Guatemala's population rose from 10.6M in 1996 to 18.7M in 2025.
Guatemala · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Guatemala's population growth fell from 2.6 % in 1996 to 1.5 % in 2025.
Guatemala's population density rose from 93.7 in 1994 to 169.1 in 2023.
Guatemala's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.2 % in 1996 to 50.4 % in 2025.
Guatemala's urbanisation rose from 36.9 % in 1996 to 56.3 % in 2025.
Guatemala's urban population rose from 3.9M in 1996 to 10.5M in 2025.
Guatemala's rural population rose from 6.68M in 1996 to 8.17M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.0 %86th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.9 %70th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.6 %198th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −0.6 %174th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs158th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.6 pts67th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts119th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts148th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.1 pts99th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts146th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −3.0 %148th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts195th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +32.1 %121st of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs128th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs135th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs120th of 217