Russia’s coastline is 94 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Russia’s highest peak towers 1,422 m above Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 13% of Russia

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Russia has 7.7 times as many people as Guatemala

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Guatemala is 20 times as densely populated as Russia

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Russia is 17 years older than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

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

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Russia are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Guatemala hosts 3% more refugees per resident than Russia

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Russia has produced 2.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Guatemala 1.1

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Guatemala and Russia are practically level

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

Russia’s economy is 21 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

Russia produces 3.3 times as much per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Russia (Gini 12.2 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Russia: 33 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Russia

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Guatemala and Russia are practically level

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

Guatemala’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Russia’s 11%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

Guatemala’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Russia’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

Russia spends 2.6 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 4.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Russia

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 4 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

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

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 3.6 times that in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 21% in Russia

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 0.70 points higher than in Russia

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Adults in Russia drink 3.4 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Russia has 56% more meat per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Russia has 705 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 64 more hours a year than in Russia

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in Russia went to school 6.6 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Russia: no data

Russia has 29 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (33 against 4)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Russia are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Russia: 94% (2024)

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

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

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

75% of people in Russia live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 107 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from Russia fly 58 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Russia, but only 33% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 11 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

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

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Russia

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Russia

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Guatemala are 57% deadlier than in Russia

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 26.3 °C warmer than Russia

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 3.1 times as much rain as Russia

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)