Population in Guatemala
The population of Guatemala was 18,687,881 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Guatemala, 2025
18,687,881
Change from 2024
+1.5%
World, 2025
8,215,424,893 people
Position in 2025
69th of 217
Population in Guatemala over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Guatemala | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18,687,881 people | 8,215,424,893 people |
| 2024 | 18,406,359 people | 8,140,897,523 people |
| 2023 | 18,124,838 people | 8,062,923,417 people |
| 2022 | 17,847,877 people | 7,988,550,201 people |
| 2021 | 17,598,650 people | 7,919,567,995 people |
| 2020 | 17,357,325 people | 7,853,863,139 people |
| 2019 | 17,103,803 people | 7,777,162,476 people |
| 2018 | 16,845,685 people | 7,696,159,728 people |
| 2017 | 16,567,357 people | 7,613,788,655 people |
| 2016 | 16,268,760 people | 7,528,221,579 people |
| 2015 | 15,971,743 people | 7,441,084,771 people |
| 2014 | 15,681,725 people | 7,353,532,223 people |
| 2013 | 15,387,337 people | 7,265,404,737 people |
| 2012 | 15,089,647 people | 7,176,482,165 people |
| 2011 | 14,792,126 people | 7,086,704,141 people |
| 2010 | 14,500,112 people | 7,000,860,073 people |
| 2009 | 14,215,611 people | 6,916,168,196 people |
| 2008 | 13,935,174 people | 6,830,080,867 people |
| 2007 | 13,652,040 people | 6,744,049,498 people |
| 2006 | 13,367,459 people | 6,659,536,021 people |
| 2005 | 13,087,629 people | 6,575,410,029 people |
| 2004 | 12,807,402 people | 6,492,354,627 people |
| 2003 | 12,525,842 people | 6,409,352,386 people |
| 2002 | 12,246,915 people | 6,327,171,255 people |
| 2001 | 11,969,422 people | 6,244,739,668 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.5% from 18,406,359 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 15,971,743 people, the figure has changed by +17.0%.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Guatemala has the 69th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.
More for Guatemala
All statistics for Guatemala
Population growth
1.52%
2025 · World Bank
Population estimates and projections
18,124,838 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Median age estimates and projections
22.6 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Fertility rate estimates and projections
2.31 births per woman
2023 · UN Population Division
Population growth estimates and projections
1.55%
2023 · UN Population Division
Population aged 65 and over
5.0%
2025 · World Bank