.7%	4.89%
1995	10,312,996	20,825,860	2.68%	3.41%
1996	10,583,526	21,501,321	2.62%	3.24%
1997	10,857,754	22,176,593	2.59%	3.14%
1998	11,139,145	22,884,399	2.59%	3.19%
1999	11,422,965	23,636,527	2.55%	3.29%
2000	11,697,592	24,424,056	2.4%	3.33%
2001	11,969,422	25,197,840	2.32%	3.17%
2002	12,246,915	26,006,559	2.32%	3.21%
2003	12,525,842	26,802,659	2.28%	3.06%
2004	12,807,402	27,577,878	2.25%	2.89%
2005	13,087,629	28,407,448	2.19%	3.01%
2006	13,367,459	28,616,515	2.14%	0.74%
2007	13,652,040	28,391,607	2.13%	-0.79%
2008	13,935,174	28,971,036	2.07%	2.04%
2009	14,215,611	30,058,206	2.01%	3.75%
2010	14,500,112	31,045,366	2%	3.28%
2011	14,792,126	32,161,424	2.01%	3.59%
2012	15,089,647	33,654,842	2.01%	4.64%
2013	15,387,337	35,281,989	1.97%	4.83%
2014	15,681,725	36,550,059	1.91%	3.59%
2015	15,971,743	37,560,535	1.85%	2.76%
2016	16,268,760	38,469,627	1.86%	2.42%
2017	16,567,357	39,337,353	1.84%	2.26%
2018	16,845,685	40,265,624	1.68%	2.36%
2019	17,103,803	41,192,171	1.53%	2.3%
2020	17,357,325	42,116,605	1.48%	2.24%
2021	17,598,650	43,071,211	1.39%	2.27%
2022	17,847,877	44,070,551	1.42%	2.32%
2023	18,124,838	45,074,049	1.55%	2.28%
2024	18,406,359	46,042,015	1.55%	2.15%
2025	18,687,873	47,020,778	1.53%	2.13%
2026	18,967,974	48,007,435	1.5%	2.1%
2027	19,246,005	48,987,424	1.47%	2.04%
2028	19,521,501	49,960,955	1.43%	1.99%
2029	19,795,168	50,943,339	1.4%	1.97%
2030	20,067,252	51,937,208	1.37%	1.95%
2031	20,337,369	52,934,373	1.35%	1.92%
2032	20,605,385	53,953,395	1.32%	1.93%
2033	20,871,083	54,985,129	1.29%	1.91%
2034	21,134,167	56,012,641	1.26%	1.87%
2035	21,394,231	57,035,917	1.23%	1.83%
2036	21,650,331	58,071,740	1.2%	1.82%
2037	21,901,955	59,109,258	1.16%	1.79%
2038	22,149,197	60,132,232	1.13%	1.73%
2039	22,391,079	61,174,679	1.09%	1.73%
2040	22,626,859	62,223,208	1.05%	1.71%
2041	22,856,760	63,249,167	1.02%	1.65%
2042	23,080,838	64,260,847	0.98%	1.6%
2043	23,299,226	65,257,000	0.95%	1.55%
2044	23,512,005	66,237,772	0.91%	1.5%
2045	23,719,080	67,204,176	0.88%	1.46%
2046	23,920,450	68,150,060	0.85%	1.41%
2047	24,115,734	69,098,087	0.82%	1.39%
2048	24,305,641	70,050,118	0.79%	1.38%
2049	24,491,000	70,999,566	0.76%	1.36%
2050	24,670,850	71,928,759	0.73%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guatemala gained 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2005 and is 70th in 2025. Iraq was ranked 38th in 2005 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.