The current population of Guatemala is 18,912,872 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 18,406,359 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Guatemala accounts for 0.23% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, Guatemala has had an average growth rate of 2.23% per year.
- Guatemala is ranked 70/197 by population and was ranked 68th in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 13.1M people to 18.9M (44.5% growth in 20 years).
- Guatemala is projected to reach 27.2M people in 2077.
Guatemala population clock
Guatemala
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
18912872
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 70/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.23% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.87 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
6.01 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +771 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +281,521 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.55% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 71/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -7,725 | N/A |
Guatemala population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 4,063,655 | - |
| 1961 | 4,186,201 | 3.02% |
| 1962 | 4,312,044 | 3.01% |
| 1963 | 4,440,264 | 2.97% |
| 1964 | 4,571,109 | 2.95% |
| 1965 | 4,704,965 | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 4,840,958 | 2.89% |
| 1967 | 4,978,862 | 2.85% |
| 1968 | 5,118,111 | 2.8% |
| 1969 | 5,257,081 | 2.72% |
| 1970 | 5,396,966 | 2.66% |
| 1971 | 5,538,355 | 2.62% |
| 1972 | 5,682,833 | 2.61% |
| 1973 | 5,831,631 | 2.62% |
| 1974 | 5,981,197 | 2.56% |
| 1975 | 6,128,731 | 2.47% |
| 1976 | 6,262,404 | 2.18% |
| 1977 | 6,401,515 | 2.22% |
| 1978 | 6,561,534 | 2.5% |
| 1979 | 6,727,797 | 2.53% |
| 1980 | 6,900,212 | 2.56% |
| 1981 | 7,075,648 | 2.54% |
| 1982 | 7,240,241 | 2.33% |
| 1983 | 7,419,642 | 2.48% |
| 1984 | 7,630,682 | 2.84% |
| 1985 | 7,849,693 | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 8,070,818 | 2.82% |
| 1987 | 8,296,485 | 2.8% |
| 1988 | 8,532,099 | 2.84% |
| 1989 | 8,775,546 | 2.85% |
| 1990 | 9,024,773 | 2.84% |
| 1991 | 9,272,584 | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 9,522,266 | 2.69% |
| 1993 | 9,779,761 | 2.7% |
| 1994 | 10,043,718 | 2.7% |
| 1995 | 10,312,996 | 2.68% |
| 1996 | 10,583,526 | 2.62% |
| 1997 | 10,857,754 | 2.59% |
| 1998 | 11,139,145 | 2.59% |
| 1999 | 11,422,965 | 2.55% |
| 2000 | 11,697,592 | 2.4% |
| 2001 | 11,969,422 | 2.32% |
| 2002 | 12,246,915 | 2.32% |
| 2003 | 12,525,842 | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 12,807,402 | 2.25% |
| 2005 | 13,087,629 | 2.19% |
| 2006 | 13,367,459 | 2.14% |
| 2007 | 13,652,040 | 2.13% |
| 2008 | 13,935,174 | 2.07% |
| 2009 | 14,215,611 | 2.01% |
| 2010 | 14,500,112 | 2% |
| 2011 | 14,792,126 | 2.01% |
| 2012 | 15,089,647 | 2.01% |
| 2013 | 15,387,337 | 1.97% |
| 2014 | 15,681,725 | 1.91% |
| 2015 | 15,971,743 | 1.85% |
| 2016 | 16,268,760 | 1.86% |
| 2017 | 16,567,357 | 1.84% |
| 2018 | 16,845,685 | 1.68% |
| 2019 | 17,103,803 | 1.53% |
| 2020 | 17,357,325 | 1.48% |
| 2021 | 17,598,650 | 1.39% |
| 2022 | 17,847,877 | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 18,124,838 | 1.55% |
| 2024 | 18,406,359 | 1.55% |
| 2025 | 18,687,873 | 1.53% |
| 2026 | 18,967,974 | 1.5% |
| 2027 | 19,246,005 | 1.47% |
| 2028 | 19,521,501 | 1.43% |
| 2029 | 19,795,168 | 1.4% |
| 2030 | 20,067,252 | 1.37% |
| 2031 | 20,337,369 | 1.35% |
| 2032 | 20,605,385 | 1.32% |
| 2033 | 20,871,083 | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 21,134,167 | 1.26% |
| 2035 | 21,394,231 | 1.23% |
| 2036 | 21,650,331 | 1.2% |
| 2037 | 21,901,955 | 1.16% |
| 2038 | 22,149,197 | 1.13% |
| 2039 | 22,391,079 | 1.09% |
| 2040 | 22,626,859 | 1.05% |
| 2041 | 22,856,760 | 1.02% |
| 2042 | 23,080,838 | 0.98% |
| 2043 | 23,299,226 | 0.95% |
| 2044 | 23,512,005 | 0.91% |
| 2045 | 23,719,080 | 0.88% |
| 2046 | 23,920,450 | 0.85% |
| 2047 | 24,115,734 | 0.82% |
| 2048 | 24,305,641 | 0.79% |
| 2049 | 24,491,000 | 0.76% |
| 2050 | 24,670,850 | 0.73% |
Guatemala has a population of 18.9M as of 2025, compared to 16M in 2015, 13.1M in 2005, and 10.3M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.84% per year. Guatemala is ranked 75th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Guatemala will have 23,719,080 people (25.4% growth) with a rank change from 70th to 67th.
By the year 2100, Guatemala's population is projected to grow by 37% to 25.9M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Guatemala
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Guatemala | 1.21M |
| Mixco | 528K |
| Coban | 229K |
| Quetzaltenango | 208K |
| Jalapa | 193K |
| San Miguel Petapa | 151K |
| Momostenango | 140K |
| Mazatenango | 83.8K |
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Guatemala population statistics
|
Guatemala
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 72.9 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 27.3 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 24 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.6:50.4 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.31 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 445 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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