Largest Cities and Towns by Population in Guatemala

These figures are from the 2018 census, 8 years old.

139 cities and towns in Guatemala with 12,500 or more inhabitants, ranked by population at the census of July 23, 2018 (by National Institute of Statistics, Guatemala).

Rank	City or Town	Population
1	Guatemala City (Ciudad de Guatemala)	923,392
2	Mixco	463,019
3	Villa Nueva	426,316
4	Cobán	212,047
5	Quetzaltenango	180,706
6	Jalapa	159,840
7	Escuintla	156,313
8	San Juan Sacatepéquez	155,965
9	Jutiapa	145,880
10	San Miguel Petapa (Petapa)	129,124
11	Villa Canales	124,680
12	Huehuetenango	117,818
13	Chiquimula	111,505
14	Chinautla	104,972
15	Totonicapán	103,952
16	Puerto Barrios	100,593
17	Amatitlán	98,176
18	Chimaltenango	96,985
19	Retalhuleu	90,505
20	Sololá	88,612
21	Santa Cruz del Quiché	78,279
22	Mazatenango	77,431
23	Chichicastenango	71,394
24	Santa Catarina Pinula	70,982
25	San José Pinula	67,327
26	Salamá	65,275
27	Palín	62,095
28	Zacapa	60,370
29	Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa	58,877
30	San Pedro Sacatepéquez	49,589
31	San Pedro Ayampuc	48,727
32	Barberena	47,093
33	San Marcos	47,063
34	Antigua Guatemala	46,054
35	Fraijanes	44,117
36	Cuilapa	41,359
37	San Francisco El Alto	38,995
38	Flores	38,186
39	Santiago Atitlán	38,100
40	Coatepeque	37,330
41	San Pedro Sacatepéquez	36,932
42	Cantel	35,825
43	San Benito	34,788
44	Tecpán Guatemala	34,519
45	Ciudad Vieja	32,802
46	San Juan Comalapa (Comalapa)	32,312
47	Nebaj	31,935
48	Palencia	31,824
49	Olintepeque	31,545
50	Tiquisate (Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate)	29,193
51	Poptún	29,130
52	Colomba	28,655
53	Sumpango	28,488
54	Patzún	26,632
55	La Gomera	26,533
56	Chicacao	26,309
57	San Andrés Itzapa	24,992
58	Guastatoya	24,821
59	Chajul	24,247
60	Santiago Sacatepéquez	24,100
61	Puerto San José (San José)	23,887
62	Morales	23,855
63	La Libertad	23,820
64	Nahualá	23,635
65	Ayutla	23,574
66	Alotenango	23,358
67	La Democracia	23,146
68	Nuevo San Carlos	22,657
69	Jacaltenango	22,533
70	Panzós	22,068
71	Santa María de Jesús	21,795
72	Patzicía	21,249
73	Sanarate	20,976
74	San Cristóbal Verapaz	20,961
75	Asunción Mita	20,936
76	San Juan Ostuncalco (Ostuncalco)	20,763
77	San Lucas Sacatepéquez	20,723
78	Santa Catalina la Tinta	20,552
79	El Estor	20,489
80	La Esperanza	19,724
81	Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan	19,560
82	Jocotenango	19,280
83	El Nuevo Palmar	19,115
84	Chiquimulilla	18,848
85	Esquipulas	18,667
86	Nentón	18,606
87	San Francisco Zapotitlán	18,468
88	Siquinalá	18,150
89	Livingston	17,923
90	San Agustín Acasaguastlán	17,728
91	El Asintal	17,388
92	San Felipe	17,360
93	Santa Bárbara	17,172
94	Santa Cruz Barillas (Barillas)	17,166
95	San Lucas Tolimán	17,101
96	Salcajá	17,042
97	Yepocapa	17,021
98	San Pablo Jocopilas	16,872
99	Masagua	16,797
100	San Pablo	16,768
101	San Pedro Carchá	16,353
102	Santa María Chiquimula	15,919
103	Nueva Concepción	15,747
104	El Tejar	15,639
105	Momostenango	15,601
106	Joyabaj	15,451
107	San Raimundo	15,447
108	Río Bravo	15,391
109	Tactic	15,213
110	Rabinal	15,157
111	San Mateo Ixtatán	15,090
112	San Andrés Xecul	15,074
113	Melchor de Mencos	14,972
114	Cajolá	14,948
115	Santa Catarina Mita	14,520
116	San Pedro Soloma	14,166
117	San Juan Cotzal	14,032
118	La Blanca	13,921
119	Sayaxché	13,780
120	Panajachel	13,767
121	San Antonio Suchitepéquez	13,666
122	Monjas	13,541
123	Nueva Santa Rosa	13,535
124	La Democracia	13,400
125	San Juan Chamelco	13,264
126	Playa Grande Ixcán	12,710
127	Pastores	12,621
128	San Cristóbal Totonicapán	12,589
129	San Andrés	12,516
130	Almolonga	12,299
131	Santa Lucía Milpas Altas	12,234
132	Parramos	11,970
133	San Luis Jilotepeque	11,675
134	Patulul	11,343
135	Zaragoza	11,176
136	San Martín Jilotepeque	10,812
137	San Pedro La Laguna	10,705
138	Cubulco	10,681
139	Santo Domingo Xenacoj	10,632

