Demographics of Guatemala

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date13 May 2024

There are 9.08 million males and 9.27 million females in Guatemala. The percentage of the male population is 49.48%, compared to 50.52% of the female population. Guatemala has 191k more females than males. The sex ratio in Guatemala in 2024 will be 97.944 males per 100 females. Guatemala is in the 95th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Guatemala population

Year Population Growth (%)
19503,099,8692.69
19553,560,2392.77
19604,098,3522.92
19654,744,4612.90
19705,453,2082.68
19756,201,7342.48
19806,987,7672.53
19857,932,1852.71
19909,084,7802.73
199510,363,0902.59
200011,735,8942.28
200513,132,8142.10
201014,543,1211.98
201516,001,1071.78
202017,362,7181.51
202117,608,4831.30
202217,843,9081.36
202318,092,0261.40
202418,358,4301.52
  • Total
  • Crude

Guatemala death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195076,248158,46024.59751.117
195580,441180,89022.58450.786
196077,673197,53218.94948.189
196581,300220,02517.13046.360
197085,904246,72215.72945.174
197578,433274,28112.60244.068
198082,419303,97011.75543.353
198577,490321,2509.75140.423
199078,226356,5028.59539.171
199579,743387,8637.67937.349
200072,863406,1546.19034.505
200574,541400,4625.66630.438
201077,115400,8305.29627.525
201581,279414,0425.07125.834
202092,707378,9355.33721.816
2021114,597372,1466.50421.120
2022120,781372,3356.76720.861
2023110,509373,4316.10620.635
202487,267375,3414.75220.439
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Guatemala

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950780,7432,334,21425.064
19551,014,8032,610,49727.992
19601,310,4292,900,31831.121
19651,655,1623,214,55433.989
19701,998,2903,623,50235.545
19752,388,5484,045,18037.125
19802,820,4714,462,98838.724
19853,324,6204,915,44040.347
19903,890,0235,373,79041.992
19954,543,7365,864,75343.654
20005,281,4596,369,28445.332
20056,143,7086,952,32046.913
20107,081,5137,548,90448.403
20158,121,4578,130,97249.971
20209,284,2938,626,51951.836
20219,531,6388,712,35852.245
20229,783,8108,793,25452.666
202310,040,7278,868,98853.098
202410,302,2898,939,34353.542
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Guatemala population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 934,260 903,017 1,837,277 10.01 103.460
05-09 1,002,959 973,264 1,976,223 10.76 103.051
10-14 980,309 954,495 1,934,804 10.54 102.704
15-19 951,509 929,880 1,881,388 10.25 102.326
20-24 935,008 917,675 1,852,682 10.09 101.889
25-29 857,850 849,283 1,707,133 9.30 101.009
30-34 753,524 751,542 1,505,065 8.20 100.264
35-39 633,321 637,170 1,270,492 6.92 99.396
40-44 521,313 539,779 1,061,092 5.78 96.579
45-49 402,483 438,949 841,433 4.58 91.692
50-54 299,257 349,139 648,396 3.53 85.713
55-59 229,266 284,252 513,519 2.80 80.656
60-64 178,929 230,734 409,663 2.23 77.548
65-69 149,355 184,780 334,135 1.82 80.829
70-74 110,944 136,291 247,235 1.35 81.402
75-79 69,489 90,132 159,621 0.87 77.097
80-84 41,602 53,554 95,156 0.52 77.682
85-89 21,455 29,244 50,699 0.28 73.365
90-94 8,448 15,225 23,672 0.13 55.488
95-99 2,252 5,144 7,397 0.04 43.779
100+ 348 1,000 1,347 0.01 34.800
Total 9,083,881 9,274,549 18,358,429 97.944