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🇬🇹 Guatemala

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3GTM
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2GT
UN M49 numeric320
IOC codeGUA
Official nameRepublic of Guatemala
Native name(s)spa: official: República de Guatemala; common: Guatemala
Alt spellingsGT
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionCentral America
UN regional groupLatin American and Caribbean Group
CapitalGuatemala City
Area (km²)108,889
Lat / Lng15.5000, -90.2500
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)BLZ, SLV, HND, MEX
Top-level domain.gt
Calling coderoot: +5; suffixes: 02

Demographics

Population (World Bank)18,687,881 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)72.746 (2024)
Languagesspa: Spanish
Demonymseng: f: Guatemalan; m: Guatemalan; fra: f: Guatémaltèque; m: Guatémaltèque
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)123,306,008,821.471 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)6,598.18 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)2.604 (2025)
CurrenciesGTQ: name: Guatemalan quetzal; symbol: Q

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19503,097,198
19513,177,367
19523,261,652
19533,348,810
19543,439,102
19553,533,307
19563,631,182
19573,732,743
19583,837,026
19593,946,494
19604,063,655
19614,186,201
19624,312,044
19634,440,264
19644,571,109
19654,704,965
19664,840,958
19674,978,862
19685,118,111
19695,257,081
19705,396,966
19715,538,355
19725,682,833
19735,831,631
19745,981,197
19756,128,731
19766,262,404
19776,401,515
19786,561,534
19796,727,797
19806,900,212
19817,075,648
19827,240,241
19837,419,642
19847,630,682
19857,849,693
19868,070,818
19878,296,485
19888,532,099
19898,775,546
19909,024,773
19919,272,584
19929,522,266
19939,779,761
199410,043,718
199510,312,996
199610,583,526
199710,857,754
199811,139,145
199911,422,965
200011,697,592
200111,969,422
200212,246,915
200312,525,842
200412,807,402
200513,087,629
200613,367,459
200713,652,040
200813,935,174
200914,215,611
201014,500,112
201114,792,126
201215,089,647
201315,387,337
201415,681,725
201515,971,743
201616,268,760
201716,567,357
201816,845,685
201917,103,803
202017,357,325
202117,598,650
202217,847,877
202318,124,838

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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