North America · Central America
Guatemala
Guatemala covers about 109,000 km² (42,000 mi²), the 107th largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Cuba, at about 110,000 km².
- 109,000km²Area, main territory
- 17.3 millionPopulation
- 3.55In Belgiums
100 km
- Guatemala
Facts
| Area, main territory | 109,000 km²42,000 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 109,000 km²Wikidata · agrees with our measure |
| In Belgiums | 3.55 |
| Capital | Guatemala City |
| Population | 17.3 millionWikidata, 2018 |
| Density | 159 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 14°N to 18°N |
| In other languages | グアテマラ 日本語 · 危地马拉 中文 · 과테말라 한국어 |
| Continent | North America#8 of 27 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Guatemala
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 156× the size of Guatemala.
- Guatemala ranks 71st of 237 by population but only 106th of 239 by area: it holds more people than its size suggests.
- At 159 people per km², Guatemala is the 40th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
- Guatemala lies at 16°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.1×.
- Laid out flat, Guatemala's main territory stretches about 454 km north to south and 432 km east to west.
- Wikidata's official figure of 109,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 109,000 km², to within 2%.
How Guatemala measures up
Guatemala holds 0.4% of the land area and 2.9% of the people of the 27 countries listed for North America. In Central America it is the 4th largest of 8.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 109,000 km² | 106th of 239 |
| Population | 17.3 million | 71st of 237 |
| Density | 159 per km² | 40th of 185 |
| Farthest north | 15.7°N | 117th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Guatemala is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 3.55× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 0.45× its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 0.30× its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 0.29× its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 0.20× its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 0.03× its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 0.01× its size |
Where Guatemala sits
- Guatemala's centre lies at 15.7°N, 90.4°W, in the northern and western hemispheres, about 1,740 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 14°N to 18°N, about 450 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
If Guatemala had other densities
- At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², Guatemala would have 136.3 million people. It has 17.3 million.
- At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², Guatemala would have 405,000 people. It has 17.3 million.
- At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 7.9 million.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2018; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11