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Departments

The population of the departments of Guatemala according to census results.

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 Census (C) 2018-07-23
Guatemala	GTM	Ciudad de Guatemala	108,889	6,054,227	8,331,874	11,237,196	14,901,286		→
Alta Verapaz	AVE	Cobán	8,686	322,008	543,777	776,246	1,215,038	868600	→
Baja Verapaz	BVE	Salamá	3,124	115,602	155,480	215,915	299,476	312400	→
Chimaltenango	CMT	Chimaltenango	1,979	230,059	314,813	446,133	615,776	197900	→
Chiquimula	CQM	Chiquimula	2,376	168,863	230,767	302,485	415,063	237600	→
El Progreso	EPR	Guastatoya	1,922	81,188	108,400	139,490	176,632	192200	→
Escuintla	ESC	Escuintla	4,384	334,666	386,534	538,746	733,181	438400	→
Guatemala	GUA	Ciudad de Guatemala	2,126	1,311,192	1,813,825	2,541,581	3,015,081	212600	→
Huehuetenango	HUE	Huehuetenango	7,400	431,343	634,374	846,544	1,170,669	740000	→
Izabal	IZA	Puerto Barrios	9,038	194,618	253,153	314,306	408,688	903800	→
Jalapa	JAL	Jalapa	2,063	136,091	196,940	242,926	342,923	206300	→
Jutiapa	JUT	Jutiapa	3,219	251,068	307,491	389,085	488,395	321900	→
Petén	PET	Flores	35,854	131,927	224,884	366,735	545,600	3585400	→
Quetzaltenango	QUE	Quetzaltenango	1,951	366,949	503,857	624,716	799,101	195100	→
Quiché	QUI	Santa Cruz del Quiché	8,378	328,175	437,669	655,510	949,261	837800	→
Retalhuleu	RET	Retalhuleu	1,856	150,923	188,764	241,411	326,828	185600	→
Sacatepéquez	SAC	Antigua Guatemala	465	121,127	180,647	248,019	330,469	46500	→
San Marcos	SMA	San Marcos	3,791	472,326	645,418	794,951	1,032,277	379100	→
Santa Rosa	SRO	Cuilapa	2,955	194,168	246,698	301,370	396,607	295500	→
Sololá	SOL	Sololá	1,061	154,249	222,094	307,661	421,583	106100	→
Suchitepéquez	SUC	Mazatenango	2,510	237,554	307,187	403,945	554,695	251000	→
Totonicapán	TOT	Totonicapán	1,061	204,419	272,094	339,254	418,569	106100	→
Zacapa	ZAC	Zacapa	2,690	115,712	157,008	200,167	245,374	269000	→

The census figures are not adjusted for underenumeration. The 1981, 1994, 2002 and 2018 underenumeration rates are estimated as 13.8%, 16.6%, 8.3% and 9.0%, respectively. Adjusted population figures are used for the Administrative Division.
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2018-07-23
1	Ciudad de Guatemala	GUA	923,392
2	Mixco	GUA	463,019
3	Villa Nueva	GUA	426,316
4	Cobán	AVE	212,047
5	Quetzaltenango	QUE	180,706
6	Jalapa	JAL	159,840
7	Escuintla	ESC	156,313
8	San Juan Sacatepéquez	GUA	155,965
9	Jutiapa	JUT	145,880
10	Petapa	GUA	129,124

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all Guatemalan cities and towns with more than 12,500 inhabitants by census years.

The urban population of municipalities (municipios) is tabulated. In some cases, the population is spread across several distant settlements.

