Population growth in Guatemala

From 1960 to 2018 the population of Guatemala increased from 4.21 million to 17.25 million people. This is a growth by 309.6 percent in 58 years. The highest increase in Guatemala was recorded in 1961 with 2.98%. The smallest increase in 2018 with 1.97%.

In the same period, the total population of all countries worldwide increased by 150.2 percent.
The average age in Guatemala rose by 0.21 years from 2012 to 2013 from 19.19 to 19.40 years (median value).


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Population development in Guatemala since 1960

(Data in millions of inhabitants)



JahrPopulation
Guatemala		ChangeBirthrateDeathrate Population
World		Change
19614.34 M2.98 %  3,075 M1.35 %
19624.46 M2.95 %  3,128 M1.72 %
19634.60 M2.94 %  3,193 M2.07 %
19644.73 M2.94 %  3,258 M2.05 %
19654.87 M2.94 %  3,325 M2.05 %
19665.01 M2.95 %  3,395 M2.10 %
19675.16 M2.94 %  3,464 M2.05 %
19685.31 M2.93 %  3,535 M2.03 %
19695.47 M2.90 %  3,609 M2.11 %
19705.62 M2.86 %  3,685 M2.09 %
19715.78 M2.82 %  3,762 M2.10 %
19725.94 M2.79 %  3,839 M2.04 %
19736.10 M2.74 %  3,915 M1.98 %
19746.27 M2.69 %  3,991 M1.96 %
19756.43 M2.63 %  4,066 M1.87 %
19766.60 M2.57 %  4,139 M1.79 %
19776.77 M2.52 %  4,212 M1.75 %
19786.93 M2.49 %  4,286 M1.75 %
19797.11 M2.48 %44.2 ‰11.8 ‰4,358 M1.68 %
19807.28 M2.50 %43.8 ‰11.5 ‰4,434 M1.75 %
19817.47 M2.51 %43.4 ‰11.2 ‰4,512 M1.76 %
19827.65 M2.52 %42.9 ‰10.9 ‰4,593 M1.80 %
19837.85 M2.52 %42.3 ‰10.6 ‰4,675 M1.78 %
19848.04 M2.49 %41.6 ‰10.3 ‰4,757 M1.75 %
19858.24 M2.45 %41.0 ‰10.0 ‰4,840 M1.75 %
19868.44 M2.41 %40.4 ‰9.7 ‰4,926 M1.77 %
19878.64 M2.38 %39.9 ‰9.4 ‰5,014 M1.78 %
19888.84 M2.36 %39.5 ‰9.1 ‰5,102 M1.77 %
19899.05 M2.35 %39.2 ‰8.8 ‰5,191 M1.74 %
19909.26 M2.36 %39.0 ‰8.5 ‰5,281 M1.74 %
19919.48 M2.37 %38.8 ‰8.3 ‰5,369 M1.66 %
19929.71 M2.38 %38.6 ‰8.0 ‰5,453 M1.57 %
19939.94 M2.37 %38.4 ‰7.8 ‰5,538 M1.56 %
199410.17 M2.35 %38.1 ‰7.5 ‰5,623 M1.52 %
199510.41 M2.32 %37.8 ‰7.3 ‰5,708 M1.51 %
199610.65 M2.29 %37.3 ‰7.1 ‰5,790 M1.45 %
199710.89 M2.26 %36.9 ‰6.8 ‰5,873 M1.43 %
199811.13 M2.26 %36.4 ‰6.6 ‰5,955 M1.39 %
199911.39 M2.28 %35.9 ‰6.4 ‰6,035 M1.35 %
200011.65 M2.31 %35.3 ‰6.2 ‰6,115 M1.32 %
200111.92 M2.35 %34.7 ‰6.1 ‰6,194 M1.30 %
200212.21 M2.38 %34.0 ‰5.9 ‰6,274 M1.28 %
200312.50 M2.39 %33.2 ‰5.8 ‰6,353 M1.26 %
200412.80 M2.37 %32.4 ‰5.7 ‰6,432 M1.25 %
200513.10 M2.34 %31.5 ‰5.6 ‰6,513 M1.25 %
200613.40 M2.30 %30.6 ‰5.5 ‰6,594 M1.24 %
200713.70 M2.26 %29.7 ‰5.4 ‰6,675 M1.24 %
200814.01 M2.23 %28.9 ‰5.3 ‰6,758 M1.24 %
200914.32 M2.21 %28.3 ‰5.2 ‰6,841 M1.22 %
201014.63 M2.19 %27.7 ‰5.2 ‰6,922 M1.19 %
201114.95 M2.18 %27.2 ‰5.1 ‰7,003 M1.17 %
201215.27 M2.15 %26.8 ‰5.0 ‰7,086 M1.18 %
201315.60 M2.13 %26.4 ‰4.9 ‰7,170 M1.18 %
201415.92 M2.10 %26.0 ‰4.9 ‰7,255 M1.18 %
201516.25 M2.07 %25.6 ‰4.8 ‰7,340 M1.17 %
201616.58 M2.03 %25.3 ‰4.8 ‰7,425 M1.16 %
201716.91 M2.00 %24.9 ‰4.8 ‰7,510 M1.14 %
201817.25 M1.97 %24.6 ‰4.7 ‰7,593 M1.10 %


Birth- and deathrate in Guatemala

Population growth is the result of the birth rate, the mortality rate and the migration rate. The example of the year 2018 in the graph: The population in Guatemala increased by about 333,000 inhabitants. In the same year, the death rate was 4.7 per 1000 people (~ 80,100 deaths) and the birth rate was 24.6 per 1000 people (~ 415,000 births). As a result, around 1,900 inhabitants have migrated to other countries.

The development of births and deaths is displayed in the following graph. All data refer to births or deaths per 1000 inhabitants.





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