Population in Guatemala compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guatemala and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	Netherlands	Guatemala	Netherlands
1960	4,063,655	11,486,631	-	-
1961	4,186,201	11,638,712	3.02%	1.32%
1962	4,312,044	11,805,689	3.01%	1.43%
1963	4,440,264	11,965,966	2.97%	1.36%
1964	4,571,109	12,127,120	2.95%	1.35%
1965	4,704,965	12,294,732	2.93%	1.38%
1966	4,840,958	12,456,251	2.89%	1.31%
1967	4,978,862	12,598,201	2.85%	1.14%
1968	5,118,111	12,729,721	2.8%	1.04%
1969	5,257,081	12,877,984	2.72%	1.16%
1970	5,396,966	13,038,526	2.66%	1.25%
1971	5,538,355	13,194,497	2.62%	1.2%
1972	5,682,833	13,328,593	2.61%	1.02%
1973	5,831,631	13,439,322	2.62%	0.83%
1974	5,981,197	13,545,056	2.56%	0.79%
1975	6,128,731	13,666,335	2.47%	0.9%
1976	6,262,404	13,774,037	2.18%	0.79%
1977	6,401,515	13,856,185	2.22%	0.6%
1978	6,561,534	13,941,700	2.5%	0.62%
1979	6,727,797	14,038,270	2.53%	0.69%
1980	6,900,212	14,149,800	2.56%	0.79%
1981	7,075,648	14,247,208	2.54%	0.69%
1982	7,240,241	14,312,690	2.33%	0.46%
1983	7,419,642	14,367,070	2.48%	0.38%
1984	7,630,682	14,424,211	2.84%	0.4%
1985	7,849,693	14,491,632	2.87%	0.47%
1986	8,070,818	14,572,278	2.82%	0.56%
1987	8,296,485	14,665,037	2.8%	0.64%
1988	8,532,099	14,760,094	2.84%	0.65%
1989	8,775,546	14,848,907	2.85%	0.6%
1990	9,024,773	14,951,510	2.84%	0.69%
1991	9,272,584	15,069,798	2.75%	0.79%
1992	9,522,266	15,184,166	2.69%	0.76%
1993	9,779,761	15,290,368	2.7%	0.7%
1994	10,043,718	15,382,838	2.7%	0.6%
1995	10,312,996	15,459,006	2.68%	0.5%
1996	10,583,526	15,530,498	2.62%	0.46%
1997	10,857,754	15,610,650	2.59%	0.52%
1998	11,139,145	15,707,209	2.59%	0.62%
1999	11,422,965	15,812,088	2.55%	0.67%
2000	11,697,592	15,925,513	2.4%	0.72%
2001	11,969,422	16,046,180	2.32%	0.76%
2002	12,246,915	16,148,929	2.32%	0.64%
2003	12,525,842	16,225,302	2.28%	0.47%
2004	12,807,402	16,281,779	2.25%	0.35%
2005	13,087,629	16,319,868	2.19%	0.23%
2006	13,367,459	16,346,101	2.14%	0.16%
2007	13,652,040	16,381,696	2.13%	0.22%
2008	13,935,174	16,445,593	2.07%	0.39%
2009	14,215,611	16,530,388	2.01%	0.52%
2010	14,500,112	16,615,394	2%	0.51%
2011	14,792,126	16,693,074	2.01%	0.47%
2012	15,089,647	16,754,962	2.01%	0.37%
2013	15,387,337	16,804,432	1.97%	0.3%
2014	15,681,725	16,865,008	1.91%	0.36%
2015	15,971,743	16,939,923	1.85%	0.44%
2016	16,268,760	17,030,314	1.86%	0.53%
2017	16,567,357	17,131,296	1.84%	0.59%
2018	16,845,685	17,231,624	1.68%	0.59%
2019	17,103,803	17,344,874	1.53%	0.66%
2020	17,357,325	17,441,500	1.48%	0.56%
2021	17,598,650	17,533,044	1.39%	0.52%
2022	17,847,877	17,700,982	1.42%	0.96%
2023	18,124,838	17,877,117	1.55%	1%
2024	18,406,359	17,994,237	1.55%	0.66%
2025	18,687,873	18,110,800	1.53%	0.65%
2026	18,967,974	18,211,436	1.5%	0.56%
2027	19,246,005	18,299,531	1.47%	0.48%
2028	19,521,501	18,379,573	1.43%	0.44%
2029	19,795,168	18,452,044	1.4%	0.39%
2030	20,067,252	18,515,913	1.37%	0.35%
2031	20,337,369	18,571,934	1.35%	0.3%
2032	20,605,385	18,621,087	1.32%	0.26%
2033	20,871,083	18,664,975	1.29%	0.24%
2034	21,134,167	18,702,456	1.26%	0.2%
2035	21,394,231	18,733,223	1.23%	0.16%
2036	21,650,331	18,760,054	1.2%	0.14%
2037	21,901,955	18,781,793	1.16%	0.12%
2038	22,149,197	18,798,283	1.13%	0.09%
2039	22,391,079	18,810,276	1.09%	0.06%
2040	22,626,859	18,817,745	1.05%	0.04%
2041	22,856,760	18,820,870	1.02%	0.02%
2042	23,080,838	18,819,607	0.98%	-0.007%
2043	23,299,226	18,815,261	0.95%	-0.02%
2044	23,512,005	18,807,564	0.91%	-0.04%
2045	23,719,080	18,797,005	0.88%	-0.06%
2046	23,920,450	18,785,724	0.85%	-0.06%
2047	24,115,734	18,771,651	0.82%	-0.07%
2048	24,305,641	18,754,325	0.79%	-0.09%
2049	24,491,000	18,735,299	0.76%	-0.1%
2050	24,670,850	18,714,579	0.73%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guatemala gained 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2005 and is 70th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.