Name	Adm.	Population Census (Cf) 1994-04-17	Population Census (C) 2002-11-22	Population Census (C) 2018-07-23
Almolonga	QUE	8,911	11,131	12,299	→
Alotenango	SAC	7,543	14,339	23,358	→
Amatitlán	GUA	36,999	60,924	98,176	→
Antigua Guatemala	SAC	16,357	32,218	46,054	→
Asunción Mita	JUT	11,162	14,425	20,936	→
Ayutla	SMA	8,621	10,570	23,574	→
Barberena	SRO	10,274	24,085	47,093	→
Barillas (Santa Cruz Barillas)	HUE	5,924	11,379	17,166	→
Cajolá	QUE	2,900	2,892	14,948	→
Cantel	QUE	3,557	17,121	35,825	→
Chajul	QUI	6,623	10,095	24,247	→
Chicacao	SUC	7,554	16,154	26,309	→
Chichicastenango	QUI	3,644	45,549	71,394	→
Chimaltenango	CMT	26,465	62,917	96,985	→
Chinautla	GUA	37,102	77,071	104,972	→
Chiquimula	CQM	27,644	37,602	111,505	→
Chiquimulilla	SRO	9,696	12,001	18,848	→
Ciudad de Guatemala [Guatemala City]	GUA	823,301	942,348	923,392	→
Ciudad Vieja	SAC	14,292	25,226	32,802	→
Coatepeque	QUE	30,437	41,294	37,330	→
Cobán	AVE	33,996	47,202	212,047	→
Colomba	QUE	6,868	14,948	28,655	→
Comalapa (San Juan Comalapa)	CMT	16,295	19,524	32,312	→
Cubulco	BVE	4,453	8,025	10,681	→
Cuilapa	SRO	8,495	14,028	41,359	→
El Asintal	RET	1,892	4,721	17,388	→
El Estor	IZA	9,801	14,019	20,489	→
El Nuevo Palmar	QUE	5,318	11,875	19,115	→
El Tejar	CMT	6,116	12,498	15,639	→
Escuintla	ESC	49,026	86,678	156,313	→
Esquipulas	CQM	12,697	18,368	18,667	→
Flores	PET	9,330	16,122	38,186	→
Fraijanes	GUA	5,048	19,454	44,117	→
Guastatoya	EPR	5,145	10,776	24,821	→
Huehuetenango	HUE	19,922	57,289	117,818	→
Jacaltenango	HUE	7,016	23,464	22,533	→
Jalapa	JAL	23,884	39,301	159,840	→
Jocotenango	SAC	14,013	16,692	19,280	→
Joyabaj	QUI	3,758	9,752	15,451	→
Jutiapa	JUT	14,642	28,100	145,880	→
La Blanca	SMA	...	...	13,921	→
La Democracia	HUE	1,283	12,718	23,146	→
La Democracia	ESC	3,783	5,013	13,400	→
La Esperanza	QUE	2,824	11,258	19,724	→
La Gomera	ESC	5,509	17,383	26,533	→
La Libertad	PET	4,031	7,112	23,820	→
Livingston	IZA	3,939	10,613	17,923	→
Masagua	ESC	2,019	7,090	16,797	→
Mazatenango	SUC	30,350	40,281	77,431	→
Melchor de Mencos	PET	7,790	10,299	14,972	→
Mixco	GUA	209,791	384,428	463,019	→
Momostenango	TOT	7,446	22,718	15,601	→
Monjas	JAL	8,627	9,889	13,541	→
Morales	IZA	5,179	14,231	23,855	→
Nahualá	SOL	2,840	17,174	23,635	→
Nebaj	QUI	9,155	18,484	31,935	→
Nentón	HUE	1,689	2,303	18,606	→
Nueva Concepción	ESC	9,343	10,677	15,747	→
Nueva Santa Rosa	SRO	4,102	8,231	13,535	→
Nuevo San Carlos	RET	733	11,815	22,657	→
Olintepeque	QUE	3,095	18,150	31,545	→
Ostuncalco (San Juan Ostuncalco)	QUE	9,234	22,113	20,763	→
Palencia	GUA	6,007	14,164	31,824	→
Palín	ESC	11,390	24,680	62,095	→
Panajachel	SOL	4,950	10,238	13,767	→
Panzós	AVE	2,997	16,005	22,068	→
Parramos	CMT	4,971	8,177	11,970	→
Pastores	SAC	4,808	8,615	12,621	→
Patulul	SUC	5,267	11,259	11,343	→
Patzicía	CMT	9,543	14,496	21,249	→
Patzún	CMT	13,760	17,346	26,632	→
Petapa (San Miguel Petapa)	GUA	12,949	94,228	129,124	→
Playa Grande Ixcán	QUI	2,600	6,005	12,710	→
Poptún	PET	8,075	14,442	29,130	→
Puerto Barrios	IZA	29,095	48,581	100,593	→
Quetzaltenango	QUE	90,801	120,496	180,706	→
