What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Ecuador and Guatemala?

144,700 people, with Guatemala ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Guatemala?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ecuador vs Guatemala: The global population hockey stick

Ecuador

17.98 million people

in 2023

Guatemala

18.12 million people

in 2023

Ecuador rank

73rd

Guatemala rank

70th

The global population hockey stick over time

Ecuador
Guatemala

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 18.12 million people against 17.98 million people in Ecuador, a difference of 144,700 people.

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

Ecuador ranks 73rd and Guatemala ranks 70th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 14 and Guatemala in 26.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ecuador	Guatemala	Difference	Ahead
1000s	400,000 people	600,000 people	200,000 people	Guatemala
1100s	440,000 people	640,000 people	200,000 people	Guatemala
1200s	480,000 people	680,000 people	200,000 people	Guatemala
1300s	520,000 people	720,000 people	200,000 people	Guatemala
1400s	560,000 people	760,000 people	200,000 people	Guatemala
1500s	600,000 people	800,000 people	200,000 people	Guatemala
1600s	500,000 people	600,000 people	100,000 people	Guatemala
1700s	499,333 people	699,752 people	200,419 people	Guatemala
1710s	499,389 people	690,359 people	190,970 people	Guatemala
1720s	499,444 people	681,092 people	181,648 people	Guatemala
1730s	499,500 people	671,950 people	172,450 people	Guatemala
1740s	499,555 people	662,931 people	163,376 people	Guatemala
1750s	499,611 people	654,032 people	154,421 people	Guatemala
1760s	499,666 people	645,253 people	145,587 people	Guatemala
1770s	499,722 people	636,592 people	136,870 people	Guatemala
1780s	499,777 people	628,047 people	128,270 people	Guatemala
1790s	499,833 people	619,617 people	119,784 people	Guatemala
1800s	500,000 people	491,115 people	8,885 people	Ecuador
1810s	500,165 people	560,362 people	60,197 people	Guatemala
1820s	539,499 people	619,342 people	79,843 people	Guatemala
1830s	634,422 people	673,955 people	39,533 people	Guatemala
1840s	746,847 people	769,301 people	22,454 people	Guatemala
1850s	859,542 people	899,844 people	40,302 people	Guatemala
1860s	964,629 people	1.02 million people	56,475 people	Guatemala
1870s	1.08 million people	1.16 million people	79,493 people	Guatemala
1880s	1.21 million people	1.31 million people	100,239 people	Guatemala
1890s	1.36 million people	1.37 million people	9,951 people	Guatemala
1900s	1.55 million people	1.41 million people	141,371 people	Ecuador
1910s	1.77 million people	1.57 million people	197,152 people	Ecuador
1920s	1.94 million people	1.74 million people	199,897 people	Ecuador
1930s	2.27 million people	2.04 million people	231,519 people	Ecuador
1940s	2.98 million people	2.64 million people	348,141 people	Ecuador
1950s	3.97 million people	3.50 million people	467,977 people	Ecuador
1960s	5.25 million people	4.65 million people	602,252 people	Ecuador
1970s	7.03 million people	6.05 million people	980,315 people	Ecuador
1980s	9.20 million people	7.78 million people	1.42 million people	Ecuador
1990s	11.48 million people	10.20 million people	1.28 million people	Ecuador
2000s	13.74 million people	12.95 million people	787,670 people	Ecuador
2010s	16.17 million people	15.82 million people	352,940 people	Ecuador
2020s	17.76 million people	17.73 million people	25,975 people	Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Ecuador or Guatemala?: Guatemala, at 18.12 million people against 17.98 million people in Ecuador as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Ecuador and Guatemala?: 144,700 people, with Guatemala ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Guatemala?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Guatemala rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Ecuador ranks 73rd and Guatemala ranks 70th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: The global population hockey stick
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: 28 August 2026

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