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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	Nigeria	Guatemala	Nigeria
1960	4,063,655	45,053,782	-	-
1961	4,186,201	45,989,310	3.02%	2.08%
1962	4,312,044	46,965,292	3.01%	2.12%
1963	4,440,264	47,973,575	2.97%	2.15%
1964	4,571,109	49,012,016	2.95%	2.16%
1965	4,704,965	50,086,764	2.93%	2.19%
1966	4,840,958	51,188,234	2.89%	2.2%
1967	4,978,862	52,293,065	2.85%	2.16%
1968	5,118,111	53,432,783	2.8%	2.18%
1969	5,257,081	54,631,914	2.72%	2.24%
1970	5,396,966	55,893,838	2.66%	2.31%
1971	5,538,355	57,214,684	2.62%	2.36%
1972	5,682,833	58,601,748	2.61%	2.42%
1973	5,831,631	60,082,139	2.62%	2.53%
1974	5,981,197	61,679,144	2.56%	2.66%
1975	6,128,731	63,410,815	2.47%	2.81%
1976	6,262,404	65,258,009	2.18%	2.91%
1977	6,401,515	67,234,590	2.22%	3.03%
1978	6,561,534	69,326,532	2.5%	3.11%
1979	6,727,797	71,498,242	2.53%	3.13%
1980	6,900,212	73,764,641	2.56%	3.17%
1981	7,075,648	76,068,103	2.54%	3.12%
1982	7,240,241	78,378,701	2.33%	3.04%
1983	7,419,642	80,438,260	2.48%	2.63%
1984	7,630,682	82,526,443	2.84%	2.6%
1985	7,849,693	84,897,973	2.87%	2.87%
1986	8,070,818	87,235,953	2.82%	2.75%
1987	8,296,485	89,591,716	2.8%	2.7%
1988	8,532,099	92,020,090	2.84%	2.71%
1989	8,775,546	94,531,014	2.85%	2.73%
1990	9,024,773	97,120,925	2.84%	2.74%
1991	9,272,584	99,720,162	2.75%	2.68%
1992	9,522,266	102,372,770	2.69%	2.66%
1993	9,779,761	105,122,069	2.7%	2.69%
1994	10,043,718	107,935,714	2.7%	2.68%
1995	10,312,996	110,819,428	2.68%	2.67%
1996	10,583,526	113,754,779	2.62%	2.65%
1997	10,857,754	116,754,792	2.59%	2.64%
1998	11,139,145	119,846,254	2.59%	2.65%
1999	11,422,965	123,047,320	2.55%	2.67%
2000	11,697,592	126,382,494	2.4%	2.71%
2001	11,969,422	129,862,595	2.32%	2.75%
2002	12,246,915	133,471,989	2.32%	2.78%
2003	12,525,842	137,202,644	2.28%	2.8%
2004	12,807,402	141,057,045	2.25%	2.81%
2005	13,087,629	145,017,253	2.19%	2.81%
2006	13,367,459	149,077,334	2.14%	2.8%
2007	13,652,040	153,267,261	2.13%	2.81%
2008	13,935,174	157,595,014	2.07%	2.82%
2009	14,215,611	162,049,464	2.01%	2.83%
2010	14,500,112	166,642,886	2%	2.83%
2011	14,792,126	171,379,598	2.01%	2.84%
2012	15,089,647	176,200,625	2.01%	2.81%
2013	15,387,337	181,049,443	1.97%	2.75%
2014	15,681,725	185,896,915	1.91%	2.68%
2015	15,971,743	190,671,878	1.85%	2.57%
2016	16,268,760	195,443,700	1.86%	2.5%
2017	16,567,357	200,254,579	1.84%	2.46%
2018	16,845,685	204,938,755	1.68%	2.34%
2019	17,103,803	209,485,641	1.53%	2.22%
2020	17,357,325	213,996,181	1.48%	2.15%
2021	17,598,650	218,529,286	1.39%	2.12%
2022	17,847,877	223,150,896	1.42%	2.11%
2023	18,124,838	227,882,945	1.55%	2.12%
2024	18,406,359	232,679,478	1.55%	2.1%
2025	18,687,873	237,527,783	1.53%	2.08%
2026	18,967,974	242,431,830	1.5%	2.06%
2027	19,246,005	247,374,258	1.47%	2.04%
2028	19,521,501	252,346,128	1.43%	2.01%
2029	19,795,168	257,352,638	1.4%	1.98%
2030	20,067,252	262,380,975	1.37%	1.95%
2031	20,337,369	267,421,079	1.35%	1.92%
2032	20,605,385	272,483,635	1.32%	1.89%
2033	20,871,083	277,555,116	1.29%	1.86%
2034	21,134,167	282,622,388	1.26%	1.83%
2035	21,394,231	287,685,757	1.23%	1.79%
2036	21,650,331	292,739,390	1.2%	1.76%
2037	21,901,955	297,773,236	1.16%	1.72%
2038	22,149,197	302,782,350	1.13%	1.68%
2039	22,391,079	307,764,754	1.09%	1.65%
2040	22,626,859	312,710,403	1.05%	1.61%
2041	22,856,760	317,607,237	1.02%	1.57%
2042	23,080,838	322,450,302	0.98%	1.52%
2043	23,299,226	327,243,941	0.95%	1.49%
2044	23,512,005	331,983,354	0.91%	1.45%
2045	23,719,080	336,662,502	0.88%	1.41%
2046	23,920,450	341,281,757	0.85%	1.37%
2047	24,115,734	345,844,004	0.82%	1.34%
2048	24,305,641	350,347,757	0.79%	1.3%
2049	24,491,000	354,792,418	0.76%	1.27%
2050	24,670,850	359,185,550	0.73%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guatemala gained 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2005 and is 70th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.