Guatemala's Population Size

NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN EACH COUNTRY

Guatemala's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 18.4 million in 2024.

Guatemala last conducted a national census in 2018 and 96.4% of births in Guatemala are recorded. Read more from the World Economics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Guatemala compares to other countries around the world and in the Americas region.

Guatemala's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London


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India C 687.4 865.0 1,057.9 1,243.5 1,450.9 1,525.1 1,679.6
China A 983.2 1,153.6 1,269.6 1,351.6 1,419.3 1,398.2 1,260.3
United States A 229.9 253.4 281.5 311.1 345.4 355.6 380.8
Indonesia B 149.0 183.5 216.1 246.3 283.5 295.9 320.7
Pakistan D 82.3 116.2 154.9 199.2 251.3 276.9 371.9
Nigeria E 73.8 97.1 126.4 166.6 232.7 262.4 359.2
Brazil A 121.2 149.1 174.0 193.7 212.0 216.1 217.5
Bangladesh E 88.0 111.6 134.5 152.2 173.6 186.1 214.7
Russia A 138.6 149.0 146.7 143.9 144.8 141.9 136.1
Ethiopia E 34.4 47.6 67.4 90.5 132.1 152.9 225.0
Mexico A 67.3 82.8 98.6 113.6 130.9 136.9 148.9
Japan A 118.4 123.4 127.0 128.2 123.8 119.6 105.1
Egypt B 44.0 58.4 73.1 89.2 116.5 127.1 161.6
Philippines B 48.0 62.9 79.6 96.3 115.8 121.4 134.4
Congo, Dem. Rep E 26.7 36.7 50.5 68.6 109.3 131.5 218.2
Vietnam B 52.5 65.5 77.2 87.5 101.0 104.3 110.0
Türkiye A 45.4 56.0 65.4 73.3 87.5 89.0 91.3
Germany B 78.3 79.7 81.8 80.8 84.6 82.8 78.3
Thailand A 45.7 54.7 63.0 68.6 71.7 71.2 66.4
United Kingdom A 56.3 57.4 59.1 63.0 69.1 71.3 75.5
Tanzania E 19.2 26.1 34.3 44.8 68.6 80.9 129.6
France A 53.9 57.0 59.5 63.4 66.5 67.1 68.2
South Africa C 29.5 40.7 47.2 52.3 64.0 68.2 79.2
Italy B 56.4 57.0 57.3 60.2 59.3 57.9 51.9
Kenya D 16.0 22.9 30.6 41.6 56.4 63.1 83.6
Myanmar C 33.2 39.8 45.3 49.0 54.5 56.4 58.6
Colombia B 26.1 32.4 39.1 44.8 52.9 55.7 59.4
Korea, Rep. A 38.1 44.1 46.8 48.8 51.7 51.2 45.1
Sudan E 17.1 22.0 27.8 35.4 50.4 58.6 85.2
Uganda E 13.3 17.6 24.0 32.4 50.0 58.3 85.4
Spain B 37.5 39.1 41.0 46.8 47.9 47.6 44.9
Algeria C 18.6 25.4 30.9 36.2 46.8 50.2 59.6
Argentina A 28.0 32.8 37.2 41.3 45.7 46.6 48.3
Afghanistan E 13.2 12.0 20.1 28.3 42.6 50.0 76.9
Yemen, Rep. E 9.5 13.9 19.6 26.8 40.6 47.7 71.0
Canada A 24.5 27.8 30.9 34.2 39.7 41.7 45.6
Poland A 35.6 38.1 38.3 38.1 38.5 37.2 32.8
Morocco C 19.5 24.4 28.4 32.5 38.1 40.0 43.4
Angola E 8.1 11.6 16.2 23.3 37.9 45.2 74.3
Ukraine B 50.0 52.1 49.6 46.5 37.9 38.4 32.0
Uzbekistan E 15.6 20.5 24.8 28.4 36.4 40.2 52.2
Malaysia B 13.0 17.8 23.0 28.7 35.6 38.0 44.3
Mozambique D 11.3 13.1 18.1 23.0 34.6 40.8 63.5
Ghana C 11.9 15.4 19.6 25.5 34.4 38.2 50.6
Peru B 17.4 22.0 26.6 29.1 34.2 36.2 40.6
Saudi Arabia A 6.0 10.6 16.2 25.2 34.0 37.4 47.7
Madagascar D 9.0 12.1 16.5 22.2 32.0 36.7 53.2
Cote d'Ivoire D 8.2 12.2 17.7 22.5 31.9 36.7 55.7
Nepal D 15.6 19.5 24.5 27.3 29.7 30.5 34.6
