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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	Peru	Guatemala	Peru
1960	4,063,655	10,174,127	-	-
1961	4,186,201	10,475,123	3.02%	2.96%
1962	4,312,044	10,784,612	3.01%	2.95%
1963	4,440,264	11,102,099	2.97%	2.94%
1964	4,571,109	11,427,978	2.95%	2.94%
1965	4,704,965	11,761,085	2.93%	2.91%
1966	4,840,958	12,101,297	2.89%	2.89%
1967	4,978,862	12,448,814	2.85%	2.87%
1968	5,118,111	12,803,993	2.8%	2.85%
1969	5,257,081	13,166,767	2.72%	2.83%
1970	5,396,966	13,501,237	2.66%	2.54%
1971	5,538,355	13,838,067	2.62%	2.49%
1972	5,682,833	14,210,147	2.61%	2.69%
1973	5,831,631	14,582,867	2.62%	2.62%
1974	5,981,197	14,956,552	2.56%	2.56%
1975	6,128,731	15,333,957	2.47%	2.52%
1976	6,262,404	15,716,809	2.18%	2.5%
1977	6,401,515	16,109,806	2.22%	2.5%
1978	6,561,534	16,516,059	2.5%	2.52%
1979	6,727,797	16,933,139	2.53%	2.53%
1980	6,900,212	17,360,949	2.56%	2.53%
1981	7,075,648	17,798,805	2.54%	2.52%
1982	7,240,241	18,246,503	2.33%	2.52%
1983	7,419,642	18,705,957	2.48%	2.52%
1984	7,630,682	19,174,716	2.84%	2.51%
1985	7,849,693	19,648,204	2.87%	2.47%
1986	8,070,818	20,117,122	2.82%	2.39%
1987	8,296,485	20,582,320	2.8%	2.31%
1988	8,532,099	21,054,702	2.84%	2.3%
1989	8,775,546	21,532,589	2.85%	2.27%
1990	9,024,773	22,014,771	2.84%	2.24%
1991	9,272,584	22,483,775	2.75%	2.13%
1992	9,522,266	22,946,340	2.69%	2.06%
1993	9,779,761	23,413,783	2.7%	2.04%
1994	10,043,718	23,881,493	2.7%	2%
1995	10,312,996	24,348,919	2.68%	1.96%
1996	10,583,526	24,811,171	2.62%	1.9%
1997	10,857,754	25,274,147	2.59%	1.87%
1998	11,139,145	25,738,095	2.59%	1.84%
1999	11,422,965	26,186,504	2.55%	1.74%
2000	11,697,592	26,598,331	2.4%	1.57%
2001	11,969,422	26,964,601	2.32%	1.38%
2002	12,246,915	27,288,217	2.32%	1.2%
2003	12,525,842	27,580,490	2.28%	1.07%
2004	12,807,402	27,852,190	2.25%	0.99%
2005	13,087,629	28,101,180	2.19%	0.89%
2006	13,367,459	28,324,491	2.14%	0.79%
2007	13,652,040	28,530,699	2.13%	0.73%
2008	13,935,174	28,719,041	2.07%	0.66%
2009	14,215,611	28,896,811	2.01%	0.62%
2010	14,500,112	29,086,019	2%	0.65%
2011	14,792,126	29,304,086	2.01%	0.75%
2012	15,089,647	29,550,366	2.01%	0.84%
2013	15,387,337	29,817,919	1.97%	0.91%
2014	15,681,725	30,115,826	1.91%	1%
2015	15,971,743	30,457,600	1.85%	1.13%
2016	16,268,760	30,866,494	1.86%	1.34%
2017	16,567,357	31,324,637	1.84%	1.48%
2018	16,845,685	31,897,584	1.68%	1.83%
2019	17,103,803	32,449,303	1.53%	1.73%
2020	17,357,325	32,838,579	1.48%	1.2%
2021	17,598,650	33,155,882	1.39%	0.97%
2022	17,847,877	33,475,438	1.42%	0.96%
2023	18,124,838	33,845,617	1.55%	1.11%
2024	18,406,359	34,217,848	1.55%	1.1%
2025	18,687,873	34,576,670	1.53%	1.05%
2026	18,967,974	34,922,144	1.5%	1%
2027	19,246,005	35,255,683	1.47%	0.96%
2028	19,521,501	35,578,281	1.43%	0.92%
2029	19,795,168	35,890,705	1.4%	0.88%
2030	20,067,252	36,193,882	1.37%	0.84%
2031	20,337,369	36,488,437	1.35%	0.81%
2032	20,605,385	36,774,937	1.32%	0.79%
2033	20,871,083	37,054,380	1.29%	0.76%
2034	21,134,167	37,326,798	1.26%	0.74%
2035	21,394,231	37,591,420	1.23%	0.71%
2036	21,650,331	37,848,147	1.2%	0.68%
2037	21,901,955	38,096,898	1.16%	0.66%
2038	22,149,197	38,337,328	1.13%	0.63%
2039	22,391,079	38,569,891	1.09%	0.61%
2040	22,626,859	38,794,647	1.05%	0.58%
2041	22,856,760	39,011,537	1.02%	0.56%
2042	23,080,838	39,220,371	0.98%	0.54%
2043	23,299,226	39,420,647	0.95%	0.51%
2044	23,512,005	39,612,847	0.91%	0.49%
2045	23,719,080	39,796,723	0.88%	0.46%
2046	23,920,450	39,971,719	0.85%	0.44%
2047	24,115,734	40,137,869	0.82%	0.42%
2048	24,305,641	40,294,857	0.79%	0.39%
2049	24,491,000	40,443,273	0.76%	0.37%
2050	24,670,850	40,583,875	0.73%	0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth), while Peru gained 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guatemala gained 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2005 and is 70th in 2025. Peru was ranked 39th in 2005 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.