Source: National Institute of Statistics, Guatemala (2018 census), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff.

Why don't these match official city populations?Official figures typically count only the population within administrative boundaries. UN urban area figures cover the entire built-up area, which can include multiple cities and towns.Show moreShow less

Tokyo

33,338,852

Urban area

9,953,160

23 wards

Essen

2,709,375

Urban area

573,618

City of Essen

Ankara

3,630,865

Urban area

5,186,002

Metropolitan municipality

What counts as an urban area? The UN uses satellite imagery to map built-up land, and treats each continuous stretch of built-up land as an urban area. This means that urban areas can extend beyond official city boundaries, and may include multiple cities and towns within a single urban area.

Can an urban area be smaller than its city? Yes. While most cities have urban areas larger than their administrative boundaries, some cities have extensive administrative limits that include sparsely populated areas.

31 urban areas in Guatemala with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the UN's population estimates for 2026.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2026)	Yearly Change	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)	World Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Ciudad de Guatemala (Guatemala City)	2,861,001	+0.81%	462	6,193	176	2,954,173	3,316,118
2	Quetzaltenango	294,067	+1.01%	86	3,411	1,995	305,913	446,130
3	Cobán	233,285	+1.83%	25	9,331	2,545	250,358	311,962
4	Chimaltenango	179,885	+2.41%	27	6,763	3,399	197,199	253,167
5	Flores	149,534	+2.02%	26	5,751	4,102	161,603	229,534
6	San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos]	118,884	+2.67%	37	3,179	5,240	131,577	159,240
7	San Pedro Sacatepéquez	118,674	+7.33%	28	4,238	5,246	153,461	181,463
8	Totonicapán	117,362	+3.77%	40	2,919	5,305	135,052	233,541
9	Escuintla	115,761	+2.11%	24	4,864	5,376	125,553	151,714
10	Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa	114,603	+0.87%	15	7,640	5,450	118,598	151,646
11	Mazatenango	113,232	+1.44%	19	5,837	5,512	119,770	141,974
12	Coatepeque	108,668	+1.64%	23	4,644	5,759	115,818	141,325
13	Antigua Guatemala	108,391	+0.77%	25	4,336	5,766	111,727	135,535
14	San Pedro Carchá	107,877	+1.44%	12	8,990	5,794	114,078	152,956
15	Jalapa	89,552	+0.77%	15	5,970	7,018	92,326	102,916
16	Santa Cruz Barillas	85,826	+1.24%	9.00	9,536	7,344	90,092	113,702
17	Santa Cruz del Quiché	83,422	+0.99%	14	5,959	7,569	86,727	131,869
18	Sololá - Tz'olöj Ya'	76,926	+9.35%	21	3,734	8,218	105,668	155,694
19	Chiantla	75,604	+1.20%	16	4,725	8,339	79,222	92,908
20	Puerto Barrios	68,278	+1.07%	18	3,793	9,189	71,195	133,529
21	Retalhuleu	66,710	+1.88%	12	5,380	9,405	71,734	115,727
22	Poptún	65,530	+3.10%	15	4,488	9,580	73,659	106,221
23	Grufes Sector de Mujere	65,147	+1.02%	9.00	7,239	9,641	67,801	102,174
24	Chiquimula	65,029	+1.13%	11	5,806	9,657	67,979	75,155
25	Malacatán	64,552	+2.33%	9.60	6,724	9,734	70,562	99,203
26	Momostenango	63,890	+2.10%	16	3,896	9,839	69,263	102,733
27	Morales	59,321	+1.24%	12	4,943	10,541	62,252	88,236
28	San Pedro Soloma	58,149	+1.27%	13	4,473	10,728	61,108	74,417
29	Jutiapa	57,973	+0.89%	13	4,459	10,756	60,043	80,490
30	El Estor	55,571	+1.35%	8.20	6,777	11,217	58,561	71,154
31	Santa María Nebaj	53,270	+1.24%	7.00	7,610	11,662	55,913	68,641

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.

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