Cameroon E 8.5 11.3 14.9 19.7 29.1 33.8 51.1
Niger E 6.1 8.3 11.5 16.5 27.0 32.5 52.5
Australia A 14.7 17.1 19.1 22.1 26.7 28.2 32.5
Mali C 7.5 9.2 11.6 15.9 24.5 29.0 46.2
Burkina Faso C 6.9 9.2 11.9 16.2 23.5 26.7 37.3
Taiwan A 18.1 20.6 22.3 23.2 23.2 22.6 19.4
Sri Lanka C 14.8 16.4 19.3 20.9 23.1 23.8 24.8
Malawi D 6.3 9.5 11.3 14.8 21.7 25.2 37.4
Zambia E 5.8 7.8 10.0 14.0 21.3 25.0 38.1
Kazakhstan A 15.2 17.2 15.5 16.8 20.6 22.0 26.5
Chad E 4.5 6.0 8.5 12.3 20.3 24.2 38.9
Chile B 11.5 13.4 15.5 17.2 19.8 20.2 20.3
Romania C 22.2 22.9 22.0 20.4 19.0 18.4 16.0
Senegal D 5.8 7.7 10.0 12.6 18.5 21.2 30.4
Guatemala C 6.9 9.0 11.7 14.5 18.4 20.1 24.7
Netherlands B 14.2 15.0 16.1 16.8 18.2 18.8 19.0
Ecuador D 8.2 10.5 12.7 15.1 18.1 19.1 21.3
Cambodia D 5.2 7.4 12.5 14.5 17.6 18.8 21.9
Zimbabwe E 7.0 10.1 11.9 13.4 16.6 18.6 25.9
Guinea E 5.0 6.4 8.4 10.4 14.8 16.8 23.4
Benin D 3.9 5.3 7.2 9.8 14.5 16.6 24.4
Rwanda D 5.4 7.4 8.2 10.3 14.3 16.2 22.7
Burundi E 4.4 5.6 6.5 9.4 14.0 16.2 24.1
Bolivia D 5.8 7.1 8.6 10.2 12.4 13.4 16.1
Tunisia C 6.6 8.3 9.8 10.8 12.3 12.6 13.1
Haiti E 5.6 6.9 8.3 9.8 11.8 12.6 14.7
Belgium B 9.8 10.0 10.3 10.9 11.7 11.8 11.9
Jordan C 2.2 3.6 5.4 7.3 11.6 12.4 16.4
Dominican Republic D 5.7 7.2 8.6 9.8 11.4 11.9 13.0
United Arab Emirates C 1.0 1.9 3.5 6.9 11.0 12.2 15.4
Honduras D 3.7 5.0 6.6 8.4 10.8 11.9 14.8
Czechia B 10.3 10.3 10.2 10.5 10.7 10.4 9.8
Sweden B 8.3 8.6 8.9 9.4 10.6 10.8 11.3
Tajikistan B 4.0 5.4 6.3 7.7 10.6 11.7 15.6
Papua New Guinea E 3.1 3.9 5.5 7.6 10.6 11.7 14.9
Portugal B 9.8 10.0 10.3 10.6 10.4 10.3 9.8
Azerbaijan B 6.3 7.2 8.2 9.1 10.3 10.7 11.2
Greece B 9.7 10.3 10.8 11.1 10.0 9.7 8.8
Hungary D 10.7 10.4 10.2 10.0 9.7 9.4 8.7
Togo D 2.9 4.0 5.1 6.7 9.5 10.8 15.6
Israel C 3.7 4.5 6.1 7.3 9.4 10.2 13.1
Austria B 7.5 7.7 8.0 8.4 9.1 9.1 8.7
Belarus A 9.6 10.2 10.0 9.5 9.1 8.7 7.5
Switzerland C 6.3 6.7 7.2 7.8 8.9 9.1 9.3
Sierra Leone C 3.3 4.2 4.4 6.2 8.6 9.7 12.9
Laos D 3.3 4.3 5.4 6.3 7.8 8.4 9.8
Turkmenistan B 2.8 3.8 4.6 5.6 7.5 8.1 9.6
Hong Kong A 5.0 5.6 6.7 7.1 7.4 7.3 6.1
Libya E 3.4 4.4 5.3 6.5 7.4 7.9 9.3
Kyrgyzstan A 3.7 4.5 5.0 5.5 7.2 7.8 9.6
Paraguay D 3.1 4.0 5.1 5.7 6.9 7.4 8.6
Nicaragua E 3.3 4.2 5.0 5.7 6.9 7.4 8.8
Bulgaria C 8.9 8.8 8.0 7.4 6.8 6.5 5.4
Serbia C 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.4 6.7 6.5 5.5
El Salvador D 4.5 5.4 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.7
Congo, Rep. E 1.8 2.4 3.2 4.5 6.3 7.3 11.0
Denmark B 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.5 6.0 6.1 6.1
Singapore A 2.4 3.0 4.0 5.1 5.8 6.0 6.1
Lebanon E 2.9 3.6 4.3 5.0 5.8 6.1 7.0
Finland C 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.4
Liberia E 1.9 2.2 2.9 4.1 5.6 6.4 8.9
Norway B 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.9 5.6 5.7 5.9
Slovak Republic D 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4 4.9
Central African Republic E 2.5 2.9 3.8 4.5 5.3 6.5 10.6
