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Guatemala
Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#64out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

11 M8.2 M5.9 M3.6 M1.3 M196019932025Guatemala · 2025: 10.52MGuatemala

Analytical takeaways

  • Guatemala records 10.52M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #64 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 1.29M in 1960 to 10.52M in 2025, a gain of 9.23M.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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