According to the cited documentsMunicipalities
Population, Guatemala dept.
3,755,757
2026 projectionINEPopulation in 2018 and projected for 2026 (INE, as of 30 June): Guatemala 3,429,290 → 3,755,757 (one in five Guatemalans; the entire metropolitan industrial ring); Huehuetenango 1,315,698 → 1,533,735 (second most populous, with GDP per capita among the lowest); Alta Verapaz 1,274,891 → 1,482,083 (Cobán as the northern hub); San Marcos 1,137,726 → 1,271,974 (border with Mexico); Quetzaltenango 869,071 → 974,752; Escuintla 769,560 → 854,115 (the Pacific industrial and port corridor); Chimaltenango 706,802 → 808,669 (maquila and agro-export along the Inter-American Highway); Izabal 428,335 → 474,800 (both Atlantic ports).
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- Population, Escuintla854,1152026 projectionINE
- Population, Chimaltenango808,6692026 projectionINE
- Population, Izabal474,8002026 projectionINE
- Population, Quetzaltenango974,7522026 projectionINE
