Guatemala: cities by population
Guatemala has a population of 17,247,807, with Guatemala City as its capital. The 50 largest of its 325 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | 994,938 |
| 2 | Villa Nueva | Guatemala | 618,397 |
| 3 | Mixco | Guatemala | 465,773 |
| 4 | Cobán | Alta Verapaz | 212,047 |
| 5 | Quetzaltenango | Quetzaltenango | 180,706 |
| 6 | Jalapa | Jalapa | 159,840 |
| 7 | Escuintla | Escuintla | 156,313 |
| 8 | Villa Canales | Guatemala | 155,423 |
| 9 | Jutiapa | Jutiapa | 145,880 |
| 10 | Chichicastenango | Quiché | 141,567 |
| 11 | San Juan Sacatepéquez | Guatemala | 136,886 |
| 12 | Petapa | Guatemala | 135,447 |
| 13 | Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa | Escuintla | 112,780 |
| 14 | Chiquimula | Chiquimula | 111,505 |
| 15 | Coatepeque | Quetzaltenango | 105,415 |
| 16 | Chinautla | Guatemala | 104,972 |
| 17 | Totonicapán | Totonicapán | 103,952 |
| 18 | Puerto Barrios | Izabal Department | 100,593 |
| 19 | Chimaltenango | Chimaltenango | 96,985 |
| 20 | Malacatán | San Marcos | 92,816 |
| 21 | Retalhuleu | Retalhuleu | 90,505 |
| 22 | Santa Catarina Pinula | Guatemala | 80,582 |
| 23 | San José Pinula | Guatemala | 79,844 |
| 24 | Huehuetenango | Huehuetenango | 79,426 |
| 25 | Santa Cruz del Quiché | Quiché | 78,279 |
| 26 | Mazatenango | Suchitepeque | 77,431 |
| 27 | Panzos | Alta Verapaz | 71,846 |
| 28 | Amatitlán | Guatemala | 71,836 |
| 29 | Palín | Escuintla | 65,873 |
| 30 | Salamá | Baja Verapaz | 65,275 |
| 31 | Chicacao | Suchitepeque | 60,735 |
| 32 | Zacapa | Zacapa | 60,424 |
| 33 | Comitancillo | San Marcos | 59,489 |
| 34 | Fraijanes | Guatemala | 58,922 |
| 35 | San Pedro Ayampuc | Guatemala | 58,609 |
| 36 | Patzún | Chimaltenango | 58,240 |
| 37 | San Francisco El Alto | Totonicapán | 57,894 |
| 38 | Ostuncalco | Quetzaltenango | 51,828 |
| 39 | Soloma | Huehuetenango | 49,030 |
| 40 | Asunción Mita | Jutiapa | 48,297 |
| 41 | Colomba | Quetzaltenango | 47,544 |
| 42 | Barberena | Santa Rosa Department | 47,093 |
| 43 | San Marcos | San Marcos | 47,063 |
| 44 | Antigua Guatemala | Sacatepéquez | 46,054 |
| 45 | Sololá | Sololá | 45,373 |
| 46 | Masagua | Escuintla | 45,323 |
| 47 | Cantel | Quetzaltenango | 42,142 |
| 48 | Cuilapa | Santa Rosa Department | 41,359 |
| 49 | Patulul | Suchitepeque | 40,683 |
| 50 | San Pedro Sacatepéquez | San Marcos | 40,021 |
Twenty years earlier: Guatemala in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 12,328,453.