Population in Guatemala compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guatemala and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	South Africa	Guatemala	South Africa
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 2006 to 2016, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guatemala gained 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2006 and is 69th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.