Guatemala vs Romania
Romania has about the same population as Guatemala: 19,020,271 vs 18,687,881, a gap of 332,390. Guatemala is growing faster (+1.52% vs −0.17% a year), adding about 283,664 people a year against −31,507. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Guatemala would overtake Romania in about 1 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2026) — a projection, not a forecast. Romania is the older society: 20.1% aged 65+ against 5.0% in Guatemala, while Guatemala has more children (31.0% under 15 vs 15.6%). Guatemala is 2.0× as densely populated (169.1 vs 82.8 people per km²). People in Romania live 3.7 years longer on average (76.5 vs 72.7). GDP per capita is 3.4× higher in Romania ($22,538 vs $6,598).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Guatemala) and 2025 (Romania); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Guatemala vs Romania — side by side
 Guatemala |  Romania | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 18,687,8812025 | 19,020,2712025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.52%2025 | −0.17%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 20.62024 | 7.52024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 4.92024 | 12.82024 |
| Children per woman | 2.292024 | 1.392024 |
| Life expectancy | 72.7 yrs2024 | 76.5 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 31.0%2025 | 15.6%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 5.0%2025 | 20.1%2025 |
| Density | 169.1 /km²2023 | 82.8 /km²2023 |
| Area | 108,890 km²2023 | 238,400 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 56.3%2025 | 52.2%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -7,9592025 | -29,0412025 |
| GDP per capita | $6,5982025 | $22,5382025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #69 | #67 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.23% | 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). Guatemala: 4.6× from 1960 to 2025; Romania: 1.0× 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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