Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Guatemala fits inside Saudi Arabia 20 times
Guatemala: 108,889 km² (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Saudi Arabia’s coastline is 6.6 times as long as Guatemala’s
Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Guatemala’s highest peak towers 1,220 m above Saudi Arabia’s
Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 46% of Guatemala
Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Saudi Arabia has 2 times as many people as Guatemala
Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Guatemala is 10 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia
Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Saudi Arabia are 6.3 cm taller than in Guatemala
Guatemala: 164.4 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Saudi Arabia are 7.9 cm taller than in Guatemala
Guatemala: 150.9 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Saudi Arabia is 6.6 years older than in Guatemala
Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Saudi Arabia and Guatemala are practically level
Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
5.0% of people in Guatemala are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia
Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Guatemala hosts 7 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia
Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Guatemala has produced 1.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none
Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Guatemala and Saudi Arabia are practically level
Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Saudi Arabia’s economy is 10 times the size of Guatemala’s
Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Saudi Arabia produces 4.9 times as much per person as Guatemala
Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Saudi Arabia and Guatemala are practically level
Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%
Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Guatemala’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%
Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Saudi Arabia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Guatemala’s
Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Saudi Arabia spends 4.7 times as much on health per person as Guatemala
Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Saudi Arabia live 6.2 years longer than in Guatemala
Guatemala: 72.7 years (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Guatemala is 3.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Saudi Arabia
Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Saudi Arabia has 2.7 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala
Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Saudi Arabia has 5.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala
Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Guatemala is 2.5 times that in Saudi Arabia
Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 27% in Guatemala
Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
15% of adults in Saudi Arabia smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala
Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Saudi Arabia rate their lives 0.28 points higher than in Guatemala
Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How much meat is on the menu?
Saudi Arabia has 7% more meat per person than Guatemala
Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Saudi Arabia has 837 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala
Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Guatemala put in 26 more hours a year than in Saudi Arabia
Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Saudi Arabia went to school 5.8 years longer than in Guatemala
Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Saudi Arabia welcomed 10 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)
Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Saudi Arabia has 4 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (8 against 4)
Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Saudi Arabia has won 4 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3
Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 60% in Guatemala
Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 32% faster than in Guatemala
Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia have electricity, versus 91% in Guatemala
Guatemala: 90.9% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala
Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113
Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Saudi Arabia’s railway network is 3.7 times as long as Guatemala’s
Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 109 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala
Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 33% of Guatemala, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia
Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 19 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala
Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia
Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Saudi Arabia carries 82% more fine dust than in Guatemala
Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 25 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Saudi Arabia
Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Saudi Arabia are 1% deadlier than in Guatemala
Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Saudi Arabia is on average 3.1 °C warmer than Guatemala
Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Guatemala gets 30 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia
Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Guatemala bigger than Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia is larger. Guatemala fits inside Saudi Arabia 20 times.
Which has more people, Guatemala or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia has 2 times as many people as Guatemala (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Guatemala or Saudi Arabia?
People in Saudi Arabia live 6.2 years longer than in Guatemala. Life expectancy at birth is 72.7 years in Guatemala and 79.0 in Saudi Arabia.
Are people taller in Guatemala or Saudi Arabia?
Men in Saudi Arabia are 6.3 cm taller than in Guatemala (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
