Guatemala vs Romania: The global population hockey stick

Guatemala
18.12 million people
in 2023
Romania
19.12 million people
in 2023
Guatemala rank
70th
Romania rank
68th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Guatemala
  • Romania
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M100015112023

How they compare

Romania currently reports 19.12 million people against 18.12 million people in Guatemala, a difference of 993,700 people.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Guatemala's.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Romania has been ahead every year.

Guatemala ranks 70th and Romania ranks 68th of 239 countries.

Romania has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guatemala Romania Difference Ahead
1000s 600,000 people 800,000 people 200,000 people Romania
1100s 640,000 people 900,000 people 260,000 people Romania
1200s 680,000 people 1.00 million people 320,000 people Romania
1300s 720,000 people 1.50 million people 780,000 people Romania
1400s 760,000 people 1.25 million people 490,000 people Romania
1500s 800,000 people 2.00 million people 1.20 million people Romania
1600s 600,000 people 2.00 million people 1.40 million people Romania
1700s 699,752 people 2.50 million people 1.80 million people Romania
1710s 690,359 people 2.99 million people 2.30 million people Romania
1720s 681,092 people 3.20 million people 2.52 million people Romania
1730s 671,950 people 3.43 million people 2.76 million people Romania
1740s 662,931 people 3.68 million people 3.02 million people Romania
1750s 654,032 people 3.94 million people 3.29 million people Romania
1760s 645,253 people 4.22 million people 3.58 million people Romania
1770s 636,592 people 4.52 million people 3.89 million people Romania
1780s 628,047 people 4.85 million people 4.22 million people Romania
1790s 619,617 people 5.19 million people 4.57 million people Romania
1800s 491,115 people 5.69 million people 5.20 million people Romania
1810s 560,362 people 6.13 million people 5.57 million people Romania
1820s 619,342 people 6.61 million people 5.99 million people Romania
1830s 673,955 people 7.12 million people 6.45 million people Romania
1840s 769,301 people 7.68 million people 6.91 million people Romania
1850s 899,844 people 8.25 million people 7.35 million people Romania
1860s 1.02 million people 8.84 million people 7.82 million people Romania
1870s 1.16 million people 9.43 million people 8.27 million people Romania
1880s 1.31 million people 10.03 million people 8.71 million people Romania
1890s 1.37 million people 10.65 million people 9.28 million people Romania
1900s 1.41 million people 11.38 million people 9.97 million people Romania
1910s 1.57 million people 12.07 million people 10.50 million people Romania
1920s 1.74 million people 13.13 million people 11.39 million people Romania
1930s 2.04 million people 14.90 million people 12.86 million people Romania
1940s 2.64 million people 16.07 million people 13.43 million people Romania
1950s 3.50 million people 17.35 million people 13.85 million people Romania
1960s 4.65 million people 18.80 million people 14.16 million people Romania
1970s 6.05 million people 21.10 million people 15.05 million people Romania
1980s 7.78 million people 22.55 million people 14.77 million people Romania
1990s 10.20 million people 22.65 million people 12.45 million people Romania
2000s 12.95 million people 21.31 million people 8.36 million people Romania
2010s 15.82 million people 19.93 million people 4.11 million people Romania
2020s 17.73 million people 19.23 million people 1.50 million people Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Guatemala or Romania?
Romania, at 19.12 million people against 18.12 million people in Guatemala as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Guatemala and Romania?
993,700 people, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Romania?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Guatemala and Romania rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Guatemala ranks 70th and Romania ranks 68th 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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About this data

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