Guatemala vs Netherlands: Population

Guatemala

18.12 million people

in 2023

Netherlands

18.09 million people

in 2023

Guatemala rank

69th

Netherlands rank

70th

Population over time

Guatemala currently reports 18.12 million people against 18.09 million people in Netherlands, a difference of 32,300 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Guatemala ahead.

Guatemala ranks 69th and Netherlands ranks 70th of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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