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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	Mexico	Guatemala	Mexico
1960	4,063,655	36,724,615	-	-
1961	4,186,201	37,890,118	3.02%	3.17%
1962	4,312,044	39,129,200	3.01%	3.27%
1963	4,440,264	40,424,065	2.97%	3.31%
1964	4,571,109	41,772,049	2.95%	3.33%
1965	4,704,965	43,174,477	2.93%	3.36%
1966	4,840,958	44,629,106	2.89%	3.37%
1967	4,978,862	46,129,608	2.85%	3.36%
1968	5,118,111	47,668,303	2.8%	3.34%
1969	5,257,081	49,233,194	2.72%	3.28%
1970	5,396,966	50,814,953	2.66%	3.21%
1971	5,538,355	52,412,558	2.62%	3.14%
1972	5,682,833	54,030,168	2.61%	3.09%
1973	5,831,631	55,667,284	2.62%	3.03%
1974	5,981,197	57,320,149	2.56%	2.97%
1975	6,128,731	58,982,400	2.47%	2.9%
1976	6,262,404	60,645,512	2.18%	2.82%
1977	6,401,515	62,308,493	2.22%	2.74%
1978	6,561,534	63,979,046	2.5%	2.68%
1979	6,727,797	65,648,865	2.53%	2.61%
1980	6,900,212	67,300,334	2.56%	2.52%
1981	7,075,648	68,892,108	2.54%	2.37%
1982	7,240,241	70,433,260	2.33%	2.24%
1983	7,419,642	71,971,240	2.48%	2.18%
1984	7,630,682	73,506,846	2.84%	2.13%
1985	7,849,693	75,043,414	2.87%	2.09%
1986	8,070,818	76,585,637	2.82%	2.06%
1987	8,296,485	78,136,651	2.8%	2.03%
1988	8,532,099	79,695,531	2.84%	2%
1989	8,775,546	81,247,182	2.85%	1.95%
1990	9,024,773	82,820,170	2.84%	1.94%
1991	9,272,584	84,430,572	2.75%	1.94%
1992	9,522,266	86,044,809	2.69%	1.91%
1993	9,779,761	87,653,807	2.7%	1.87%
1994	10,043,718	89,259,205	2.7%	1.83%
1995	10,312,996	90,862,455	2.68%	1.8%
1996	10,583,526	92,452,702	2.62%	1.75%
1997	10,857,754	94,021,207	2.59%	1.7%
1998	11,139,145	95,575,245	2.59%	1.65%
1999	11,422,965	97,115,707	2.55%	1.61%
2000	11,697,592	98,625,552	2.4%	1.55%
2001	11,969,422	100,099,099	2.32%	1.49%
2002	12,246,915	101,548,624	2.32%	1.45%
2003	12,525,842	102,978,515	2.28%	1.41%
2004	12,807,402	104,394,131	2.25%	1.37%
2005	13,087,629	105,811,504	2.19%	1.36%
2006	13,367,459	107,253,666	2.14%	1.36%
2007	13,652,040	108,774,360	2.13%	1.42%
2008	13,935,174	110,374,288	2.07%	1.47%
2009	14,215,611	111,999,721	2.01%	1.47%
2010	14,500,112	113,623,895	2%	1.45%
2011	14,792,126	115,243,504	2.01%	1.43%
2012	15,089,647	116,818,208	2.01%	1.37%
2013	15,387,337	118,343,573	1.97%	1.31%
2014	15,681,725	119,784,261	1.91%	1.22%
2015	15,971,743	121,072,306	1.85%	1.08%
2016	16,268,760	122,251,351	1.86%	0.97%
2017	16,567,357	123,400,057	1.84%	0.94%
2018	16,845,685	124,573,711	1.68%	0.95%
2019	17,103,803	125,762,982	1.53%	0.95%
2020	17,357,325	126,799,054	1.48%	0.82%
2021	17,598,650	127,648,148	1.39%	0.67%
2022	17,847,877	128,613,117	1.42%	0.76%
2023	18,124,838	129,739,759	1.55%	0.88%
2024	18,406,359	130,861,007	1.55%	0.86%
2025	18,687,873	131,946,905	1.53%	0.83%
2026	18,967,974	132,997,664	1.5%	0.8%
2027	19,246,005	134,017,711	1.47%	0.77%
2028	19,521,501	135,008,697	1.43%	0.74%
2029	19,795,168	135,970,893	1.4%	0.71%
2030	20,067,252	136,904,747	1.37%	0.69%
2031	20,337,369	137,811,068	1.35%	0.66%
2032	20,605,385	138,690,189	1.32%	0.64%
2033	20,871,083	139,542,087	1.29%	0.61%
2034	21,134,167	140,362,026	1.26%	0.59%
2035	21,394,231	141,150,818	1.23%	0.56%
2036	21,650,331	141,909,168	1.2%	0.54%
2037	21,901,955	142,637,546	1.16%	0.51%
2038	22,149,197	143,336,222	1.13%	0.49%
2039	22,391,079	143,998,296	1.09%	0.46%
2040	22,626,859	144,624,328	1.05%	0.43%
2041	22,856,760	145,217,780	1.02%	0.41%
2042	23,080,838	145,777,459	0.98%	0.39%
2043	23,299,226	146,300,011	0.95%	0.36%
2044	23,512,005	146,787,722	0.91%	0.33%
2045	23,719,080	147,240,096	0.88%	0.31%
2046	23,920,450	147,654,160	0.85%	0.28%
2047	24,115,734	148,030,153	0.82%	0.25%
2048	24,305,641	148,372,233	0.79%	0.23%
2049	24,491,000	148,677,894	0.76%	0.21%
2050	24,670,850	148,946,272	0.73%	0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guatemala gained 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2005 and is 70th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.