Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Latin America and the Caribbean · Central America
Guatemala is recorded at 18.41m people in 2024, with total annual change of +282,334 under the WPP medium variant.
Guatemala observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 379,512 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -89,455 |
| Natural change | +290,057 |
| Net migration | -7,725 |
| Total change | +282,334 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +282,334 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -8,747,901 since 2077 |
| Projected 2100 | 25.91m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Guatemala 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 5.82m, ages 15-64 11.44m, ages 65+ 858.2k.
Guatemala 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 5.33m, ages 15-64 16.97m, ages 65+ 2.37m.
Guatemala 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 3.84m, ages 15-64 15.32m, ages 65+ 6.75m.
Stage since 2024.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2061.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.41m | 282,334 | 379.5k | 89.5k | 2.29 |
| 2030 | 20.07m | 271,220 | 380.9k | 102.2k | 2.13 |
| 2050 | 24.67m | 176,832 | 343.0k | 158.6k | 1.88 |
| 2080 | 27.13m | -17,909 | 282.0k | 293.2k | 1.74 |
| 2100 | 25.91m | -89,504 | 245.4k | 328.4k | 1.71 |