Cambodia vs Guatemala
Guatemala has 5% more people than Cambodia: 18,687,881 vs 17,847,982, a gap of 839,899. Guatemala is growing faster (+1.52% vs +1.18% a year), adding about 283,664 people a year against +210,416. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Cambodia is the older society: 6.4% aged 65+ against 5.0% in Guatemala, while Guatemala has more children (31.0% under 15 vs 29.5%). Guatemala is 1.7× as densely populated (169.1 vs 98.7 people per km²). People in Guatemala live 1.9 years longer on average (72.7 vs 70.8). GDP per capita is 2.3× higher in Guatemala ($6,598 vs $2,872).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Cambodia) and 2025 (Guatemala); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Cambodia vs Guatemala — side by side
 Cambodia |  Guatemala | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 17,847,9822025 | 18,687,8812025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.18%2025 | +1.52%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 20.32024 | 20.62024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.52024 | 4.92024 |
| Children per woman | 2.552024 | 2.292024 |
| Life expectancy | 70.8 yrs2024 | 72.7 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 29.5%2025 | 31.0%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 6.4%2025 | 5.0%2025 |
| Density | 98.7 /km²2023 | 169.1 /km²2023 |
| Area | 181,040 km²2023 | 108,890 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 41.1%2025 | 56.3%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -31,4692025 | -7,9592025 |
| GDP per capita | $2,8722025 | $6,5982025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #72 | #69 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.22% | 0.23% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Cambodia: 3.3× from 1960 to 2025; Guatemala: 4.6× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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