Ecuador vs Guatemala
Guatemala has about the same population as Ecuador: 18,687,881 vs 18,289,896, a gap of 397,985. Guatemala is growing faster (+1.52% vs +0.85% a year), adding about 283,664 people a year against +155,074. Ecuador is the older society: 8.6% aged 65+ against 5.0% in Guatemala, while Guatemala has more children (31.0% under 15 vs 23.9%). Guatemala is 2.3× as densely populated (169.1 vs 72.4 people per km²). People in Ecuador live 4.8 years longer on average (77.6 vs 72.7).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Ecuador) and 2025 (Guatemala); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Ecuador vs Guatemala — side by side
 Ecuador |  Guatemala | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 18,289,8962025 | 18,687,8812025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.85%2025 | +1.52%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 14.82024 | 20.62024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 5.22024 | 4.92024 |
| Children per woman | 1.812024 | 2.292024 |
| Life expectancy | 77.6 yrs2024 | 72.7 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 23.9%2025 | 31.0%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 8.6%2025 | 5.0%2025 |
| Density | 72.4 /km²2023 | 169.1 /km²2023 |
| Area | 256,370 km²2023 | 108,890 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 63.4%2025 | 56.3%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -17,2192025 | -7,9592025 |
| GDP per capita | $7,1252025 | $6,5982025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #70 | #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). Ecuador: 4.0× 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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