Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Guatemala

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Guatemala in 2025 — 17.28%. Ranked 79 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 2.4 pp.

2025 17.28% +0.12 pp vs 2024
World rank 79of 121
Period maximum 17.88%2008
Period minimum 14.88%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Guatemala, 1960–2025141516171819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 14.88%1962: 15.55%1964: 16.21%1966: 16.43%1968: 16.69%1970: 16.99%1972: 17.33%1974: 17.29%1976: 17.12%1978: 16.94%1980: 16.7%1982: 16.61%1984: 16.51%1986: 16.35%1988: 16.2%1990: 16.05%1992: 15.93%1994: 15.86%1996: 16.17%1998: 16.49%2000: 16.87%2002: 17.3%2004: 17.5%2006: 17.68%2008: 17.88%2010: 17.65%2012: 17.43%2014: 17.23%2016: 17.06%2018: 16.92%2020: 16.91%2022: 17.01%2024: 17.17%2025: 17.28%
Change over the period: +2.4 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Guatemala 17.28%
World 25.29%
Central America computed 36.26%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 17.28 +0.12 pp
2024 17.17 +0.09 pp
2023 17.08 +0.06 pp
2022 17.01 +0.06 pp
2021 16.95 +0.04 pp
2020 16.91 +0 pp
2019 16.9 −0.02 pp
2018 16.92 −0.05 pp
2017 16.98 −0.08 pp
2016 17.06 −0.08 pp
2015 17.14 −0.08 pp
2014 17.23 −0.09 pp
2013 17.32 −0.11 pp
2012 17.43 −0.11 pp
2011 17.54 −0.11 pp
2010 17.65 −0.11 pp
2009 17.77 −0.12 pp
2008 17.88 +0.11 pp
2007 17.78 +0.1 pp
2006 17.68 +0.09 pp
2005 17.59 +0.08 pp
2004 17.5 +0.07 pp
2003 17.43 +0.13 pp
2002 17.3 +0.22 pp
2001 17.08 +0.21 pp
2000 16.87 +0.2 pp
1999 16.67 +0.17 pp
1998 16.49 +0.16 pp
1997 16.33 +0.16 pp
1996 16.17 +0.16 pp
1995 16.01 +0.15 pp
1994 15.86 −0.01 pp
1993 15.88 −0.06 pp
1992 15.93 −0.05 pp
1991 15.98 −0.06 pp
1990 16.05 −0.08 pp
1989 16.12 −0.08 pp
1988 16.2 −0.08 pp
1987 16.28 −0.07 pp
1986 16.35 −0.07 pp
1985 16.43 −0.08 pp
1984 16.51 −0.08 pp
1983 16.59 −0.02 pp
1982 16.61 +0 pp
1981 16.61 −0.09 pp
1980 16.7 −0.12 pp
1979 16.82 −0.12 pp
1978 16.94 −0.11 pp
1977 17.05 −0.07 pp
1976 17.12 −0.06 pp
1975 17.18 −0.11 pp
1974 17.29 −0.13 pp
1973 17.42 +0.09 pp
1972 17.33 +0.17 pp
1971 17.16 +0.17 pp
1970 16.99 +0.16 pp
1969 16.84 +0.15 pp
1968 16.69 +0.13 pp
1967 16.56 +0.12 pp
1966 16.43 +0.12 pp
1965 16.32 +0.11 pp
1964 16.21 +0.31 pp
1963 15.9 +0.35 pp
1962 15.55 +0.34 pp
1961 15.21 +0.33 pp
1960 14.88

Central America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

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