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Guatemala

Guatemala's best placing is 33rd of 179 for rainfall.

Best placing: #33Rainfall
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 18.7 million
Land area: 107,160 km²

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Rainfall

#33 of 179

1,996 mm of precipitation per year

9th in North America · World Bank · 2022

Population by area

#55 of 194

174.39 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Population

#69 of 195

18,687,881 people

4th in North America · World Bank · 2025

GDP

#65 of 182

123,306,008,821 US$ (current prices)

5th in North America · World Bank · 2025

Airports

#78 of 193

58 airports

8th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest

#84 of 194

34,930 km² of forest

6th in North America · World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#87 of 191

5.41 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest by area

#94 of 194

32.6 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Land area

#102 of 194

107,160 km² of land

6th in North America · World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#99 of 182

6,598 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#73 of 133

7.47 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

Forest per person

#114 of 194

0.0019 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#120 of 192

3.10 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Coastline

#106 of 151

400 km of coastline

13th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Railways

#96 of 135

800 km of railway

5th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

Land area per person

#140 of 194

0.006 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways per person

#110 of 134

42.81 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2018

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