The latest officially reported population of Guatemala was 18,406,359 in 2024 vs 64,007,187 people in South Africa in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guatemala's population is 18,912,872 people compared to 65,314,246 in South Africa.
Population statistics:
- South Africa's population is 3.45 times bigger than Guatemala's.
- Guatemala is ranked the 70th most populous country in the world, while South Africa is the 24th.
- The countries together account for 1.02% of the world: 0.23% for Guatemala vs 0.79% for South Africa.
- For the last 10 years, Guatemala has had an average growth rate of +1.64% per year vs +1.44% in South Africa.
- Since 2005, the population of Guatemala has increased from 13.1M people to 18.9M (44.5% growth), while South Africa has grown from 49.5M to 65.3M (32% growth).
- Guatemala is projected to reach its peak in 2077 at 27.2M people compared to the peak of 94.3M people in 2100 for South Africa.
Guatemala vs South Africa: live population counter
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| Current population |
18912872
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65314246
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| Population rank | 70/197 | 24/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 0.79% |
| One net population change |
1.87 minutes
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39.7 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
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26.6 seconds
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| One death every |
6.01 minutes
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54 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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3.15 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | +166,972 |
| Daily growth/decline | +771 | +2,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +281,521 | +794,803 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.55% | +1.26% |
| Population growth rate rank | 71/197 | 87/197 |
Guatemala and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,063,655 | 16,440,172 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,186,201 | 16,908,035 | 3.02% | 2.85% |
| 1962 | 4,312,044 | 17,418,522 | 3.01% | 3.02% |
| 1963 | 4,440,264 | 17,954,564 | 2.97% | 3.08% |
| 1964 | 4,571,109 | 18,511,361 | 2.95% | 3.1% |
| 1965 | 4,704,965 | 19,089,380 | 2.93% | 3.12% |
| 1966 | 4,840,958 | 19,690,087 | 2.89% | 3.15% |
| 1967 | 4,978,862 | 20,314,066 | 2.85% | 3.17% |
| 1968 | 5,118,111 | 20,957,287 | 2.8% | 3.17% |
| 1969 | 5,257,081 | 21,614,676 | 2.72% | 3.14% |
| 1970 | 5,396,966 | 22,279,984 | 2.66% | 3.08% |
| 1971 | 5,538,355 | 22,942,143 | 2.62% | 2.97% |
| 1972 | 5,682,833 | 23,609,456 | 2.61% | 2.91% |
| 1973 | 5,831,631 | 24,294,263 | 2.62% | 2.9% |
| 1974 | 5,981,197 | 24,989,108 | 2.56% | 2.86% |
| 1975 | 6,128,731 | 25,690,940 | 2.47% | 2.81% |
| 1976 | 6,262,404 | 26,395,450 | 2.18% | 2.74% |
| 1977 | 6,401,515 | 27,118,952 | 2.22% | 2.74% |
| 1978 | 6,561,534 | 27,869,507 | 2.5% | 2.77% |
| 1979 | 6,727,797 | 28,634,162 | 2.53% | 2.74% |
| 1980 | 6,900,212 | 29,518,857 | 2.56% | 3.09% |
| 1981 | 7,075,648 | 30,541,044 | 2.54% | 3.46% |
| 1982 | 7,240,241 | 31,615,339 | 2.33% | 3.52% |
| 1983 | 7,419,642 | 32,739,304 | 2.48% | 3.56% |
| 1984 | 7,630,682 | 33,892,788 | 2.84% | 3.52% |
| 1985 | 7,849,693 | 35,042,093 | 2.87% | 3.39% |
| 1986 | 8,070,818 | 36,180,515 | 2.82% | 3.25% |
| 1987 | 8,296,485 | 37,326,190 | 2.8% | 3.17% |
| 1988 | 8,532,099 | 38,480,649 | 2.84% | 3.09% |
| 1989 | 8,775,546 | 39,628,575 | 2.85% | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 9,024,773 | 40,746,268 | 2.84% | 2.82% |
| 1991 | 9,272,584 | 41,687,898 | 2.75% | 2.31% |
| 1992 | 9,522,266 | 42,443,509 | 2.69% | 1.81% |
| 1993 | 9,779,761 | 43,297,156 | 2.7% | 2.01% |
| 1994 | 10,043,718 | 44,004,139 | 2.7% | 1.63% |
| 1995 | 10,312,996 | 44,541,554 | 2.68% | 1.22% |
