Guatemala: Departments, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts

Departments

The population of the departments of Guatemala according to census results and latest official projections.

Name	Abbr.	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (Cf) 1981-03-26	Population Census (Cf) 1994-04-17	Population Census (C) 2002-11-24	Population Projection (P) 2010-06-30	Population Projection (P) 2016-06-30
Guatemala	GTM	Ciudad de Guatemala	108,889	6,054,227	8,331,874	11,237,196	14,361,700	16,548,200
Alta Verapaz	AVE	Cobán	8,686	322,008	543,777	776,246	1,078,900	1,294,000	868600
Baja Verapaz	BVE	Salamá	3,124	115,602	155,480	215,915	264,000	307,200	312400
Chimaltenango	CMT	Chimaltenango	1,979	230,059	314,813	446,133	595,800	704,400	197900
Chiquimula	CQM	Chiquimula	2,376	168,863	230,767	302,485	362,800	415,900	237600
El Progreso	EPR	Guastatoya	1,922	81,188	108,400	139,490	155,600	172,200	192200
Escuintla	ESC	Escuintla	4,384	334,666	386,534	538,746	685,800	775,700	438400
Guatemala	GUA	Ciudad de Guatemala	2,126	1,311,192	1,813,825	2,541,581	3,103,700	3,400,300	212600
Huehuetenango	HUE	Huehuetenango	7,400	431,343	634,374	846,544	1,114,400	1,294,100	740000
Izabal	IZA	Puerto Barrios	9,038	194,618	253,153	314,306	403,300	467,000	903800
Jalapa	JAL	Jalapa	2,063	136,091	196,940	242,926	309,900	365,400	206300
Jutiapa	JUT	Jutiapa	3,219	251,068	307,491	389,085	428,500	482,200	321900
Petén	PET	Flores	35,854	131,927	224,884	366,735	613,700	760,400	3585400
Quetzaltenango	QUE	Quetzaltenango	1,951	366,949	503,857	624,716	771,700	882,600	195100
Quiché	QUI	Santa Cruz del Quiché	8,378	328,175	437,669	655,510	921,400	1,125,000	837800
Retalhuleu	RET	Retalhuleu	1,856	150,923	188,764	241,411	297,400	340,100	185600
Sacatepéquez	SAC	Antigua Guatemala	465	121,127	180,647	248,019	310,000	349,900	46500
San Marcos	SMA	San Marcos	3,791	472,326	645,418	794,951	995,700	1,147,400	379100
Santa Rosa	SRO	Cuilapa	2,955	194,168	246,698	301,370	340,400	382,700	295500
Sololá	SOL	Sololá	1,061	154,249	222,094	307,661	424,100	505,500	106100
Suchitepéquez	SUC	Mazatenango	2,510	237,554	307,187	403,945	504,300	582,200	251000
Totonicapán	TOT	Totonicapán	1,061	204,419	272,094	339,254	461,800	553,400	106100
Zacapa	ZAC	Zacapa	2,690	115,712	157,008	200,167	218,500	240,600	269000

The census figures are not adjusted for underenumeration.
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala (web).

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Calculation (UE-P) 2016-06-30
1	Ciudad de Guatemala	GUA	994,300
2	Villa Nueva	GUA	489,000
3	Mixco	GUA	474,400
4	Petapa	GUA	181,200
5	Quetzaltenango	QUE	153,200
6	San Juan Sacatepéquez	GUA	129,600
7	Chimaltenango	CMT	124,800
8	Escuintla	ESC	118,200
9	Villa Canales	GUA	116,500
10	Chinautla	GUA	111,000

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all Guatemalan cities and towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants by census years.

