The latest officially reported population of Guatemala was 18,406,359 in 2024 vs 143,533,851 people in Russia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guatemala's population is 18,912,872 people compared to 142,718,132 in Russia.
Population statistics:
- Russia's population is 7.55 times bigger than Guatemala's.
- Guatemala is ranked the 70th most populous country in the world, while Russia is the 9th.
- The countries together account for 1.96% of the world: 0.23% for Guatemala vs 1.73% for Russia.
- For the last 10 years, Guatemala has had an average growth rate of +1.64% per year vs -0.02% in Russia.
- Since 2005, the population of Guatemala has increased from 13.1M people to 18.9M (44.5% growth), while Russia has declined from 144M to 143M (0.56% decline).
- Guatemala is projected to reach its peak in 2077 at 27.2M people, while Russia's population already peaked in 1992 at 149M people and is projected to decrease to 125M people by 2100.
Guatemala vs Russia: live population counter
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| Current population |
18912872
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142718132
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| Population rank | 70/197 | 9/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 1.73% |
| One net population change |
1.87 minutes
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1.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
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25.5 seconds
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| One death every |
6.01 minutes
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18.1 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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2.95 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | -178,042 |
| Daily growth/decline | +771 | -801 |
| Annual growth/decline | +281,521 | -292,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.55% | -0.2% |
| Population growth rate rank | 71/197 | 177/197 |
Guatemala and Russia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,063,655 | 119,897,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,186,201 | 121,236,000 | 3.02% | 1.12% |
| 1962 | 4,312,044 | 122,591,000 | 3.01% | 1.12% |
| 1963 | 4,440,264 | 123,960,000 | 2.97% | 1.12% |
| 1964 | 4,571,109 | 125,345,000 | 2.95% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 4,704,965 | 126,745,000 | 2.93% | 1.12% |
| 1966 | 4,840,958 | 127,468,000 | 2.89% | 0.57% |
| 1967 | 4,978,862 | 128,196,000 | 2.85% | 0.57% |
| 1968 | 5,118,111 | 128,928,000 | 2.8% | 0.57% |
| 1969 | 5,257,081 | 129,664,000 | 2.72% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 5,396,966 | 130,404,000 | 2.66% | 0.57% |
| 1971 | 5,538,355 | 131,155,000 | 2.62% | 0.58% |
| 1972 | 5,682,833 | 131,909,000 | 2.61% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 5,831,631 | 132,669,000 | 2.62% | 0.58% |
| 1974 | 5,981,197 | 133,432,000 | 2.56% | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 6,128,731 | 134,200,000 | 2.47% | 0.58% |
| 1976 | 6,262,404 | 135,147,000 | 2.18% | 0.71% |
| 1977 | 6,401,515 | 136,100,000 | 2.22% | 0.71% |
| 1978 | 6,561,534 | 137,060,000 | 2.5% | 0.71% |
| 1979 | 6,727,797 | 138,027,000 | 2.53% | 0.71% |
| 1980 | 6,900,212 | 139,010,000 | 2.56% | 0.71% |
| 1981 | 7,075,648 | 139,941,000 | 2.54% | 0.67% |
| 1982 | 7,240,241 | 140,823,000 | 2.33% | 0.63% |
| 1983 | 7,419,642 | 141,668,000 | 2.48% | 0.6% |
| 1984 | 7,630,682 | 142,745,000 | 2.84% | 0.76% |
| 1985 | 7,849,693 | 143,858,000 | 2.87% | 0.78% |
| 1986 | 8,070,818 | 144,894,000 | 2.82% | 0.72% |
| 1987 | 8,296,485 | 145,908,000 | 2.8% | 0.7% |
| 1988 | 8,532,099 | 146,857,000 | 2.84% | 0.65% |
| 1989 | 8,775,546 | 147,721,000 | 2.85% | 0.59% |
| 1990 | 9,024,773 | 147,969,406 | 2.84% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 9,272,584 | 148,394,216 | 2.75% | 0.29% |
| 1992 | 9,522,266 | 148,538,197 | 2.69% | 0.1% |
| 1993 | 9,779,761 | 148,458,777 | 2.7% | -0.05% |
| 1994 | 10,043,718 | 148,407,912 | 2.7% | -0.03% |
| 1995 | 10,312,996 | 148,375,787 | 2.68% | -0.02% |
| 1996 | 10,583,526 | 148,160,129 | 2.62% | -0.15% |
| 1997 | 10,857,754 | 147,915,361 | 2.59% | -0.17% |
| 1998 | 11,139,145 | 147,670,784 | 2.59% | -0.17% |
| 1999 | 11,422,965 | 147,214,776 | 2.55% | -0.31% |
| 2000 | 11,697,592 | 146,596,869 | 2.4% | -0.42% |
