The latest officially reported population of Guatemala was 18,406,359 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guatemala's population is 18,912,872 people compared to 85,914,550 in Turkey.
Population statistics:
- Turkey's population is 4.54 times bigger than Guatemala's.
- Guatemala is ranked the 70th most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
- The countries together account for 1.27% of the world: 0.23% for Guatemala vs 1.04% for Turkey.
- For the last 10 years, Guatemala has had an average growth rate of +1.64% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
- Since 2005, the population of Guatemala has increased from 13.1M people to 18.9M (44.5% growth), while Turkey has grown from 69.3M to 85.9M (23.9% growth).
- Guatemala is projected to reach its peak in 2077 at 27.2M people compared to the peak of 89.4M people in 2047 for Turkey.
Guatemala vs Turkey: live population counter
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| Current population |
18912872
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85914550
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| Population rank | 70/197 | 18/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | 1.04% |
| One net population change |
1.87 minutes
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2.73 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
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33 seconds
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| One death every |
6.01 minutes
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59.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
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1.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -7,725 | -275,952 |
| Daily growth/decline | +771 | +528 |
| Annual growth/decline | +281,521 | +192,696 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.55% | +0.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 71/197 | 153/197 |
Guatemala and Turkey: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 4,063,655 | 28,329,898 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,186,201 | 29,119,238 | 3.02% | 2.79% |
| 1962 | 4,312,044 | 29,916,147 | 3.01% | 2.74% |
| 1963 | 4,440,264 | 30,726,841 | 2.97% | 2.71% |
| 1964 | 4,571,109 | 31,543,072 | 2.95% | 2.66% |
| 1965 | 4,704,965 | 32,345,220 | 2.93% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 4,840,958 | 33,177,672 | 2.89% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 4,978,862 | 34,050,421 | 2.85% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 5,118,111 | 34,921,684 | 2.8% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 5,257,081 | 35,787,774 | 2.72% | 2.48% |
| 1970 | 5,396,966 | 36,638,465 | 2.66% | 2.38% |
| 1971 | 5,538,355 | 37,518,611 | 2.62% | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 5,682,833 | 38,430,221 | 2.61% | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 5,831,631 | 39,329,533 | 2.62% | 2.34% |
| 1974 | 5,981,197 | 40,210,234 | 2.56% | 2.24% |
| 1975 | 6,128,731 | 41,053,126 | 2.47% | 2.1% |
| 1976 | 6,262,404 | 41,899,984 | 2.18% | 2.06% |
| 1977 | 6,401,515 | 42,773,298 | 2.22% | 2.08% |
| 1978 | 6,561,534 | 43,645,306 | 2.5% | 2.04% |
| 1979 | 6,727,797 | 44,510,429 | 2.53% | 1.98% |
| 1980 | 6,900,212 | 45,408,815 | 2.56% | 2.02% |
| 1981 | 7,075,648 | 46,321,190 | 2.54% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 7,240,241 | 47,322,096 | 2.33% | 2.16% |
| 1983 | 7,419,642 | 48,447,410 | 2.48% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 7,630,682 | 49,574,069 | 2.84% | 2.33% |
| 1985 | 7,849,693 | 50,687,115 | 2.87% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 8,070,818 | 51,777,772 | 2.82% | 2.15% |
| 1987 | 8,296,485 | 52,843,670 | 2.8% | 2.06% |
| 1988 | 8,532,099 | 53,909,626 | 2.84% | 2.02% |
| 1989 | 8,775,546 | 54,976,723 | 2.85% | 1.98% |
| 1990 | 9,024,773 | 56,015,628 | 2.84% | 1.89% |
| 1991 | 9,272,584 | 57,009,887 | 2.75% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 9,522,266 | 57,990,118 | 2.69% | 1.72% |
| 1993 | 9,779,761 | 58,999,167 | 2.7% | 1.74% |
| 1994 | 10,043,718 | 60,033,836 | 2.7% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 10,312,996 | 61,024,503 | 2.68% | 1.65% |
