Population in Guatemala compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guatemala and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	United States	Guatemala	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	4,063,655	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	4,186,201	183,691,481	3.02%	1.67%
1962	4,312,044	186,537,737	3.01%	1.55%
1963	4,440,264	189,241,798	2.97%	1.45%
1964	4,571,109	191,888,791	2.95%	1.4%
1965	4,704,965	194,302,963	2.93%	1.26%
1966	4,840,958	196,560,338	2.89%	1.16%
1967	4,978,862	198,712,056	2.85%	1.09%
1968	5,118,111	200,706,052	2.8%	1%
1969	5,257,081	202,676,946	2.72%	0.98%
1970	5,396,966	205,052,174	2.66%	1.17%
1971	5,538,355	207,660,677	2.62%	1.27%
1972	5,682,833	209,896,021	2.61%	1.08%
1973	5,831,631	211,908,788	2.62%	0.96%
1974	5,981,197	213,853,928	2.56%	0.92%
1975	6,128,731	215,973,199	2.47%	0.99%
1976	6,262,404	218,035,164	2.18%	0.95%
1977	6,401,515	220,239,425	2.22%	1.01%
1978	6,561,534	222,584,545	2.5%	1.06%
1979	6,727,797	225,055,487	2.53%	1.11%
1980	6,900,212	226,542,250	2.56%	0.66%
1981	7,075,648	229,465,744	2.54%	1.29%
1982	7,240,241	231,664,432	2.33%	0.96%
1983	7,419,642	233,792,014	2.48%	0.92%
1984	7,630,682	235,824,908	2.84%	0.87%
1985	7,849,693	237,923,734	2.87%	0.89%
1986	8,070,818	240,132,831	2.82%	0.93%
1987	8,296,485	242,288,936	2.8%	0.9%
1988	8,532,099	244,499,004	2.84%	0.91%
1989	8,775,546	246,819,222	2.85%	0.95%
1990	9,024,773	250,131,894	2.84%	1.34%
1991	9,272,584	253,492,503	2.75%	1.34%
1992	9,522,266	256,894,189	2.69%	1.34%
1993	9,779,761	260,255,352	2.7%	1.31%
1994	10,043,718	263,435,673	2.7%	1.22%
1995	10,312,996	266,557,091	2.68%	1.18%
1996	10,583,526	269,667,391	2.62%	1.17%
1997	10,857,754	272,911,760	2.59%	1.2%
1998	11,139,145	276,115,288	2.59%	1.17%
1999	11,422,965	279,294,713	2.55%	1.15%
2000	11,697,592	282,162,411	2.4%	1.03%
2001	11,969,422	284,968,955	2.32%	0.99%
2002	12,246,915	287,625,193	2.32%	0.93%
2003	12,525,842	290,107,933	2.28%	0.86%
2004	12,807,402	292,805,298	2.25%	0.93%
2005	13,087,629	295,516,599	2.19%	0.93%
2006	13,367,459	298,379,912	2.14%	0.97%
2007	13,652,040	301,231,207	2.13%	0.96%
2008	13,935,174	304,093,966	2.07%	0.95%
2009	14,215,611	306,771,529	2.01%	0.88%
2010	14,500,112	309,327,143	2%	0.83%
2011	14,792,126	311,583,481	2.01%	0.73%
2012	15,089,647	313,877,662	2.01%	0.74%
2013	15,387,337	316,059,947	1.97%	0.7%
2014	15,681,725	318,386,329	1.91%	0.74%
2015	15,971,743	320,738,994	1.85%	0.74%
2016	16,268,760	323,071,755	1.86%	0.73%
2017	16,567,357	325,122,128	1.84%	0.63%
2018	16,845,685	326,838,199	1.68%	0.53%
2019	17,103,803	328,329,953	1.53%	0.46%
2020	17,357,325	331,526,933	1.48%	0.97%
2021	17,598,650	331,893,745	1.39%	0.11%
2022	17,847,877	333,271,411	1.42%	0.42%
2023	18,124,838	334,914,895	1.55%	0.49%
2024	18,406,359	340,110,988	1.55%	1.55%
2025	18,687,873	341,931,772	1.53%	0.54%
2026	18,967,974	343,664,369	1.5%	0.51%
2027	19,246,005	345,331,185	1.47%	0.49%
2028	19,521,501	346,981,137	1.43%	0.48%
2029	19,795,168	348,601,982	1.4%	0.47%
2030	20,067,252	350,176,974	1.37%	0.45%
2031	20,337,369	351,725,612	1.35%	0.44%
2032	20,605,385	353,249,060	1.32%	0.43%
2033	20,871,083	354,749,644	1.29%	0.42%
2034	21,134,167	356,234,239	1.26%	0.42%
2035	21,394,231	357,694,316	1.23%	0.41%
2036	21,650,331	359,119,002	1.2%	0.4%
2037	21,901,955	360,517,853	1.16%	0.39%
2038	22,149,197	361,895,407	1.13%	0.38%
2039	22,391,079	363,229,908	1.09%	0.37%
2040	22,626,859	364,512,364	1.05%	0.35%
2041	22,856,760	365,753,139	1.02%	0.34%
2042	23,080,838	366,969,419	0.98%	0.33%
2043	23,299,226	368,146,925	0.95%	0.32%
2044	23,512,005	369,258,123	0.91%	0.3%
2045	23,719,080	370,318,770	0.88%	0.29%
2046	23,920,450	371,328,255	0.85%	0.27%
2047	24,115,734	372,299,116	0.82%	0.26%
2048	24,305,641	373,230,539	0.79%	0.25%
2049	24,491,000	374,119,803	0.76%	0.24%
2050	24,670,850	374,986,259	0.73%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,884,114 people (a 22% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guatemala gained 2,941,129 (a 18.4% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2005 and is 70th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.