🌆 Largest Cities in Guatemala
Cities of Guatemala with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by population (GeoNames).
Guatemala City16%
Villa Nueva10%
Mixco7.6%
Cobán3.5%
Quetzaltenango3%
Jalapa2.6%
Escuintla2.6%
Villa Canales2.5%
Jutiapa2.4%
Chichicastenango2.3%
San Juan Sacatepéquez2.2%
Petapa2.2%
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa1.8%
Chiquimula1.8%
Coatepeque1.7%
Chinautla
Totonicapán
Puerto Barrios
Chimaltenango
Malacatán
Retalhuleu
Santa Catarina Pinula
San José Pinula
Huehuetenango
Santa Cruz del Quiché
Mazatenango
Panzos
Amatitlán
Palín
Salamá
Chicacao
Zacapa
Comitancillo
Fraijanes
San Pedro Ayampuc
Patzún
San Francisco El Alto
Ostuncalco
10 others7.3%
1
Guatemala CityGuatemala
994,938
2
Villa NuevaGuatemala
618,397
3
MixcoGuatemala
465,773
4
CobánAlta Verapaz
212,047
5
QuetzaltenangoQuetzaltenango
180,706
6
JalapaJalapa
159,840
7
EscuintlaEscuintla
156,313
8
Villa CanalesGuatemala
155,423
9
JutiapaJutiapa
145,880
10
ChichicastenangoQuiché
141,567
11
San Juan SacatepéquezGuatemala
136,886
12
PetapaGuatemala
135,447
13
Santa Lucía CotzumalguapaEscuintla
112,780
14
ChiquimulaChiquimula
111,505
15
CoatepequeQuetzaltenango
105,415
16
ChinautlaGuatemala
104,972
17
TotonicapánTotonicapán
103,952
18
Puerto BarriosIzabal Department
100,593
19
ChimaltenangoChimaltenango
96,985
20
MalacatánSan Marcos
92,816
21
RetalhuleuRetalhuleu
90,505
22
Santa Catarina PinulaGuatemala
80,582
23
San José PinulaGuatemala
79,844
24
HuehuetenangoHuehuetenango
79,426
25
Santa Cruz del QuichéQuiché
78,279
26
MazatenangoSuchitepeque
77,431
27
PanzosAlta Verapaz
71,846
28
AmatitlánGuatemala
71,836
29
PalínEscuintla
65,873
30
SalamáBaja Verapaz
65,275
31
ChicacaoSuchitepeque
60,735
32
ZacapaZacapa
60,424
33
ComitancilloSan Marcos
59,489
34
FraijanesGuatemala
58,922
35
San Pedro AyampucGuatemala
58,609
36
PatzúnChimaltenango
58,240
37
San Francisco El AltoTotonicapán
57,894
38
OstuncalcoQuetzaltenango
51,828
39
SolomaHuehuetenango
49,030
40
Asunción MitaJutiapa
48,297
41
ColombaQuetzaltenango
47,544
42
BarberenaSanta Rosa Department
47,093
43
San MarcosSan Marcos
47,063
44
Antigua GuatemalaSacatepéquez
46,054
45
SololáSololá
45,373
46
MasaguaEscuintla
45,323
47
CantelQuetzaltenango
42,142
48
CuilapaSanta Rosa Department
41,359
49
PatululSuchitepeque
40,683
50
San Pedro SacatepéquezSan Marcos
40,021
Highlights
Within Guatemala, Guatemala City ranks first in 2026 with 994,938, followed by Villa Nueva (618,397) and Mixco (465,773).
Guatemala City is 1.6 times higher than Villa Nueva, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 994,938 (Guatemala City) to 40,021 (San Pedro Sacatepéquez), with a median of 77,855.
Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: people.
Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 14, 2026 — GeoNames aggregates census and estimate figures, so the reference year varies by city, and a few figures cover the metropolitan area rather than the city proper.