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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Guatemala is 38% bigger than Czechia

Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · Guatemala: 108,889 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 2,618 m above Czechia’s

Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Guatemala and Czechia are practically level

Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · Guatemala: 46% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Guatemala has 72% more people than Czechia

Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Guatemala is 24% more densely populated than Czechia

Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Czechia are 16.8 cm taller than in Guatemala

Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019) · Guatemala: 164.4 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Czechia are 17.1 cm taller than in Guatemala

Czechia: 168 cm (2019) · Guatemala: 150.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Czechia is 20 years older than in Guatemala

Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Guatemala have 0.9 more children on average than in Czechia

Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · Guatemala: 5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Czechia hosts 428 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Czechia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Guatemala 1.1

Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · Guatemala: 1.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Czechia has 2 official languages, Guatemala 1

Czechia: 2 (2026) · Guatemala: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Czechia’s economy is 3.2 times the size of Guatemala’s

Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · Guatemala: $123 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Czechia produces 4 times as much per person as Guatemala

Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Czechia (Gini 19.5 points higher)

Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · Guatemala: 45.2 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Czechia

Czechia: 0% (2023) · Guatemala: 9.7% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Czechia and Guatemala are practically level

Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · Guatemala: 2.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Czechia spends 1.8% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · Guatemala: 0.5% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Czechia’s central government collects 19% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.6% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Czechia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Guatemala’s

Czechia: 59% (2025) · Guatemala: 43% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Czechia spends 6.9 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · Guatemala: $392 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Czechia live 7.2 years longer than in Guatemala

Czechia: 80 years (2024) · Guatemala: 72.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Guatemala is 8.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Czechia

Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Czechia has 3.4 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Czechia has 15 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Czechia is 2.2 times that in Guatemala

Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

32% of adults in Czechia are obese, versus 27% in Guatemala

Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Guatemala: 26.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.2% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Czechia rate their lives 0.29 points higher than in Guatemala

Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · Guatemala: 6.53 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Czechia drink 4.4 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Czechia has 52% more meat per person than Guatemala

Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Czechia has 561 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Guatemala put in 376 more hours a year than in Czechia

Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Czechia went to school 7.1 years longer than in Guatemala

Czechia: 13 years (2023) · Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Czechia welcomed 16 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Guatemala: 0.08 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Czechia has 13 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (17 against 4)

Czechia: 17 (2026) · Guatemala: 4 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Czechia has won 111 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

88% of people in Czechia are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Czechia: 88% (2024) · Guatemala: 60% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Czechia is 26% faster than in Guatemala

Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Czechia have electricity, versus 91% in Guatemala

Czechia: 100% (2024) · Guatemala: 90.9% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

73% of people in Czechia live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Czechia: 73% (2025) · Guatemala: 56% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Czechia has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Czechia: 127 (2024) · Guatemala: 113 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Czechia’s railway network is 12 times as long as Guatemala’s

Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · Guatemala: 800 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Czechia fly 17 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · Guatemala: 0.01 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 38% of Czechia, but only 33% of Guatemala

Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · Guatemala: 33.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Czechia emits 6.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Czechia: 7 t (2024) · Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia

Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Guatemala: 68.3% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Guatemala carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Czechia

Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 30 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Czechia

Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Guatemala are 3 times as deadly as in Czechia

Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Guatemala is on average 14.3 °C warmer than Czechia

Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Guatemala gets 2.2 times as much rain as Czechia

Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Czechia bigger than Guatemala?

Guatemala is larger. Guatemala is 38% bigger than Czechia.

Which has more people, Czechia or Guatemala?

Guatemala has 72% more people than Czechia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Czechia or Guatemala?

People in Czechia live 7.2 years longer than in Guatemala. Life expectancy at birth is 80.0 years in Czechia and 72.7 in Guatemala.

Are people taller in Czechia or Guatemala?

Men in Czechia are 16.8 cm taller than in Guatemala (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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