Demographics of Guatemala

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Guatemala is projected at 18.25 million, up by 1.87% compared with 17.92 million in 2020. Guatemala is ranked 67th in terms of population and 56th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.43 million births in Guatemala in 2021. That is 1,175 per day, which is ranked 61st. The crude birth rate is 23.49 per 1000 people. There are 85.71 thousand deaths in Guatemala in 2021. That is 235 per day, which is ranked 91st. The crude death rate is 4.7 per 1000 people.

9.53 million people are living in urban areas, which is 52.25% of Guatemala population. Guatemala is ranked 155th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Guatemala in 2021 is 97.18 males per 100 females. There are 8.99 million males and 9.26 million females in Guatemala. The percentage of female population is 50.72% compare to 49.28% male population. Guatemala has 0.26 million more females than males. Guatemala is at 68th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Guatemala population

Year Population Growth (%)
19503,114,956-
19553,625,3053.06
19604,210,7513.00
19654,869,7142.94
19705,621,7942.86
19756,433,7232.63
19807,283,4562.50
19858,240,0602.45
19909,263,8202.36
199510,408,4862.32
200011,650,7442.31
200513,096,0282.34
201014,630,4202.19
201516,252,4252.07
201616,583,0792.03
201716,914,9792.00
201817,247,8551.97
201917,581,4761.93
202017,915,5671.90
202118,249,8681.87
  • Total
  • Crude

Guatemala death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195072,371168,80122.8553.33
195576,238186,46720.9551.28
196078,906204,04618.7048.40
196580,449225,53316.4746.19
197081,390255,12714.4545.32
197582,894289,05412.8644.90
198084,072319,94311.5143.82
198582,176337,6889.9641.00
199079,344362,2458.5438.98
199576,031393,3777.3037.77
200072,888413,1766.2435.34
200573,348411,7625.5931.45
201075,404405,8445.1527.69
201578,534416,9464.8325.63
202084,341427,5984.7123.85
202185,713428,9354.7023.49
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Guatemala

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950780,7432,334,214-25.064
19551,014,8032,610,4975.3327.992
19601,310,4292,900,3185.1731.121
19651,655,1623,214,5543.8833.989
19701,998,2903,623,5023.7835.545
19752,388,5484,045,1803.5137.125
19802,820,4714,462,9883.3638.724
19853,324,6204,915,4403.2940.347
19903,890,0235,373,7903.1741.992
19954,543,7365,864,7533.1143.654
20005,281,4596,369,2843.0845.332
20056,143,7086,952,3202.9946.913
20107,081,5137,548,9042.8348.403
20158,121,4578,130,9722.7649.971
20209,284,2938,626,5192.6851.836
20219,531,6388,712,3582.6652.245
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Guatemala population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,061,523 1,015,909 2,077,432 11.38 104.490
05-09 1,020,087 976,723 1,996,810 10.94 104.440
10-14 984,177 942,860 1,927,037 10.56 104.382
15-19 992,508 954,490 1,946,998 10.67 103.983
20-24 928,940 903,326 1,832,266 10.04 102.836
25-29 827,598 822,611 1,650,209 9.04 100.606
30-34 688,953 706,774 1,395,727 7.65 97.479
35-39 585,248 625,157 1,210,405 6.63 93.616
40-44 468,780 528,996 997,776 5.47 88.617
45-49 355,965 424,854 780,819 4.28 83.785
50-54 271,847 336,750 608,597 3.33 80.727
55-59 214,662 270,749 485,411 2.66 79.285
60-64 177,655 223,515 401,170 2.20 79.482
65-69 151,006 186,765 337,771 1.85 80.853
70-74 104,275 130,256 234,531 1.29 80.054
75-79 73,235 91,301 164,536 0.90 80.213
80-84 49,424 61,715 111,139 0.61 80.084
85-89 26,609 34,968 61,577 0.34 76.095
90-94 9,746 14,260 24,006 0.13 68.345
95-99 1,873 3,245 5,118 0.03 57.720
100+ 168 365 533 0.00 46.027
Total 8,994,279 9,255,589 18,249,868 97.177