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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	Jamaica	Guatemala	Jamaica
1960	4,063,655	1,650,005	-	-
1961	4,186,201	1,673,261	3.02%	1.41%
1962	4,312,044	1,696,932	3.01%	1.41%
1963	4,440,264	1,721,099	2.97%	1.42%
1964	4,571,109	1,745,568	2.95%	1.42%
1965	4,704,965	1,769,192	2.93%	1.35%
1966	4,840,958	1,791,475	2.89%	1.26%
1967	4,978,862	1,812,865	2.85%	1.19%
1968	5,118,111	1,833,765	2.8%	1.15%
1969	5,257,081	1,855,127	2.72%	1.16%
1970	5,396,966	1,878,196	2.66%	1.24%
1971	5,538,355	1,903,728	2.62%	1.36%
1972	5,682,833	1,931,542	2.61%	1.46%
1973	5,831,631	1,961,219	2.62%	1.54%
1974	5,981,197	1,990,906	2.56%	1.51%
1975	6,128,731	2,018,981	2.47%	1.41%
1976	6,262,404	2,045,578	2.18%	1.32%
1977	6,401,515	2,070,657	2.22%	1.23%
1978	6,561,534	2,094,836	2.5%	1.17%
1979	6,727,797	2,119,486	2.53%	1.18%
1980	6,900,212	2,145,658	2.56%	1.23%
1981	7,075,648	2,173,818	2.54%	1.31%
1982	7,240,241	2,203,889	2.33%	1.38%
1983	7,419,642	2,234,832	2.48%	1.4%
1984	7,630,682	2,264,562	2.84%	1.33%
1985	7,849,693	2,290,656	2.87%	1.15%
1986	8,070,818	2,312,125	2.82%	0.94%
1987	8,296,485	2,329,813	2.8%	0.77%
1988	8,532,099	2,345,777	2.84%	0.69%
1989	8,775,546	2,361,916	2.85%	0.69%
1990	9,024,773	2,379,877	2.84%	0.76%
1991	9,272,584	2,400,869	2.75%	0.88%
1992	9,522,266	2,424,701	2.69%	0.99%
1993	9,779,761	2,449,916	2.7%	1.04%
1994	10,043,718	2,475,220	2.7%	1.03%
1995	10,312,996	2,500,151	2.68%	1.01%
1996	10,583,526	2,524,463	2.62%	0.97%
1997	10,857,754	2,547,848	2.59%	0.93%
1998	11,139,145	2,569,736	2.59%	0.86%
1999	11,422,965	2,589,795	2.55%	0.78%
2000	11,697,592	2,607,826	2.4%	0.7%
2001	11,969,422	2,624,403	2.32%	0.64%
2002	12,246,915	2,640,572	2.32%	0.62%
2003	12,525,842	2,656,623	2.28%	0.61%
2004	12,807,402	2,672,225	2.25%	0.59%
2005	13,087,629	2,687,066	2.19%	0.56%
2006	13,367,459	2,700,968	2.14%	0.52%
2007	13,652,040	2,713,800	2.13%	0.48%
2008	13,935,174	2,725,635	2.07%	0.44%
2009	14,215,611	2,736,995	2.01%	0.42%
2010	14,500,112	2,748,568	2%	0.42%
2011	14,792,126	2,760,494	2.01%	0.43%
2012	15,089,647	2,772,430	2.01%	0.43%
2013	15,387,337	2,783,687	1.97%	0.41%
2014	15,681,725	2,793,749	1.91%	0.36%
2015	15,971,743	2,802,534	1.85%	0.31%
2016	16,268,760	2,809,915	1.86%	0.26%
2017	16,567,357	2,815,764	1.84%	0.21%
2018	16,845,685	2,820,097	1.68%	0.15%
2019	17,103,803	2,823,271	1.53%	0.11%
2020	17,357,325	2,830,739	1.48%	0.26%
2021	17,598,650	2,837,682	1.39%	0.25%
2022	17,847,877	2,839,144	1.42%	0.05%
2023	18,124,838	2,839,786	1.55%	0.02%
2024	18,406,359	2,839,175	1.55%	-0.02%
2025	18,687,873	2,837,071	1.53%	-0.07%
2026	18,967,974	2,833,401	1.5%	-0.13%
2027	19,246,005	2,828,530	1.47%	-0.17%
2028	19,521,501	2,822,861	1.43%	-0.2%
2029	19,795,168	2,816,391	1.4%	-0.23%
2030	20,067,252	2,808,946	1.37%	-0.26%
2031	20,337,369	2,800,607	1.35%	-0.3%
2032	20,605,385	2,791,130	1.32%	-0.34%
2033	20,871,083	2,780,468	1.29%	-0.38%
2034	21,134,167	2,768,714	1.26%	-0.42%
2035	21,394,231	2,755,929	1.23%	-0.46%
2036	21,650,331	2,742,071	1.2%	-0.5%
2037	21,901,955	2,726,892	1.16%	-0.55%
2038	22,149,197	2,710,812	1.13%	-0.59%
2039	22,391,079	2,693,901	1.09%	-0.62%
2040	22,626,859	2,676,087	1.05%	-0.66%
2041	22,856,760	2,657,558	1.02%	-0.69%
2042	23,080,838	2,638,085	0.98%	-0.73%
2043	23,299,226	2,617,576	0.95%	-0.78%
2044	23,512,005	2,596,160	0.91%	-0.82%
2045	23,719,080	2,574,074	0.88%	-0.85%
2046	23,920,450	2,551,347	0.85%	-0.88%
2047	24,115,734	2,528,004	0.82%	-0.91%
2048	24,305,641	2,504,191	0.79%	-0.94%
2049	24,491,000	2,479,744	0.76%	-0.98%
2050	24,670,850	2,454,935	0.73%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth), while Jamaica gained 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guatemala gained 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 34,537 (a 1.23% growth).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2005 and is 70th in 2025. Jamaica was ranked 135th in 2005 and ranked 140th 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 Jamaica will decrease by 13.5% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 140th to 144th.