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Guatemala vs Somalia: Population

Guatemala
18.12 million people
in 2023
Somalia
18.36 million people
in 2023
Guatemala rank
69th
Somalia rank
68th

Population over time

  • Guatemala
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 18.36 million people against 18.12 million people in Guatemala, a difference of 233,800 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Guatemala ahead.

Guatemala ranks 69th and Somalia ranks 68th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 17 and Somalia in 23.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guatemala Somalia Difference Ahead
1000s 600,000 people 389,200 people 210,800 people Guatemala
1100s 640,000 people 467,040 people 172,960 people Guatemala
1200s 680,000 people 544,880 people 135,120 people Guatemala
1300s 720,000 people 622,720 people 97,280 people Guatemala
1400s 760,000 people 700,560 people 59,440 people Guatemala
1500s 800,000 people 778,400 people 21,600 people Guatemala
1600s 600,000 people 827,050 people 227,050 people Somalia
1700s 699,752 people 875,700 people 175,948 people Somalia
1710s 690,359 people 886,058 people 195,699 people Somalia
1720s 681,092 people 896,416 people 215,324 people Somalia
1730s 671,950 people 906,775 people 234,825 people Somalia
1740s 662,931 people 917,133 people 254,202 people Somalia
1750s 654,032 people 927,491 people 273,459 people Somalia
1760s 645,253 people 937,850 people 292,597 people Somalia
1770s 636,592 people 948,208 people 311,616 people Somalia
1780s 628,047 people 958,566 people 330,519 people Somalia
1790s 619,617 people 968,925 people 349,308 people Somalia
1800s 491,115 people 990,855 people 499,740 people Somalia
1810s 560,362 people 999,772 people 439,410 people Somalia
1820s 619,342 people 1.06 million people 443,634 people Somalia
1830s 673,955 people 1.21 million people 534,047 people Somalia
1840s 769,301 people 1.37 million people 605,644 people Somalia
1850s 899,844 people 1.47 million people 571,741 people Somalia
1860s 1.02 million people 1.47 million people 446,090 people Somalia
1870s 1.16 million people 1.47 million people 306,510 people Somalia
1880s 1.31 million people 1.48 million people 163,093 people Somalia
1890s 1.37 million people 1.50 million people 128,436 people Somalia
1900s 1.41 million people 1.54 million people 127,729 people Somalia
1910s 1.57 million people 1.57 million people 1,106 people Somalia
1920s 1.74 million people 1.66 million people 82,861 people Guatemala
1930s 2.04 million people 1.82 million people 223,401 people Guatemala
1940s 2.64 million people 2.03 million people 602,815 people Guatemala
1950s 3.50 million people 2.50 million people 997,111 people Guatemala
1960s 4.65 million people 3.24 million people 1.40 million people Guatemala
1970s 6.05 million people 4.31 million people 1.74 million people Guatemala
1980s 7.78 million people 6.58 million people 1.20 million people Guatemala
1990s 10.20 million people 7.34 million people 2.85 million people Guatemala
2000s 12.95 million people 10.43 million people 2.52 million people Guatemala
2010s 15.82 million people 13.78 million people 2.04 million people Guatemala
2020s 17.73 million people 17.52 million people 211,400 people Guatemala

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Guatemala or Somalia?
Somalia, at 18.36 million people against 18.12 million people in Guatemala as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Guatemala and Somalia?
233,800 people, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Somalia?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Guatemala and Somalia rank globally for population?
Guatemala ranks 69th and Somalia ranks 68th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.