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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	Japan	Guatemala	Japan
1960	4,063,655	93,216,000	-	-
1961	4,186,201	94,055,000	3.02%	0.9%
1962	4,312,044	94,933,000	3.01%	0.93%
1963	4,440,264	95,900,000	2.97%	1.02%
1964	4,571,109	96,903,000	2.95%	1.05%
1965	4,704,965	97,952,000	2.93%	1.08%
1966	4,840,958	98,851,000	2.89%	0.92%
1967	4,978,862	99,879,000	2.85%	1.04%
1968	5,118,111	101,011,000	2.8%	1.13%
1969	5,257,081	102,219,000	2.72%	1.2%
1970	5,396,966	103,403,000	2.66%	1.16%
1971	5,538,355	105,697,000	2.62%	2.22%
1972	5,682,833	107,188,000	2.61%	1.41%
1973	5,831,631	108,707,000	2.62%	1.42%
1974	5,981,197	110,162,000	2.56%	1.34%
1975	6,128,731	111,573,000	2.47%	1.28%
1976	6,262,404	112,775,000	2.18%	1.08%
1977	6,401,515	113,872,000	2.22%	0.97%
1978	6,561,534	114,913,000	2.5%	0.91%
1979	6,727,797	115,890,000	2.53%	0.85%
1980	6,900,212	116,807,000	2.56%	0.79%
1981	7,075,648	117,661,000	2.54%	0.73%
1982	7,240,241	118,480,000	2.33%	0.7%
1983	7,419,642	119,307,000	2.48%	0.7%
1984	7,630,682	120,083,000	2.84%	0.65%
1985	7,849,693	120,837,000	2.87%	0.63%
1986	8,070,818	121,482,000	2.82%	0.53%
1987	8,296,485	122,069,000	2.8%	0.48%
1988	8,532,099	122,578,000	2.84%	0.42%
1989	8,775,546	123,069,000	2.85%	0.4%
1990	9,024,773	123,478,000	2.84%	0.33%
1991	9,272,584	123,964,000	2.75%	0.39%
1992	9,522,266	124,425,000	2.69%	0.37%
1993	9,779,761	124,829,000	2.7%	0.32%
1994	10,043,718	125,178,000	2.7%	0.28%
1995	10,312,996	125,472,000	2.68%	0.23%
1996	10,583,526	125,757,000	2.62%	0.23%
1997	10,857,754	126,057,000	2.59%	0.24%
1998	11,139,145	126,400,000	2.59%	0.27%
1999	11,422,965	126,631,000	2.55%	0.18%
2000	11,697,592	126,843,000	2.4%	0.17%
2001	11,969,422	127,149,000	2.32%	0.24%
2002	12,246,915	127,445,000	2.32%	0.23%
2003	12,525,842	127,718,000	2.28%	0.21%
2004	12,807,402	127,761,000	2.25%	0.03%
2005	13,087,629	127,773,000	2.19%	0.009%
2006	13,367,459	127,854,000	2.14%	0.06%
2007	13,652,040	128,001,000	2.13%	0.11%
2008	13,935,174	128,063,000	2.07%	0.05%
2009	14,215,611	128,047,000	2.01%	-0.01%
2010	14,500,112	128,070,000	2%	0.02%
2011	14,792,126	127,833,000	2.01%	-0.19%
2012	15,089,647	127,629,000	2.01%	-0.16%
2013	15,387,337	127,445,000	1.97%	-0.14%
2014	15,681,725	127,276,000	1.91%	-0.13%
2015	15,971,743	127,141,000	1.85%	-0.11%
2016	16,268,760	127,076,000	1.86%	-0.05%
2017	16,567,357	126,972,000	1.84%	-0.08%
2018	16,845,685	126,811,000	1.68%	-0.13%
2019	17,103,803	126,633,000	1.53%	-0.14%
2020	17,357,325	126,261,000	1.48%	-0.29%
2021	17,598,650	125,681,593	1.39%	-0.46%
2022	17,847,877	125,124,989	1.42%	-0.44%
2023	18,124,838	124,516,650	1.55%	-0.49%
2024	18,406,359	123,975,371	1.55%	-0.43%
2025	18,687,873	123,324,642	1.53%	-0.52%
2026	18,967,974	122,647,678	1.5%	-0.55%
2027	19,246,005	121,951,038	1.47%	-0.57%
2028	19,521,501	121,241,776	1.43%	-0.58%
2029	19,795,168	120,524,230	1.4%	-0.59%
2030	20,067,252	119,798,959	1.37%	-0.6%
2031	20,337,369	119,065,610	1.35%	-0.61%
2032	20,605,385	118,326,333	1.32%	-0.62%
2033	20,871,083	117,583,337	1.29%	-0.63%
2034	21,134,167	116,836,274	1.26%	-0.64%
2035	21,394,231	116,084,328	1.23%	-0.64%
2036	21,650,331	115,332,395	1.2%	-0.65%
2037	21,901,955	114,582,890	1.16%	-0.65%
2038	22,149,197	113,837,760	1.13%	-0.65%
2039	22,391,079	113,097,352	1.09%	-0.65%
2040	22,626,859	112,359,802	1.05%	-0.65%
2041	22,856,760	111,622,622	1.02%	-0.66%
2042	23,080,838	110,891,223	0.98%	-0.66%
2043	23,299,226	110,169,955	0.95%	-0.65%
2044	23,512,005	109,455,823	0.91%	-0.65%
2045	23,719,080	108,747,012	0.88%	-0.65%
2046	23,920,450	108,044,346	0.85%	-0.65%
2047	24,115,734	107,350,486	0.82%	-0.64%
2048	24,305,641	106,665,616	0.79%	-0.64%
2049	24,491,000	105,986,908	0.76%	-0.64%
2050	24,670,850	105,312,022	0.73%	-0.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth), while Japan lost 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guatemala gained 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth), while Japan's population decreased by -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2006 and is 69th in 2026. Japan was ranked 10th in 2006 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.1% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.