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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	Palau	Guatemala	Palau
1960	4,063,655	9,328	-	-
1961	4,186,201	9,555	3.02%	2.43%
1962	4,312,044	9,793	3.01%	2.49%
1963	4,440,264	10,037	2.97%	2.49%
1964	4,571,109	10,292	2.95%	2.54%
1965	4,704,965	10,547	2.93%	2.48%
1966	4,840,958	10,805	2.89%	2.45%
1967	4,978,862	10,988	2.85%	1.69%
1968	5,118,111	11,080	2.8%	0.84%
1969	5,257,081	11,159	2.72%	0.71%
1970	5,396,966	11,368	2.66%	1.87%
1971	5,538,355	11,759	2.62%	3.44%
1972	5,682,833	12,194	2.61%	3.7%
1973	5,831,631	12,552	2.62%	2.94%
1974	5,981,197	12,687	2.56%	1.08%
1975	6,128,731	12,655	2.47%	-0.25%
1976	6,262,404	12,598	2.18%	-0.45%
1977	6,401,515	12,525	2.22%	-0.58%
1978	6,561,534	12,440	2.5%	-0.68%
1979	6,727,797	12,337	2.53%	-0.83%
1980	6,900,212	12,271	2.56%	-0.53%
1981	7,075,648	12,402	2.54%	1.07%
1982	7,240,241	12,694	2.33%	2.35%
1983	7,419,642	13,006	2.48%	2.46%
1984	7,630,682	13,337	2.84%	2.54%
1985	7,849,693	13,688	2.87%	2.63%
1986	8,070,818	14,024	2.82%	2.45%
1987	8,296,485	14,334	2.8%	2.21%
1988	8,532,099	14,645	2.84%	2.17%
1989	8,775,546	14,945	2.85%	2.05%
1990	9,024,773	15,259	2.84%	2.1%
1991	9,272,584	15,614	2.75%	2.33%
1992	9,522,266	15,989	2.69%	2.4%
1993	9,779,761	16,372	2.7%	2.4%
1994	10,043,718	16,770	2.7%	2.43%
1995	10,312,996	17,195	2.68%	2.53%
1996	10,583,526	17,654	2.62%	2.67%
1997	10,857,754	18,108	2.59%	2.57%
1998	11,139,145	18,524	2.59%	2.3%
1999	11,422,965	18,901	2.55%	2.04%
2000	11,697,592	19,178	2.4%	1.47%
2001	11,969,422	19,352	2.32%	0.91%
2002	12,246,915	19,503	2.32%	0.78%
2003	12,525,842	19,659	2.28%	0.8%
2004	12,807,402	19,820	2.25%	0.82%
2005	13,087,629	19,819	2.19%	-0.005%
2006	13,367,459	19,593	2.14%	-1.14%
2007	13,652,040	19,302	2.13%	-1.49%
2008	13,935,174	19,009	2.07%	-1.52%
2009	14,215,611	18,709	2.01%	-1.58%
2010	14,500,112	18,396	2%	-1.67%
2011	14,792,126	18,078	2.01%	-1.73%
2012	15,089,647	17,765	2.01%	-1.73%
2013	15,387,337	17,648	1.97%	-0.66%
2014	15,681,725	17,715	1.91%	0.38%
2015	15,971,743	17,770	1.85%	0.31%
2016	16,268,760	17,797	1.86%	0.15%
2017	16,567,357	17,812	1.84%	0.08%
2018	16,845,685	17,814	1.68%	0.01%
2019	17,103,803	17,798	1.53%	-0.09%
2020	17,357,325	17,792	1.48%	-0.03%
2021	17,598,650	17,783	1.39%	-0.05%
2022	17,847,877	17,759	1.42%	-0.13%
2023	18,124,838	17,727	1.55%	-0.18%
2024	18,406,359	17,695	1.55%	-0.18%
2025	18,687,873	17,663	1.53%	-0.18%
2026	18,967,974	17,618	1.5%	-0.25%
2027	19,246,005	17,564	1.47%	-0.31%
2028	19,521,501	17,504	1.43%	-0.34%
2029	19,795,168	17,436	1.4%	-0.39%
2030	20,067,252	17,376	1.37%	-0.34%
2031	20,337,369	17,299	1.35%	-0.44%
2032	20,605,385	17,228	1.32%	-0.41%
2033	20,871,083	17,163	1.29%	-0.38%
2034	21,134,167	17,092	1.26%	-0.41%
2035	21,394,231	17,012	1.23%	-0.47%
2036	21,650,331	16,940	1.2%	-0.43%
2037	21,901,955	16,858	1.16%	-0.48%
2038	22,149,197	16,779	1.13%	-0.47%
2039	22,391,079	16,689	1.09%	-0.54%
2040	22,626,859	16,604	1.05%	-0.51%
2041	22,856,760	16,510	1.02%	-0.57%
2042	23,080,838	16,403	0.98%	-0.65%
2043	23,299,226	16,302	0.95%	-0.61%
2044	23,512,005	16,202	0.91%	-0.62%
2045	23,719,080	16,097	0.88%	-0.65%
2046	23,920,450	15,977	0.85%	-0.74%
2047	24,115,734	15,863	0.82%	-0.71%
2048	24,305,641	15,749	0.79%	-0.72%
2049	24,491,000	15,632	0.76%	-0.74%
2050	24,670,850	15,515	0.73%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth), while Palau lost 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guatemala gained 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -179 (a 1.01% decline).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2006 and is 69th in 2026. Palau was ranked 194th in 2006 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 11.9% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.