Demographics of Guam

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Guam is projected at 170.18 thousand, up by 0.83% compared with 168.78 thousand in 2020. Guam is ranked 191st in terms of population and 127th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 2.76 thousand births in Guam in 2021. That is 8 per day, which is ranked 190th. The crude birth rate is 16.24 per 1000 people. There are 919 deaths in Guam in 2021. That is 3 per day, which is ranked 195th. The crude death rate is 5.41 per 1000 people.

161.65 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 95.02% of Guam population. Guam is ranked 20th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Guam in 2021 is 101.67 males per 100 females. There are 85.8 thousand males and 84.4 thousand females in Guam. The percentage of female population is 49.59% compare to 50.41% male population. Guam has 1.41 thousand more males than females. Guam is at 157th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Guam population

Year Population Growth (%)
195059,653-
195562,6470.95
196066,7331.69
196574,8282.44
197083,8752.24
197593,3512.16
1980104,1342.26
1985116,5762.30
1990130,4802.32
1995145,5591.93
2000155,3230.89
2005158,4060.20
2010159,4390.13
2015161,8510.52
2016162,9480.68
2017164,2810.82
2018165,7700.91
2019167,2950.92
2020168,7830.89
2021170,1840.83
  • Total
  • Crude

Guam death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19505761,8519.5630.54
19555562,0818.8833.34
19605412,5398.0237.60
19655102,6786.8335.93
19704772,6715.6831.78
19754822,8855.1430.84
19805112,9624.8928.43
19855553,1774.7527.14
19906163,3464.7125.61
19956643,4004.5823.44
20007023,3884.5421.94
20057373,0764.6619.43
20107762,8394.8617.78
20158272,7655.0817.01
20209002,7565.3416.35
20219192,7605.4116.24
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Guam

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195024,63635,015-41.300
195528,60534,0362.9345.665
196033,46933,2733.6550.147
196541,56733,2634.4555.548
197051,93631,9415.8961.920
197578,07215,2806.4783.632
198097,6276,5063.3793.753
1985107,6418,9311.9592.339
1990118,47212,0102.0990.796
1995133,99611,5652.2092.055
2000144,65710,6721.0993.129
2005148,31410,0880.3093.631
2010150,0359,4090.2394.099
2015152,9538,8440.6194.534
2020160,1858,5420.9794.938
2021161,6458,4810.9195.015
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Guam population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 6,934 6,568 13,502 7.93 105.572
05-09 6,902 6,543 13,445 7.90 105.487
10-14 6,795 6,423 13,218 7.77 105.792
15-19 7,042 6,694 13,736 8.07 105.199
20-24 7,237 6,609 13,846 8.14 109.502
25-29 6,889 6,482 13,371 7.86 106.279
30-34 6,066 5,962 12,028 7.07 101.744
35-39 5,187 5,149 10,336 6.07 100.738
40-44 4,855 4,746 9,601 5.64 102.297
45-49 5,090 5,036 10,126 5.95 101.072
50-54 5,228 4,963 10,191 5.99 105.340
55-59 5,171 4,890 10,061 5.91 105.746
60-64 4,114 4,094 8,208 4.82 100.489
65-69 3,203 3,399 6,602 3.88 94.234
70-74 2,417 2,760 5,177 3.04 87.572
75-79 1,360 1,679 3,039 1.79 81.001
80-84 807 1,266 2,073 1.22 63.744
85-89 375 772 1,147 0.67 48.575
90-94 107 278 385 0.23 38.489
95-99 15 65 80 0.05 23.077
100+ 1 11 12 0.01 9.091
Total 85,795 84,389 170,184 101.666