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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	Kenya	Guatemala	Kenya
1960	4,063,655	7,695,307	-	-
1961	4,186,201	7,987,770	3.02%	3.8%
1962	4,312,044	8,299,308	3.01%	3.9%
1963	4,440,264	8,627,971	2.97%	3.96%
1964	4,571,109	8,973,535	2.95%	4.01%
1965	4,704,965	9,338,078	2.93%	4.06%
1966	4,840,958	9,717,816	2.89%	4.07%
1967	4,978,862	10,111,057	2.85%	4.05%
1968	5,118,111	10,518,823	2.8%	4.03%
1969	5,257,081	10,939,695	2.72%	4%
1970	5,396,966	11,368,791	2.66%	3.92%
1971	5,538,355	11,788,904	2.62%	3.7%
1972	5,682,833	12,206,060	2.61%	3.54%
1973	5,831,631	12,634,835	2.62%	3.51%
1974	5,981,197	13,070,078	2.56%	3.44%
1975	6,128,731	13,511,671	2.47%	3.38%
1976	6,262,404	13,957,623	2.18%	3.3%
1977	6,401,515	14,428,819	2.22%	3.38%
1978	6,561,534	14,934,126	2.5%	3.5%
1979	6,727,797	15,460,666	2.53%	3.53%
1980	6,900,212	16,018,459	2.56%	3.61%
1981	7,075,648	16,601,507	2.54%	3.64%
1982	7,240,241	17,206,175	2.33%	3.64%
1983	7,419,642	17,846,374	2.48%	3.72%
1984	7,630,682	18,514,906	2.84%	3.75%
1985	7,849,693	19,201,768	2.87%	3.71%
1986	8,070,818	19,901,646	2.82%	3.64%
1987	8,296,485	20,616,096	2.8%	3.59%
1988	8,532,099	21,356,219	2.84%	3.59%
1989	8,775,546	22,118,434	2.85%	3.57%
1990	9,024,773	22,892,651	2.84%	3.5%
1991	9,272,584	23,646,514	2.75%	3.29%
1992	9,522,266	24,382,460	2.69%	3.11%
1993	9,779,761	25,117,188	2.7%	3.01%
1994	10,043,718	25,857,130	2.7%	2.95%
1995	10,312,996	26,601,751	2.68%	2.88%
1996	10,583,526	27,344,211	2.62%	2.79%
1997	10,857,754	28,101,768	2.59%	2.77%
1998	11,139,145	28,888,057	2.59%	2.8%
1999	11,422,965	29,733,408	2.55%	2.93%
2000	11,697,592	30,642,890	2.4%	3.06%
2001	11,969,422	31,619,170	2.32%	3.19%
2002	12,246,915	32,629,808	2.32%	3.2%
2003	12,525,842	33,652,223	2.28%	3.13%
2004	12,807,402	34,713,455	2.25%	3.15%
2005	13,087,629	35,796,484	2.19%	3.12%
2006	13,367,459	36,904,008	2.14%	3.09%
2007	13,652,040	38,036,349	2.13%	3.07%
2008	13,935,174	39,206,351	2.07%	3.08%
2009	14,215,611	40,408,891	2.01%	3.07%
2010	14,500,112	41,598,567	2%	2.94%
2011	14,792,126	42,758,461	2.01%	2.79%
2012	15,089,647	43,888,303	2.01%	2.64%
2013	15,387,337	44,986,791	1.97%	2.5%
2014	15,681,725	46,051,440	1.91%	2.37%
2015	15,971,743	47,088,526	1.85%	2.25%
2016	16,268,760	48,139,687	1.86%	2.23%
2017	16,567,357	49,197,766	1.84%	2.2%
2018	16,845,685	50,207,107	1.68%	2.05%
2019	17,103,803	51,202,827	1.53%	1.98%
2020	17,357,325	52,217,334	1.48%	1.98%
2021	17,598,650	53,219,166	1.39%	1.92%
2022	17,847,877	54,252,461	1.42%	1.94%
2023	18,124,838	55,339,003	1.55%	2%
2024	18,406,359	56,432,944	1.55%	1.98%
2025	18,687,873	57,532,489	1.53%	1.95%
2026	18,967,974	58,636,403	1.5%	1.92%
2027	19,246,005	59,745,751	1.47%	1.89%
2028	19,521,501	60,860,444	1.43%	1.87%
2029	19,795,168	61,979,186	1.4%	1.84%
2030	20,067,252	63,102,241	1.37%	1.81%
2031	20,337,369	64,230,108	1.35%	1.79%
2032	20,605,385	65,359,031	1.32%	1.76%
2033	20,871,083	66,484,805	1.29%	1.72%
2034	21,134,167	67,604,628	1.26%	1.68%
2035	21,394,231	68,715,909	1.23%	1.64%
2036	21,650,331	69,818,887	1.2%	1.61%
2037	21,901,955	70,910,404	1.16%	1.56%
2038	22,149,197	71,990,929	1.13%	1.52%
2039	22,391,079	73,057,760	1.09%	1.48%
2040	22,626,859	74,108,858	1.05%	1.44%
2041	22,856,760	75,144,357	1.02%	1.4%
2042	23,080,838	76,161,719	0.98%	1.35%
2043	23,299,226	77,159,121	0.95%	1.31%
2044	23,512,005	78,134,979	0.91%	1.26%
2045	23,719,080	79,088,832	0.88%	1.22%
2046	23,920,450	80,022,371	0.85%	1.18%
2047	24,115,734	80,938,635	0.82%	1.15%
2048	24,305,641	81,837,657	0.79%	1.11%
2049	24,491,000	82,721,766	0.76%	1.08%
2050	24,670,850	83,593,232	0.73%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guatemala gained 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2005 and is 70th in 2025. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2005 and ranked 26th 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 Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.