The urban population of municipalities (municipios) is tabulated.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 1994-04-17	Population Census (C) 2002-11-22
Almolonga	QUE	8,911	11,131
Alotenango	SAC	7,543	14,339
Amatitlán	GUA	36,999	60,924
Antigua Guatemala	SAC	16,357	32,218
Asunción Mita	JUT	11,162	14,425
Ayutla	SMA	8,621	10,570
Barberena	SRO	10,274	24,085
Barillas (Santa Cruz Barillas)	HUE	5,924	11,379
Cantel	QUE	3,557	17,121
Chajul	QUI	6,623	10,095
Chicacao	SUC	7,554	16,154
Chichicastenango	QUI	3,644	45,549
Chimaltenango	CMT	26,465	62,917
Chinautla	GUA	37,102	77,071
Chiquimula	CQM	27,644	37,602
Chiquimulilla	SRO	9,696	12,001
Chisec	AVE	5,277	12,775
Ciudad de Guatemala [Guatemala City]	GUA	823,301	942,348
Ciudad Vieja	SAC	14,292	25,226
Coatepeque	QUE	30,437	41,294
Cobán	AVE	33,996	47,202
Colomba	QUE	6,868	14,948
Comalapa (San Juan Comalapa)	CMT	16,295	19,524
Comitancillo	SMA	1,101	11,679
Cuilapa	SRO	8,495	14,028
El Estor	IZA	9,801	14,019
El Palmar	QUE	5,318	11,875
El Tejar	CMT	6,116	12,498
Escuintla	ESC	49,026	86,678
Esquipulas	CQM	12,697	18,368
Flores	PET	9,330	16,122
Fraijanes	GUA	5,048	19,454
Gualán	ZAC	6,369	14,977
Guastatoya	EPR	5,145	10,776
Huehuetenango	HUE	19,922	57,289
Jacaltenango	HUE	7,016	23,464
Jalapa	JAL	23,884	39,301
Jocotenango	SAC	14,013	16,692
Jutiapa	JUT	14,642	28,100
La Democracia	HUE	1,283	12,718
La Esperanza	QUE	2,824	11,258
La Gomera	ESC	5,509	17,383
Livingston	IZA	3,939	10,613
Malacatán	SMA	8,113	12,891
Mazatenango	SUC	30,350	40,281
Melchor de Mencos	PET	7,790	10,299
Mixco	GUA	209,791	384,428
Momostenango	TOT	7,446	22,718
Morales	IZA	5,179	14,231
Nahualá	SOL	2,840	17,174
Nebaj	QUI	9,155	18,484
Nueva Concepción	ESC	9,343	10,677
Nuevo San Carlos	RET	733	11,815
Olintepeque	QUE	3,095	18,150
Ostuncalco (San Juan Ostuncalco)	QUE	9,234	22,113
Palencia	GUA	6,007	14,164
Palín	ESC	11,390	24,680
Panajachel	SOL	4,950	10,238
Panzós	AVE	2,997	16,005
Patulul	SUC	5,267	11,259
Patzicía	CMT	9,543	14,496
Patzún	CMT	13,760	17,346
Petapa (San Miguel Petapa)	GUA	12,949	94,228
Poptún	PET	8,075	14,442
Puerto Barrios	IZA	29,095	48,581
Quetzaltenango	QUE	90,801	120,496
Retalhuleu	RET	27,563	34,300
Salamá	BVE	10,430	18,080
Salcajá	QUE	8,652	11,110
San Andrés Itzapa	CMT	10,768	16,350
Sanarate	EPR	9,308	13,931
San Benito	PET	12,685	24,792
San Cristóbal Verapaz	AVE	9,282	16,445
San Francisco El Alto	TOT	2,926	33,240
San Francisco Zapotitlán	SUC	4,115	10,458
San José (Puerto San José)	ESC	14,170	17,430
San José Pinula	GUA	7,225	31,436
San Juan Sacatepéquez	GUA	8,349	81,584
San Lucas Sacatepéquez	SAC	8,298	14,783
San Lucas Tolimán	SOL	8,179	12,674
San Marcos	SMA	8,851	19,648
San Pablo	SMA	3,191	10,216
San Pablo Jocopilas	SUC	2,158	13,328
San Pedro Ayampuc	GUA	5,679	29,663
San Pedro Carchá	AVE	8,635	11,941
San Pedro Sacatepéquez	SMA	14,992	31,783
San Pedro Sacatepéquez	GUA	8,764	12,673
San Sebastián	RET	6,867	12,403
Santa Catalina la Tinta	AVE	Panzós	11,722
Santa Catarina Pinula	GUA	8,193	44,974
Santa Cruz del Quiché	QUI	14,352	20,870
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa	ESC	24,013	49,480
Santa María de Jesús	SAC	11,469	14,418
Santiago Atitlán	SOL	17,585	28,665
Santiago Sacatepéquez	SAC	9,840	19,520
Sololá	SOL	7,573	30,155
Sumpango	SAC	13,954	18,910
Tecpán Guatemala	CMT	9,121	17,788
Tiquisate (Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate)	ESC	12,734	16,801
Totonicapán	TOT	7,146	44,762
Villa Canales	GUA	5,525	77,638
Villa Nueva	GUA	101,295	301,947
Zacapa	ZAC	16,386	30,036

The census figures are not adjusted for underenumeration.
(1994) provided by Clive Thornton.
(2002) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala.
(2016) calculated by »City Population« using projections for the total population of municipalites by the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala.