Population in Guatemala compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guatemala and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guatemala	Vatican	Guatemala	Vatican
1960	4,063,655	-	-	-
1961	4,186,201	-	3.02%	-
1962	4,312,044	-	3.01%	-
1963	4,440,264	-	2.97%	-
1964	4,571,109	-	2.95%	-
1965	4,704,965	-	2.93%	-
1966	4,840,958	-	2.89%	-
1967	4,978,862	-	2.85%	-
1968	5,118,111	-	2.8%	-
1969	5,257,081	-	2.72%	-
1970	5,396,966	-	2.66%	-
1971	5,538,355	-	2.62%	-
1972	5,682,833	-	2.61%	-
1973	5,831,631	-	2.62%	-
1974	5,981,197	-	2.56%	-
1975	6,128,731	-	2.47%	-
1976	6,262,404	-	2.18%	-
1977	6,401,515	-	2.22%	-
1978	6,561,534	-	2.5%	-
1979	6,727,797	-	2.53%	-
1980	6,900,212	-	2.56%	-
1981	7,075,648	-	2.54%	-
1982	7,240,241	-	2.33%	-
1983	7,419,642	-	2.48%	-
1984	7,630,682	-	2.84%	-
1985	7,849,693	-	2.87%	-
1986	8,070,818	-	2.82%	-
1987	8,296,485	-	2.8%	-
1988	8,532,099	-	2.84%	-
1989	8,775,546	-	2.85%	-
1990	9,024,773	-	2.84%	-
1991	9,272,584	-	2.75%	-
1992	9,522,266	-	2.69%	-
1993	9,779,761	-	2.7%	-
1994	10,043,718	-	2.7%	-
1995	10,312,996	-	2.68%	-
1996	10,583,526	-	2.62%	-
1997	10,857,754	-	2.59%	-
1998	11,139,145	-	2.59%	-
1999	11,422,965	-	2.55%	-
2000	11,697,592	880	2.4%	-
2001	11,969,422	890	2.32%	1.14%
2002	12,246,915	900	2.32%	1.12%
2003	12,525,842	911	2.28%	1.22%
2004	12,807,402	921	2.25%	1.1%
2005	13,087,629	921	2.19%	0%
2006	13,367,459	932	2.14%	1.19%
2007	13,652,040	821	2.13%	-11.9%
2008	13,935,174	824	2.07%	0.37%
2009	14,215,611	826	2.01%	0.24%
2010	14,500,112	829	2%	0.36%
2011	14,792,126	832	2.01%	0.36%
2012	15,089,647	836	2.01%	0.48%
2013	15,387,337	839	1.97%	0.36%
2014	15,681,725	842	1.91%	0.36%
2015	15,971,743	1,000	1.85%	18.8%
2016	16,268,760	-	1.86%	0%
2017	16,567,357	1,000	1.84%	0%
2018	16,845,685	-	1.68%	0%
2019	17,103,803	1,000	1.53%	0%
2020	17,357,325	987	1.48%	-1.29%
2021	17,598,650	970	1.39%	-1.68%
2022	17,847,877	944	1.42%	-2.66%
2023	18,124,838	922	1.55%	-2.34%
2024	18,406,359	933	1.55%	1.2%
2025	18,687,873	939	1.53%	0.59%
2026	18,967,974	952	1.5%	1.37%
2027	19,246,005	974	1.47%	2.32%
2028	19,521,501	985	1.43%	1.13%
2029	19,795,168	983	1.4%	-0.19%
2030	20,067,252	976	1.37%	-0.75%
2031	20,337,369	968	1.35%	-0.75%
2032	20,605,385	968	1.32%	0%
2033	20,871,083	988	1.29%	2.09%
2034	21,134,167	992	1.26%	0.37%
2035	21,394,231	1,000	1.23%	0.74%
2036	21,650,331	998	1.2%	-0.18%
2037	21,901,955	1,003	1.16%	0.55%
2038	22,149,197	1,022	1.13%	1.83%
2039	22,391,079	1,060	1.09%	3.78%
2040	22,626,859	1,095	1.05%	3.3%
2041	22,856,760	1,127	1.02%	2.86%
2042	23,080,838	1,149	0.98%	1.96%
2043	23,299,226	1,169	0.95%	1.76%
2044	23,512,005	1,186	0.91%	1.42%
2045	23,719,080	1,209	0.88%	2.02%
2046	23,920,450	1,224	0.85%	1.22%
2047	24,115,734	1,248	0.82%	1.95%
2048	24,305,641	1,272	0.79%	1.92%
2049	24,491,000	1,296	0.76%	1.88%
2050	24,670,850	1,325	0.73%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guatemala increased by 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guatemala gained 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Guatemala was ranked 68th most populous country in 2006 and is 69th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.