Territorial change of Guatemala

“Guatemala” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1840 to 2024. Its territory was largest in AD 1913 – 1919, at ≈ 109 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1840 – 1841≈ 83 thousand km²
AD 1842 – 1912≈ 109 thousand km²
AD 1913 – 1919≈ 109 thousand km²
AD 1920 – 1978≈ 109 thousand km²
AD 1979 – 1991≈ 109 thousand km²
AD 1992 – 2023≈ 109 thousand km²
AD 2024 – 2024≈ 109 thousand km²
AD 1840AD 2024

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1913 – 1919 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1840≈ 83 thousand km²76 of 155
AD 1842≈ 109 thousand km²68 of 156
AD 1846≈ 109 thousand km²63 of 152
AD 1848≈ 109 thousand km²63 of 147
AD 1849≈ 109 thousand km²62 of 144
AD 1853≈ 109 thousand km²64 of 144
AD 1856≈ 109 thousand km²64 of 149
AD 1857≈ 109 thousand km²63 of 150
AD 1859≈ 109 thousand km²65 of 146
AD 1860≈ 109 thousand km²66 of 142
AD 1861≈ 109 thousand km²66 of 140
AD 1862≈ 109 thousand km²66 of 138
AD 1863≈ 109 thousand km²66 of 139
AD 1864≈ 109 thousand km²66 of 139
AD 1865≈ 109 thousand km²64 of 139
AD 1866≈ 109 thousand km²63 of 133
AD 1868≈ 109 thousand km²61 of 134
AD 1870≈ 109 thousand km²62 of 132
AD 1871≈ 109 thousand km²62 of 113
AD 1873≈ 109 thousand km²59 of 108
AD 1877≈ 109 thousand km²59 of 104
AD 1880≈ 109 thousand km²60 of 104
AD 1884≈ 109 thousand km²61 of 105
AD 1885≈ 109 thousand km²60 of 101
AD 1890≈ 109 thousand km²61 of 99
AD 1895≈ 109 thousand km²58 of 90
AD 1898≈ 109 thousand km²56 of 87
AD 1900≈ 109 thousand km²53 of 84
AD 1905≈ 109 thousand km²55 of 83
AD 1908≈ 109 thousand km²54 of 79
AD 1911≈ 109 thousand km²54 of 76
AD 1912≈ 109 thousand km²56 of 77
AD 1913≈ 109 thousand km²55 of 78
AD 1914≈ 109 thousand km²54 of 76
AD 1915≈ 109 thousand km²54 of 75
AD 1916≈ 109 thousand km²54 of 71
AD 1917≈ 109 thousand km²54 of 71
AD 1918≈ 109 thousand km²57 of 80
AD 1919≈ 109 thousand km²63 of 88
AD 1920≈ 109 thousand km²61 of 84
AD 1922≈ 109 thousand km²62 of 87
AD 1924≈ 109 thousand km²61 of 86
AD 1926≈ 109 thousand km²60 of 84
AD 1927≈ 109 thousand km²60 of 84
AD 1928≈ 109 thousand km²60 of 85
AD 1929≈ 109 thousand km²60 of 85
AD 1930≈ 109 thousand km²61 of 86
AD 1932≈ 109 thousand km²64 of 88
AD 1936≈ 109 thousand km²63 of 89
AD 1938≈ 109 thousand km²63 of 88
AD 1939≈ 109 thousand km²63 of 86
AD 1940≈ 109 thousand km²62 of 77
AD 1941≈ 109 thousand km²59 of 74
AD 1942≈ 109 thousand km²60 of 75
AD 1943≈ 109 thousand km²57 of 73
AD 1944≈ 109 thousand km²53 of 73
AD 1945≈ 109 thousand km²57 of 76
AD 1946≈ 109 thousand km²61 of 83
AD 1947≈ 109 thousand km²68 of 92
AD 1948≈ 109 thousand km²69 of 96
AD 1949≈ 109 thousand km²70 of 96
AD 1950≈ 109 thousand km²68 of 94
AD 1953≈ 109 thousand km²70 of 97
AD 1956≈ 109 thousand km²75 of 103
AD 1958≈ 109 thousand km²75 of 101
AD 1960≈ 109 thousand km²80 of 107
AD 1961≈ 109 thousand km²92 of 122
AD 1962≈ 109 thousand km²92 of 122
AD 1963≈ 109 thousand km²95 of 129
AD 1967≈ 109 thousand km²99 of 140
AD 1969≈ 109 thousand km²99 of 145
AD 1973≈ 109 thousand km²101 of 152
AD 1974≈ 109 thousand km²101 of 152
AD 1976≈ 109 thousand km²101 of 157
AD 1979≈ 109 thousand km²101 of 161
AD 1983≈ 109 thousand km²101 of 162
AD 1987≈ 109 thousand km²101 of 164
AD 1990≈ 109 thousand km²101 of 164
AD 1991≈ 109 thousand km²100 of 164
AD 1992≈ 109 thousand km²107 of 185
AD 1996≈ 109 thousand km²106 of 186
AD 2000≈ 109 thousand km²105 of 188
AD 2006≈ 109 thousand km²104 of 187
AD 2008≈ 109 thousand km²104 of 187
AD 2011≈ 109 thousand km²104 of 187
AD 2014≈ 109 thousand km²106 of 191
AD 2022≈ 109 thousand km²106 of 191
AD 2024≈ 109 thousand km²105 of 191

Its highest rank was in AD 1900: number 84 of 53.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 1 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 1842gainedLos Altos (state)≈ 26 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: State of Guatemala

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in northern Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast (in the adjacency zone) by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador.

Wikipedia (English) “Guatemala”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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