Population in Guatemala compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guatemala and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	Saudi Arabia	Guatemala	Saudi Arabia
1960	4,063,655	2,435,403	-	-
1961	4,186,201	2,526,347	3.02%	3.73%
1962	4,312,044	2,620,910	3.01%	3.74%
1963	4,440,264	2,719,341	2.97%	3.76%
1964	4,571,109	2,821,968	2.95%	3.77%
1965	4,704,965	2,928,771	2.93%	3.78%
1966	4,840,958	3,039,887	2.89%	3.79%
1967	4,978,862	3,157,242	2.85%	3.86%
1968	5,118,111	3,282,711	2.8%	3.97%
1969	5,257,081	3,417,114	2.72%	4.09%
1970	5,396,966	3,562,470	2.66%	4.25%
1971	5,538,355	3,724,031	2.62%	4.54%
1972	5,682,833	3,905,722	2.61%	4.88%
1973	5,831,631	4,106,344	2.62%	5.14%
1974	5,981,197	4,323,632	2.56%	5.29%
1975	6,128,731	4,556,287	2.47%	5.38%
1976	6,262,404	4,807,933	2.18%	5.52%
1977	6,401,515	5,083,048	2.22%	5.72%
1978	6,561,534	5,381,902	2.5%	5.88%
1979	6,727,797	5,703,698	2.53%	5.98%
1980	6,900,212	6,047,997	2.56%	6.04%
1981	7,075,648	6,420,551	2.54%	6.16%
1982	7,240,241	6,824,486	2.33%	6.29%
1983	7,419,642	7,252,941	2.48%	6.28%
1984	7,630,682	7,697,307	2.84%	6.13%
1985	7,849,693	8,151,779	2.87%	5.9%
1986	8,070,818	8,628,639	2.82%	5.85%
1987	8,296,485	9,130,194	2.8%	5.81%
1988	8,532,099	9,629,165	2.84%	5.47%
1989	8,775,546	10,128,394	2.85%	5.18%
1990	9,024,773	10,640,691	2.84%	5.06%
1991	9,272,584	11,160,744	2.75%	4.89%
1992	9,522,266	11,686,676	2.69%	4.71%
1993	9,779,761	12,215,862	2.7%	4.53%
1994	10,043,718	12,750,040	2.7%	4.37%
1995	10,312,996	13,289,245	2.68%	4.23%
1996	10,583,526	13,831,009	2.62%	4.08%
1997	10,857,754	14,374,943	2.59%	3.93%
1998	11,139,145	14,922,185	2.59%	3.81%
1999	11,422,965	15,472,075	2.55%	3.69%
2000	11,697,592	16,177,722	2.4%	4.56%
2001	11,969,422	17,041,397	2.32%	5.34%
2002	12,246,915	17,910,910	2.32%	5.1%
2003	12,525,842	18,786,767	2.28%	4.89%
2004	12,807,402	19,669,480	2.25%	4.7%
2005	13,087,629	20,559,890	2.19%	4.53%
2006	13,367,459	21,459,144	2.14%	4.37%
2007	13,652,040	22,368,313	2.13%	4.24%
2008	13,935,174	23,287,877	2.07%	4.11%
2009	14,215,611	24,217,654	2.01%	3.99%
2010	14,500,112	23,978,487	2%	-0.99%
2011	14,792,126	25,091,867	2.01%	4.64%
2012	15,089,647	26,168,861	2.01%	4.29%
2013	15,387,337	27,624,004	1.97%	5.56%
2014	15,681,725	28,309,273	1.91%	2.48%
2015	15,971,743	29,816,382	1.85%	5.32%
2016	16,268,760	30,954,198	1.86%	3.82%
2017	16,567,357	30,977,355	1.84%	0.07%
2018	16,845,685	30,196,281	1.68%	-2.52%
2019	17,103,803	30,063,799	1.53%	-0.44%
2020	17,357,325	31,552,510	1.48%	4.95%
2021	17,598,650	30,784,383	1.39%	-2.43%
2022	17,847,877	32,175,224	1.42%	4.52%
2023	18,124,838	33,702,731	1.55%	4.75%
2024	18,406,359	35,300,280	1.55%	4.74%
2025	18,687,873	35,927,625	1.53%	1.78%
2026	18,967,974	36,550,694	1.5%	1.73%
2027	19,246,005	37,167,513	1.47%	1.69%
2028	19,521,501	37,775,810	1.43%	1.64%
2029	19,795,168	38,364,377	1.4%	1.56%
2030	20,067,252	38,918,375	1.37%	1.44%
2031	20,337,369	39,450,880	1.35%	1.37%
2032	20,605,385	39,983,934	1.32%	1.35%
2033	20,871,083	40,517,599	1.29%	1.33%
2034	21,134,167	41,052,423	1.26%	1.32%
2035	21,394,231	41,588,429	1.23%	1.31%
2036	21,650,331	42,125,184	1.2%	1.29%
2037	21,901,955	42,661,908	1.16%	1.27%
2038	22,149,197	43,198,420	1.13%	1.26%
2039	22,391,079	43,734,316	1.09%	1.24%
2040	22,626,859	44,269,571	1.05%	1.22%
2041	22,856,760	44,804,338	1.02%	1.21%
2042	23,080,838	45,338,111	0.98%	1.19%
2043	23,299,226	45,870,896	0.95%	1.18%
2044	23,512,005	46,403,116	0.91%	1.16%
2045	23,719,080	46,934,822	0.88%	1.15%
2046	23,920,450	47,465,267	0.85%	1.13%
2047	24,115,734	47,993,976	0.82%	1.11%
2048	24,305,641	48,521,364	0.79%	1.1%
2049	24,491,000	49,047,461	0.76%	1.08%
2050	24,670,850	49,572,202	0.73%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guatemala gained 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2006 and is 69th in 2026. Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th in 2006 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.