Guatemala
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and North America.
- Capital
- Guatemala City
- Continent
- North America
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- Central America
- Land neighbours
- Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico
- Population
- 18,687,881 (2025)
- Total area
- 108,890 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 15.7° N, 90.4° W
Guatemala at a glance
Guatemala is a country in North America, in Central America. Its capital is Guatemala City. It shares land borders with 4 countries: Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico.
Flag of Guatemala
Guatemala’s flag is drawn in the proportions 5:8 (height to width), like 4 other flags in our quizzes.
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Saint Lucia, Somalia, Micronesia and Kosovo.
Guatemala in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in North America |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 18,687,881 | 69thof 195 | 4thof 23 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 108,890 km² | 105thof 194 | 7thof 23 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $123.3B | 65thof 182 | 5thof 21 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $6,598 | 99thof 182 | 17thof 21 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 72.7 years | 107thof 195 | 17thof 23 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 2.29 | 83rdof 195 | 3rdof 23 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $392 | 102ndof 191 | 18thof 22 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 56.3% | 118thof 195 | 15thof 23 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 60.2% | 133rdof 180 | 21stof 23 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 32.6% | 94thof 191 | 17thof 23 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 1.11 t | 125thof 181 | 20thof 23 |
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Guatemala compared with its neighbours
| Country | Population2025 | Area2023 | GDP per person2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 18,687,881 | 108,890 km² | $6,598 |
| Belize | 422,924 | 22,966 km² | $7,865 |
| El Salvador | 6,365,503 | 21,040 km² | $5,767 |
| Honduras | 11,005,850 | 112,490 km² | $3,598 |
| Mexico | 131,946,900 | 1,957,194 km² | $13,889 |
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Guatemala · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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