Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Guatemala City
- Region
- Americas, Central America
- Population
- 18,687,881 (2025)
- Area
- 108,890 km²
- Currency
- Guatemalan quetzal (GTQ)
- Languages
- Spanish
- Calling code
- +502
- Internet domain
- .gt
- ISO codes
- GT, GTM, 320
- Time zone
- UTC-6:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Guatemala covers about 108,890 square kilometres. By area it ranks 108th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Cuba and a little larger than Iceland. It shares a land border with 4 neighbours: Belize, Honduras, Mexico, El Salvador. Its centre lies at about 16° north, 90° west, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 18.7 million people live in Guatemala (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 70th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.23 percent of the world's people. On average there are 172 people to each square kilometre. About 56 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 73 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Spanish. A person from Guatemala is called Guatemalan.
Money and economy
The currency is the Guatemalan quetzal (code GTQ, symbol Q). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 123 billion (2025), which is about US$ 6,598 for each person (2025).
Time
Guatemala uses one time zone, UTC-6:00 (America/Guatemala). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Guatemala City | 994,938 |
| Villa Nueva | 618,397 |
| Mixco | 465,773 |
| Cobán | 212,047 |
| Quetzaltenango | 180,706 |
| Jalapa | 159,840 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Central America
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.