Quetzaltenango — UN urban centre
Quetzaltenango: 291,105 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,995 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 633; territory: Guatemala (GTM). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 14.8555, -91.5356. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 55,371 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 72,632 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 81,954 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 97,754 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 114,582 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 137,602 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 177,599 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 208,669 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 233,282 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 291,105 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 305,913 | Projection |
| 2035 | 327,201 | Projection |
| 2040 | 394,542 | Projection |
| 2045 | 430,888 | Projection |
| 2050 | 446,130 | Projection |
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