| 1996 | 10,583,526 | 45,123,018 | 2.62% | 1.31% |
| 1997 | 10,857,754 | 45,666,838 | 2.59% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 11,139,145 | 46,223,880 | 2.59% | 1.22% |
| 1999 | 11,422,965 | 46,730,335 | 2.55% | 1.1% |
| 2000 | 11,697,592 | 47,159,719 | 2.4% | 0.92% |
| 2001 | 11,969,422 | 47,566,800 | 2.32% | 0.86% |
| 2002 | 12,246,915 | 48,019,415 | 2.32% | 0.95% |
| 2003 | 12,525,842 | 48,500,348 | 2.28% | 1% |
| 2004 | 12,807,402 | 48,991,421 | 2.25% | 1.01% |
| 2005 | 13,087,629 | 49,490,033 | 2.19% | 1.02% |
| 2006 | 13,367,459 | 49,998,277 | 2.14% | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 13,652,040 | 50,528,584 | 2.13% | 1.06% |
| 2008 | 13,935,174 | 51,114,599 | 2.07% | 1.16% |
| 2009 | 14,215,611 | 51,728,516 | 2.01% | 1.2% |
| 2010 | 14,500,112 | 52,344,051 | 2% | 1.19% |
| 2011 | 14,792,126 | 52,995,205 | 2.01% | 1.24% |
| 2012 | 15,089,647 | 53,782,567 | 2.01% | 1.49% |
| 2013 | 15,387,337 | 54,678,791 | 1.97% | 1.67% |
| 2014 | 15,681,725 | 55,594,838 | 1.91% | 1.68% |
| 2015 | 15,971,743 | 56,723,537 | 1.85% | 2.03% |
| 2016 | 16,268,760 | 57,259,551 | 1.86% | 0.94% |
| 2017 | 16,567,357 | 57,635,162 | 1.84% | 0.66% |
| 2018 | 16,845,685 | 58,613,001 | 1.68% | 1.7% |
| 2019 | 17,103,803 | 59,587,885 | 1.53% | 1.66% |
| 2020 | 17,357,325 | 60,562,381 | 1.48% | 1.64% |
| 2021 | 17,598,650 | 61,502,603 | 1.39% | 1.55% |
| 2022 | 17,847,877 | 62,378,410 | 1.42% | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 18,124,838 | 63,212,384 | 1.55% | 1.34% |
| 2024 | 18,406,359 | 64,007,187 | 1.55% | 1.26% |
| 2025 | 18,687,873 | 64,747,317 | 1.53% | 1.16% |
| 2026 | 18,967,974 | 65,453,086 | 1.5% | 1.09% |
| 2027 | 19,246,005 | 66,143,018 | 1.47% | 1.05% |
| 2028 | 19,521,501 | 66,830,384 | 1.43% | 1.04% |
| 2029 | 19,795,168 | 67,506,850 | 1.4% | 1.01% |
| 2030 | 20,067,252 | 68,161,357 | 1.37% | 0.97% |
| 2031 | 20,337,369 | 68,798,574 | 1.35% | 0.93% |
| 2032 | 20,605,385 | 69,426,441 | 1.32% | 0.91% |
| 2033 | 20,871,083 | 70,040,484 | 1.29% | 0.88% |
| 2034 | 21,134,167 | 70,641,572 | 1.26% | 0.86% |
| 2035 | 21,394,231 | 71,234,749 | 1.23% | 0.84% |
| 2036 | 21,650,331 | 71,816,372 | 1.2% | 0.82% |
| 2037 | 21,901,955 | 72,387,807 | 1.16% | 0.8% |
| 2038 | 22,149,197 | 72,949,611 | 1.13% | 0.78% |
| 2039 | 22,391,079 | 73,496,152 | 1.09% | 0.75% |
| 2040 | 22,626,859 | 74,035,615 | 1.05% | 0.73% |
| 2041 | 22,856,760 | 74,575,444 | 1.02% | 0.73% |
| 2042 | 23,080,838 | 75,111,899 | 0.98% | 0.72% |
| 2043 | 23,299,226 | 75,641,512 | 0.95% | 0.71% |
| 2044 | 23,512,005 | 76,164,461 | 0.91% | 0.69% |
| 2045 | 23,719,080 | 76,681,448 | 0.88% | 0.68% |
| 2046 | 23,920,450 | 77,199,542 | 0.85% | 0.68% |
| 2047 | 24,115,734 | 77,716,650 | 0.82% | 0.67% |
| 2048 | 24,305,641 | 78,215,323 | 0.79% | 0.64% |
| 2049 | 24,491,000 | 78,699,584 | 0.76% | 0.62% |
| 2050 | 24,670,850 | 79,177,329 | 0.73% | 0.61% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guatemala gained 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).
Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2005 and is 70th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.
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 |
| Johannesburg | 4.43M |
| Cape Town | 3.78M |
| Soweto | 1.27M |
| Pietermaritzburg | 839K |
| Pretoria | 742K |
| Durban | 595K |
| Rustenburg | 550K |
| Randburg | 337K |
| Port Elizabeth | 312K |
| East London | 267K |
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Population differences between Guatemala and South Africa
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| Life expectancy | 72.9 years | 66.5 years |
| Average age | 27.3 years | 31.1 years |
| Median age | 24 years | 29.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 48.7:51.3 |
| Fertility rate | 2.31 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman |
| Population density | 445 ppl/mi² | 136.7 ppl/mi² |
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