Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala City): population

Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala City), Guatemala: 2.84 million people in 2025, by the UN estimate.

Rank among the cities of the country: 1 of 31.

In 1975 it had 1.08 million people.

In 2000 it had 2.07 million people, so it has grown by 37% since then.

For 2050 the UN projects 3.32 million people.

A city here is a dense area of at least 1,500 people per km² with at least 50,000 people, drawn on a population grid by the UN degree of urbanisation. It can differ from the city’s administrative borders and from national statistics. Years from 2026 on are projections.