Guatemala Population (LIVE)

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Guatemala Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)
  • The current population of Guatemala is 18,607,678 as of Friday, March 21, 2025, based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data1.
  • Guatemala 2025 population is estimated at 18,687,881 people at mid-year.
  • Guatemala population is equivalent to 0.23% of the total world population.
  • Guatemala ranks number 70 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
  • The population density in Guatemala is 174 per Km² (452 people per mi²).
  • The total land area is 107,160 Km² (41,375 sq. miles).
  • 56.55% of the population is urban (10,568,383 people in 2025)
  • The median age in Guatemala is 23.4 years.
1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Guatemala (2025 and historical)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Migrants
(net)
Median
Age
Fertility
Rate
Density
(P/Km²)
Urban
Pop %
Urban
Population
Country's
Share of
World Pop
World
Population
Guatemala
Global
Rank
2025 18,687,881 1.53% 281,522 −7,959 23.4 2.26 174 56.6% 10,568,383 0.23% 8,231,613,070 70
2024 18,406,359 1.55% 281,521 −7,725 23 2.29 172 56% 10,302,289 0.23% 8,161,972,572 70
2023 18,124,838 1.55% 276,961 −8,940 22.6 2.31 169 55.4% 10,040,727 0.22% 8,091,734,930 69
2022 17,847,877 1.4% 245,276 −8,463 22.2 2.34 167 54.8% 9,783,810 0.22% 8,021,407,192 69
2020 17,357,325 1.68% 277,116 −23,927 21.6 2.47 162 53.5% 9,284,293 0.22% 7,887,001,292 69
2015 15,971,743 1.95% 294,326 −48,179 20 3.03 149 50.8% 8,121,457 0.21% 7,470,491,872 69
2010 14,500,112 2.07% 282,497 −36,076 18.6 3.38 135 48.8% 7,081,513 0.21% 7,021,732,148 69
2005 13,087,629 2.27% 278,007 −49,636 17.4 3.97 122 46.9% 6,143,708 0.20% 6,586,970,132 68
2000 11,697,592 2.55% 276,919 −65,197 16.6 4.58 109 45.1% 5,281,459 0.19% 6,171,702,993 67
1995 10,312,996 2.7% 257,645 −39,917 16.2 5.11 96 44.1% 4,543,736 0.18% 5,758,878,982 69
1990 9,024,773 2.83% 235,016 −27,735 16 5.48 84 43.1% 3,890,023 0.17% 5,327,803,110 75
1985 7,849,693 2.61% 189,896 −24,991 16 5.73 73 42.4% 3,324,620 0.16% 4,868,943,465 77
1980 6,900,212 2.4% 154,296 −43,144 16 6.17 64 40.9% 2,820,471 0.16% 4,447,606,236 77
1975 6,128,731 2.58% 146,353 −42,329 15.8 6.41 57 39% 2,388,548 0.15% 4,070,735,277 78
1970 5,396,966 2.78% 138,400 −14,755 15.7 6.6 50 37% 1,998,290 0.15% 3,694,683,794 78
1965 4,704,965 2.97% 128,262 −681 15.5 6.84 44 35.2% 1,655,162 0.14% 3,334,533,703 78
1960 4,063,655 2.84% 106,070 −186 15.6 7 38 32.2% 1,310,429 0.13% 3,015,470,894 82
1955 3,533,307 2.67% 87,222 −1,825 16.3 6.95 33 28.7% 1,014,803 0.13% 2,740,213,792 84

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Guatemala Population Forecast

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Migrants
(net)
Median
Age
Fertility
Rate
Density
(P/Km²)
Urban
Pop %
Urban
Population
Country's
Share of
World Pop
World
Population
Guatemala
Global
Rank
2030 20,067,253 1.43% 275,874 −7,484 25.4 2.13 187 59.6% 11,963,276 0.23% 8,569,124,911 69
2035 21,394,237 1.29% 265,397 −6,722 27.3 2.05 200 62.9% 13,452,310 0.24% 8,885,210,181 68
2040 22,626,870 1.13% 246,527 −7,307 29.1 1.97 211 66.3% 15,006,651 0.25% 9,177,190,203 67
2045 23,719,089 0.95% 218,444 −7,023 31 1.92 221 69.9% 16,571,609 0.25% 9,439,639,668 68
2050 24,670,857 0.79% 190,354 −7,536 33 1.88 230 73.5% 18,121,217 0.26% 9,664,378,587 68

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Guatemala Demographics

Life Expectancy
72.9 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate
16.8

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5
20.7

(per 1,000 live births)

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See also


Notes

The Guatemala Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Guatemala delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Guatemala (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.