Oman A 1.0 1.8 2.3 2.8 5.3 6.1 7.8
Ireland A 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.6 5.3 5.5 6.0
New Zealand A 3.1 3.4 3.9 4.3 5.2 5.4 5.8
Mauritania E 1.5 2.0 2.6 3.4 5.2 6.1 9.4
Costa Rica C 2.4 3.1 3.9 4.6 5.1 5.3 5.4
Kuwait A 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.9 4.9 5.3 6.4
Panama C 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.6 4.5 4.8 5.6
Croatia C 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.2
Georgia B 5.2 5.4 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7
Mongolia A 1.7 2.2 2.5 2.7 3.5 3.7 4.5
Uruguay C 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 4.1 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.2 3.0 2.5
Qatar A 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.7 3.0 3.3 4.2
Moldova B 4.0 4.5 4.2 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.4
Namibia E 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.1 3.0 3.4 4.5
Armenia A 3.1 3.6 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.5
Lithuania C 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.3
Jamaica D 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.5
Albania C 2.7 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.2
Gambia E 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.8 3.1 4.3
Gabon D 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.5 2.9 4.1
Botswana D 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.5 2.8 3.4
Lesotho E 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.5 3.0
Guinea-Bissau E 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.6 2.2 2.5 3.4
Slovenia A 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0
Latvia D 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.5
North Macedonia B 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.5
Bahrain C 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.6 1.8 2.1
Trinidad and Tobago D 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4
Estonia D 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2
Cyprus B 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.5
Mauritius A 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1
Eswatini D 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.5
Comoros D 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.3
Guyana D 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9
Bhutan C 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9
Luxembourg B 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8
Suriname D 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7
Malta B 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5
Cabo Verde C 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Brunei E 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Bahamas, The C 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Iceland B 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4


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