| 2001 | 11,969,422 | 145,976,482 | 2.32% | -0.42% |
| 2002 | 12,246,915 | 145,306,497 | 2.32% | -0.46% |
| 2003 | 12,525,842 | 144,648,618 | 2.28% | -0.45% |
| 2004 | 12,807,402 | 144,067,316 | 2.25% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 13,087,629 | 143,518,814 | 2.19% | -0.38% |
| 2006 | 13,367,459 | 143,049,637 | 2.14% | -0.33% |
| 2007 | 13,652,040 | 142,805,114 | 2.13% | -0.17% |
| 2008 | 13,935,174 | 142,742,366 | 2.07% | -0.04% |
| 2009 | 14,215,611 | 142,785,348 | 2.01% | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 14,500,112 | 142,849,468 | 2% | 0.04% |
| 2011 | 14,792,126 | 143,018,195 | 2.01% | 0.12% |
| 2012 | 15,089,647 | 143,378,447 | 2.01% | 0.25% |
| 2013 | 15,387,337 | 143,805,638 | 1.97% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 15,681,725 | 144,237,223 | 1.91% | 0.3% |
| 2015 | 15,971,743 | 144,640,716 | 1.85% | 0.28% |
| 2016 | 16,268,760 | 145,015,460 | 1.86% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 16,567,357 | 145,293,260 | 1.84% | 0.19% |
| 2018 | 16,845,685 | 145,398,106 | 1.68% | 0.07% |
| 2019 | 17,103,803 | 145,453,291 | 1.53% | 0.04% |
| 2020 | 17,357,325 | 145,245,148 | 1.48% | -0.14% |
| 2021 | 17,598,650 | 144,746,762 | 1.39% | -0.34% |
| 2022 | 17,847,877 | 144,236,933 | 1.42% | -0.35% |
| 2023 | 18,124,838 | 143,826,130 | 1.55% | -0.28% |
| 2024 | 18,406,359 | 143,533,851 | 1.55% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 18,687,873 | 142,718,132 | 1.53% | -0.57% |
| 2026 | 18,967,974 | 142,120,553 | 1.5% | -0.42% |
| 2027 | 19,246,005 | 141,773,330 | 1.47% | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 19,521,501 | 141,402,326 | 1.43% | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 19,795,168 | 141,021,009 | 1.4% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 20,067,252 | 140,628,883 | 1.37% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 20,337,369 | 140,218,596 | 1.35% | -0.29% |
| 2032 | 20,605,385 | 139,807,207 | 1.32% | -0.29% |
| 2033 | 20,871,083 | 139,414,947 | 1.29% | -0.28% |
| 2034 | 21,134,167 | 139,034,543 | 1.26% | -0.27% |
| 2035 | 21,394,231 | 138,666,694 | 1.23% | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 21,650,331 | 138,311,757 | 1.2% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 21,901,955 | 137,968,177 | 1.16% | -0.25% |
| 2038 | 22,149,197 | 137,643,032 | 1.13% | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 22,391,079 | 137,336,299 | 1.09% | -0.22% |
| 2040 | 22,626,859 | 137,053,347 | 1.05% | -0.21% |
| 2041 | 22,856,760 | 136,795,588 | 1.02% | -0.19% |
| 2042 | 23,080,838 | 136,558,692 | 0.98% | -0.17% |
| 2043 | 23,299,226 | 136,335,849 | 0.95% | -0.16% |
| 2044 | 23,512,005 | 136,124,845 | 0.91% | -0.15% |
| 2045 | 23,719,080 | 135,933,758 | 0.88% | -0.14% |
| 2046 | 23,920,450 | 135,756,848 | 0.85% | -0.13% |
| 2047 | 24,115,734 | 135,574,181 | 0.82% | -0.13% |
| 2048 | 24,305,641 | 135,372,557 | 0.79% | -0.15% |
| 2049 | 24,491,000 | 135,156,911 | 0.76% | -0.16% |
| 2050 | 24,670,850 | 134,923,391 | 0.73% | -0.17% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guatemala gained 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).
Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2005 and is 70th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Guatemala | 1.21M |
| Mixco | 528K |
| Coban | 229K |
| Quetzaltenango | 208K |
| Jalapa | 193K |
| San Miguel Petapa | 151K |
| Momostenango | 140K |
| Mazatenango | 83.8K |
| Flores | 44.7K |
| Panajachel | 16.1K |
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| City | Population |
| Moscow | 13.3M |
| Saint Petersburg | 5.65M |
| Novosibirsk | 1.64M |
| Yekaterinburg | 1.47M |
| Kazan | 1.33M |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 1.2M |
| Chelyabinsk | 1.18M |
| Krasnodar | 1.15M |
| Samara | 1.15M |
| Ufa | 1.14M |
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Population differences between Guatemala and Russia
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| Life expectancy | 72.9 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 27.3 years | 40.8 years |
| Median age | 24 years | 40.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 46.4:53.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.31 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 445 ppl/mi² | 22.7 ppl/mi² |
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