| 1996 | 10,583,526 | 61,951,134 | 2.62% | 1.52% |
| 1997 | 10,857,754 | 62,852,966 | 2.59% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 11,139,145 | 63,734,383 | 2.59% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 11,422,965 | 64,591,923 | 2.55% | 1.35% |
| 2000 | 11,697,592 | 65,425,961 | 2.4% | 1.29% |
| 2001 | 11,969,422 | 66,245,128 | 2.32% | 1.25% |
| 2002 | 12,246,915 | 67,048,795 | 2.32% | 1.21% |
| 2003 | 12,525,842 | 67,831,730 | 2.28% | 1.17% |
| 2004 | 12,807,402 | 68,592,617 | 2.25% | 1.12% |
| 2005 | 13,087,629 | 69,329,557 | 2.19% | 1.07% |
| 2006 | 13,367,459 | 70,045,349 | 2.14% | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 13,652,040 | 70,158,112 | 2.13% | 0.16% |
| 2008 | 13,935,174 | 71,051,678 | 2.07% | 1.27% |
| 2009 | 14,215,611 | 72,039,206 | 2.01% | 1.39% |
| 2010 | 14,500,112 | 73,142,150 | 2% | 1.53% |
| 2011 | 14,792,126 | 74,223,629 | 2.01% | 1.48% |
| 2012 | 15,089,647 | 75,175,827 | 2.01% | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 15,387,337 | 76,147,624 | 1.97% | 1.29% |
| 2014 | 15,681,725 | 77,181,884 | 1.91% | 1.36% |
| 2015 | 15,971,743 | 78,218,479 | 1.85% | 1.34% |
| 2016 | 16,268,760 | 79,277,962 | 1.86% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 16,567,357 | 80,312,698 | 1.84% | 1.31% |
| 2018 | 16,845,685 | 81,407,204 | 1.68% | 1.36% |
| 2019 | 17,103,803 | 82,579,440 | 1.53% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | 17,357,325 | 83,384,680 | 1.48% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 17,598,650 | 84,147,318 | 1.39% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 17,847,877 | 84,979,913 | 1.42% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | 18,124,838 | 85,325,965 | 1.55% | 0.41% |
| 2024 | 18,406,359 | 85,518,661 | 1.55% | 0.23% |
| 2025 | 18,687,873 | 85,725,557 | 1.53% | 0.24% |
| 2026 | 18,967,974 | 85,960,835 | 1.5% | 0.27% |
| 2027 | 19,246,005 | 86,227,115 | 1.47% | 0.31% |
| 2028 | 19,521,501 | 86,502,744 | 1.43% | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 19,795,168 | 86,771,652 | 1.4% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 20,067,252 | 87,037,680 | 1.37% | 0.31% |
| 2031 | 20,337,369 | 87,297,191 | 1.35% | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 20,605,385 | 87,537,075 | 1.32% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 20,871,083 | 87,762,403 | 1.29% | 0.26% |
| 2034 | 21,134,167 | 87,974,138 | 1.26% | 0.24% |
| 2035 | 21,394,231 | 88,172,739 | 1.23% | 0.23% |
| 2036 | 21,650,331 | 88,364,318 | 1.2% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 21,901,955 | 88,545,669 | 1.16% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 22,149,197 | 88,707,268 | 1.13% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 22,391,079 | 88,849,956 | 1.09% | 0.16% |
| 2040 | 22,626,859 | 88,975,510 | 1.05% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 22,856,760 | 89,083,304 | 1.02% | 0.12% |
| 2042 | 23,080,838 | 89,177,769 | 0.98% | 0.11% |
| 2043 | 23,299,226 | 89,254,147 | 0.95% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 23,512,005 | 89,311,458 | 0.91% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 23,719,080 | 89,349,806 | 0.88% | 0.04% |
| 2046 | 23,920,450 | 89,375,429 | 0.85% | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 24,115,734 | 89,383,765 | 0.82% | 0.009% |
| 2048 | 24,305,641 | 89,361,174 | 0.79% | -0.03% |
| 2049 | 24,491,000 | 89,306,566 | 0.76% | -0.06% |
| 2050 | 24,670,850 | 89,218,346 | 0.73% | -0.1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guatemala gained 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).
Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2005 and is 70th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.
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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Population differences between Guatemala and Turkey
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| Life expectancy | 72.9 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 27.3 years | 35.3 years |
| Median age | 24 years | 34 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 2.31 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 445 ppl/mi² | 287.8 ppl/mi² |
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