Guatemala Population Pyramid 2022
Guatemala in 2022
As of 2022, Guatemala counted 17,847,877 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 2012, the population was 15,089,646; it has grown by 18.3% since.
The median age was 23.3 years, and for every 100 people of working age (15–64) there were 52.2 children under 15 and 7.4 people aged 65 or over. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The fertility rate of Guatemala was 2.31 births per woman in 2023, above the 2.1 needed to replace each generation.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
A child born there in 2023 could expect to live 72.6 years on average (74.9 years for girls, 70.3 for boys).
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
89,725 immigrants live in Guatemala, 0.5% of the population.
| El Salvador | 22,750 |
| Mexico | 20,758 |
| United States of America | 10,228 |
| Nicaragua | 10,131 |
| Honduras | 9,924 |
1,460,232 people born in Guatemala live in other countries.
| United States of America | 1,298,936 |
| Mexico | 81,012 |
| Belize | 29,643 |
| Canada | 18,187 |
| El Salvador | 9,157 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 17,847,877 | 23.3 | |
| Honduras | 10,463,872 | 24.2 | |
| Nicaragua | 6,730,654 | 25.9 | |
| El Salvador | 6,280,319 | 27.6 | |
| Costa Rica | 5,081,765 | 34.5 |





