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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	Latvia	Guatemala	Latvia
1960	4,063,655	2,120,979	-	-
1961	4,186,201	2,152,681	3.02%	1.49%
1962	4,312,044	2,181,586	3.01%	1.34%
1963	4,440,264	2,210,919	2.97%	1.34%
1964	4,571,109	2,240,623	2.95%	1.34%
1965	4,704,965	2,265,919	2.93%	1.13%
1966	4,840,958	2,283,217	2.89%	0.76%
1967	4,978,862	2,301,220	2.85%	0.79%
1968	5,118,111	2,323,619	2.8%	0.97%
1969	5,257,081	2,343,173	2.72%	0.84%
1970	5,396,966	2,359,164	2.66%	0.68%
1971	5,538,355	2,376,389	2.62%	0.73%
1972	5,682,833	2,395,674	2.61%	0.81%
1973	5,831,631	2,415,819	2.62%	0.84%
1974	5,981,197	2,437,186	2.56%	0.88%
1975	6,128,731	2,456,130	2.47%	0.78%
1976	6,262,404	2,470,989	2.18%	0.6%
1977	6,401,515	2,485,073	2.22%	0.57%
1978	6,561,534	2,497,921	2.5%	0.52%
1979	6,727,797	2,505,953	2.53%	0.32%
1980	6,900,212	2,511,701	2.56%	0.23%
1981	7,075,648	2,519,421	2.54%	0.31%
1982	7,240,241	2,531,080	2.33%	0.46%
1983	7,419,642	2,546,011	2.48%	0.59%
1984	7,630,682	2,562,047	2.84%	0.63%
1985	7,849,693	2,578,873	2.87%	0.66%
1986	8,070,818	2,599,892	2.82%	0.82%
1987	8,296,485	2,626,583	2.8%	1.03%
1988	8,532,099	2,653,434	2.84%	1.02%
1989	8,775,546	2,666,955	2.85%	0.51%
1990	9,024,773	2,663,151	2.84%	-0.14%
1991	9,272,584	2,650,581	2.75%	-0.47%
1992	9,522,266	2,614,338	2.69%	-1.37%
1993	9,779,761	2,563,290	2.7%	-1.95%
1994	10,043,718	2,520,742	2.7%	-1.66%
1995	10,312,996	2,485,056	2.68%	-1.42%
1996	10,583,526	2,457,222	2.62%	-1.12%
1997	10,857,754	2,432,851	2.59%	-0.99%
1998	11,139,145	2,410,019	2.59%	-0.94%
1999	11,422,965	2,390,482	2.55%	-0.81%
2000	11,697,592	2,367,550	2.4%	-0.96%
2001	11,969,422	2,337,170	2.32%	-1.28%
2002	12,246,915	2,310,173	2.32%	-1.16%
2003	12,525,842	2,287,955	2.28%	-0.96%
2004	12,807,402	2,263,122	2.25%	-1.09%
2005	13,087,629	2,238,799	2.19%	-1.07%
2006	13,367,459	2,218,357	2.14%	-0.91%
2007	13,652,040	2,200,325	2.13%	-0.81%
2008	13,935,174	2,177,322	2.07%	-1.05%
2009	14,215,611	2,141,669	2.01%	-1.64%
2010	14,500,112	2,097,555	2%	-2.06%
2011	14,792,126	2,059,709	2.01%	-1.8%
2012	15,089,647	2,034,319	2.01%	-1.23%
2013	15,387,337	2,012,647	1.97%	-1.07%
2014	15,681,725	1,993,782	1.91%	-0.94%
2015	15,971,743	1,977,527	1.85%	-0.82%
2016	16,268,760	1,959,537	1.86%	-0.91%
2017	16,567,357	1,942,248	1.84%	-0.88%
2018	16,845,685	1,927,174	1.68%	-0.78%
2019	17,103,803	1,913,822	1.53%	-0.69%
2020	17,357,325	1,900,449	1.48%	-0.7%
2021	17,598,650	1,884,490	1.39%	-0.84%
2022	17,847,877	1,879,383	1.42%	-0.27%
2023	18,124,838	1,883,710	1.55%	0.23%
2024	18,406,359	1,866,124	1.55%	-0.93%
2025	18,687,873	1,847,866	1.53%	-0.98%
2026	18,967,974	1,830,293	1.5%	-0.95%
2027	19,246,005	1,815,968	1.47%	-0.78%
2028	19,521,501	1,801,521	1.43%	-0.8%
2029	19,795,168	1,786,981	1.4%	-0.81%
2030	20,067,252	1,772,165	1.37%	-0.83%
2031	20,337,369	1,757,453	1.35%	-0.83%
2032	20,605,385	1,743,022	1.32%	-0.82%
2033	20,871,083	1,728,673	1.29%	-0.82%
2034	21,134,167	1,714,716	1.26%	-0.81%
2035	21,394,231	1,701,185	1.23%	-0.79%
2036	21,650,331	1,687,823	1.2%	-0.79%
2037	21,901,955	1,674,629	1.16%	-0.78%
2038	22,149,197	1,661,616	1.13%	-0.78%
2039	22,391,079	1,648,536	1.09%	-0.79%
2040	22,626,859	1,635,604	1.05%	-0.78%
2041	22,856,760	1,622,819	1.02%	-0.78%
2042	23,080,838	1,610,197	0.98%	-0.78%
2043	23,299,226	1,597,712	0.95%	-0.78%
2044	23,512,005	1,585,205	0.91%	-0.78%
2045	23,719,080	1,572,558	0.88%	-0.8%
2046	23,920,450	1,559,919	0.85%	-0.8%
2047	24,115,734	1,547,369	0.82%	-0.8%
2048	24,305,641	1,534,713	0.79%	-0.82%
2049	24,491,000	1,521,945	0.76%	-0.83%
2050	24,670,850	1,509,157	0.73%	-0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth), while Latvia lost 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guatemala gained 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth), while Latvia's population decreased by -129,244 (a 6.6% decline).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2006 and is 69th in 2026. Latvia was ranked 140th in 2006 and ranked 149th 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 Latvia will decrease by 17.5% to 1,509,157 people and rank change from 149th to 153rd.