Rabinal	BVE	6,185	9,446	15,157	→
Retalhuleu	RET	27,563	34,300	90,505	→
Río Bravo	SUC	4,618	6,728	15,391	→
Salamá	BVE	10,430	18,080	65,275	→
Salcajá	QUE	8,652	11,110	17,042	→
San Agustín Acasaguastlán	EPR	4,639	8,574	17,728	→
San Andrés	PET	2,857	5,740	12,516	→
San Andrés Itzapa	CMT	10,768	16,350	24,992	→
San Andrés Xecul	TOT	3,464	9,025	15,074	→
San Antonio Suchitepéquez	SUC	4,112	8,724	13,666	→
Sanarate	EPR	9,308	13,931	20,976	→
San Benito	PET	12,685	24,792	34,788	→
San Cristóbal Totonicapán	TOT	4,378	4,233	12,589	→
San Cristóbal Verapaz	AVE	9,282	16,445	20,961	→
San Felipe	RET	4,455	7,586	17,360	→
San Francisco El Alto	TOT	2,926	33,240	38,995	→
San Francisco Zapotitlán	SUC	4,115	10,458	18,468	→
San José (Puerto San José)	ESC	14,170	17,430	23,887	→
San José Pinula	GUA	7,225	31,436	67,327	→
San Juan Chamelco	AVE	4,882	9,626	13,264	→
San Juan Cotzal	QUI	5,069	9,037	14,032	→
San Juan Sacatepéquez	GUA	8,349	81,584	155,965	→
San Lucas Sacatepéquez	SAC	8,298	14,783	20,723	→
San Lucas Tolimán	SOL	8,179	12,674	17,101	→
San Luis Jilotepeque	JAL	8,396	9,805	11,675	→
San Marcos	SMA	8,851	19,648	47,063	→
San Martín Jilotepeque	CMT	6,229	8,782	10,812	→
San Mateo Ixtatán	HUE	3,057	9,299	15,090	→
San Pablo	SMA	3,191	10,216	16,768	→
San Pablo Jocopilas	SUC	2,158	13,328	16,872	→
San Pedro Ayampuc	GUA	5,679	29,663	48,727	→
San Pedro Carchá	AVE	8,635	11,941	16,353	→
San Pedro La Laguna	SOL	7,256	9,372	10,705	→
San Pedro Sacatepéquez	SMA	14,992	31,783	49,589	→
San Pedro Sacatepéquez	GUA	8,764	12,673	36,932	→
San Pedro Soloma	HUE	4,244	8,710	14,166	→
San Raimundo	GUA	4,579	7,407	15,447	→
Santa Bárbara	SUC	2,112	8,784	17,172	→
Santa Catalina la Tinta	AVE	Panzós	11,722	20,552	→
Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan	SOL	2,277	9,811	19,560	→
Santa Catarina Mita	JUT	5,973	9,387	14,520	→
Santa Catarina Pinula	GUA	8,193	44,974	70,982	→
Santa Cruz del Quiché	QUI	14,352	20,870	78,279	→
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa	ESC	24,013	49,480	58,877	→
Santa Lucía Milpas Altas	SAC	1,871	8,542	12,234	→
Santa María Chiquimula	TOT	2,152	5,267	15,919	→
Santa María de Jesús	SAC	11,469	14,418	21,795	→
Santiago Atitlán	SOL	17,585	28,665	38,100	→
Santiago Sacatepéquez	SAC	9,840	19,520	24,100	→
Santo Domingo Xenacoj	SAC	5,059	7,687	10,632	→
Sayaxché	PET	3,771	7,322	13,780	→
Siquinalá	ESC	3,081	9,372	18,150	→
Sololá	SOL	7,573	30,155	88,612	→
Sumpango	SAC	13,954	18,910	28,488	→
Tactic	AVE	5,170	7,852	15,213	→
Tecpán Guatemala	CMT	9,121	17,788	34,519	→
Tiquisate (Pueblo Nuevo Tiquisate)	ESC	12,734	16,801	29,193	→
Totonicapán	TOT	7,146	44,762	103,952	→
Villa Canales	GUA	5,525	77,638	124,680	→
Villa Nueva	GUA	101,295	301,947	426,316	→
Yepocapa	CMT	5,930	8,096	17,021	→
Zacapa	ZAC	16,386	30,036	60,370	→
Zaragoza	CMT	6,699	8,609	11,176	→

The census figures are not adjusted for underenumeration. The 1981, 1994, 2002 and 2018 underenumerations are estimated as 13.8%, 16.6%, 8.3% and 9.0%, respectively.
(1994) provided by Clive Thornton.
(2002) (2018) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala.