Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Guatemala

Population in cities over 1 million in Guatemala in 2025 — 3,229,736 people. Ranked 67 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 434%.

2025 3.23M people +2.22% vs 2024
World rank 67of 121
Period maximum 3.23M people2025
Period minimum 604,810 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Guatemala, 1960–202501M2M3M4M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 604,810 people1962: 670,411 people1964: 740,841 people1966: 795,452 people1968: 854,172 people1970: 917,137 people1972: 984,839 people1974: 1,034,204 people1976: 1,072,216 people1978: 1,111,571 people1980: 1,152,427 people1982: 1,202,642 people1984: 1,259,851 people1986: 1,319,696 people1988: 1,382,473 people1990: 1,448,143 people1992: 1,517,030 people1994: 1,593,148 people1996: 1,710,891 people1998: 1,837,156 people2000: 1,972,933 people2002: 2,118,536 people2004: 2,241,878 people2006: 2,363,526 people2008: 2,491,956 people2010: 2,559,942 people2012: 2,629,880 people2014: 2,701,628 people2016: 2,775,437 people2018: 2,851,104 people2020: 2,934,841 people2022: 3,036,405 people2024: 3,159,631 people2025: 3,229,736 people
Change over the period: +2.62M (+434.01%) Average annual rate: 2.61 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guatemala

Guatemala 3.23M people
World computed 2.01B people
Latin America & Caribbean computed 261M people
Central America computed 66.98M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 837M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 3.23M +70,105 +2.22%
2024 3.16M +64,532 +2.08%
2023 3.1M +58,694 +1.93%
2022 3.04M +53,231 +1.78%
2021 2.98M +48,333 +1.65%
2020 2.93M +43,611 +1.51%
2019 2.89M +40,126 +1.41%
2018 2.85M +38,088 +1.35%
2017 2.81M +37,579 +1.35%
2016 2.78M +37,178 +1.36%
2015 2.74M +36,631 +1.36%
2014 2.7M +36,140 +1.36%
2013 2.67M +35,608 +1.35%
2012 2.63M +35,229 +1.36%
2011 2.59M +34,709 +1.36%
2010 2.56M +34,245 +1.36%
2009 2.53M +33,741 +1.35%
2008 2.49M +65,109 +2.68%
2007 2.43M +63,321 +2.68%
2006 2.36M +61,669 +2.68%
2005 2.3M +59,979 +2.68%
2004 2.24M +58,574 +2.68%
2003 2.18M +64,768 +3.06%
2002 2.12M +74,147 +3.63%
2001 2.04M +71,456 +3.62%
2000 1.97M +69,145 +3.63%
1999 1.9M +66,632 +3.63%
1998 1.84M +64,300 +3.63%
1997 1.77M +61,965 +3.62%
1996 1.71M +59,961 +3.63%
1995 1.65M +57,782 +3.63%
1994 1.59M +40,530 +2.61%
1993 1.55M +35,588 +2.35%
1992 1.52M +34,867 +2.35%
1991 1.48M +34,020 +2.35%
1990 1.45M +33,239 +2.35%
1989 1.41M +32,431 +2.35%
1988 1.38M +31,775 +2.35%
1987 1.35M +31,002 +2.35%
1986 1.32M +30,290 +2.35%
1985 1.29M +29,555 +2.35%
1984 1.26M +28,956 +2.35%
1983 1.23M +28,253 +2.35%
1982 1.2M +27,604 +2.35%
1981 1.18M +22,611 +1.96%
1980 1.15M +20,627 +1.82%
1979 1.13M +20,229 +1.82%
1978 1.11M +19,868 +1.82%
1977 1.09M +19,487 +1.82%
1976 1.07M +19,191 +1.82%
1975 1.05M +18,821 +1.82%
1974 1.03M +18,485 +1.82%
1973 1.02M +30,880 +3.14%
1972 984,839 +34,477 +3.63%
1971 950,362 +33,225 +3.62%
1970 917,137 +32,064 +3.62%
1969 885,073 +30,901 +3.62%
1968 854,172 +29,903 +3.63%
1967 824,269 +28,817 +3.62%
1966 795,452 +27,810 +3.62%
1965 767,642 +26,801 +3.62%
1964 740,841 +34,983 +4.96%
1963 705,858 +35,447 +5.29%
1962 670,411 +33,667 +5.29%
1961 636,744 +31,934 +5.28%
1960 604,810

Central America, 2025

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About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.