Belize vs Guatemala: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 41.6% in Belize and 56.3% in Guatemala, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 14.7 percentage points, or 1.35 times that in Belize.

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% of people · UN

BelizeGuatemalaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Guatemala has been higher since 2004, when it overtook Belize.
In 2025, Belize ranked 176 and Guatemala ranked 144 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Belize at 43% and Guatemala at 62.6% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Belize	Guatemala
2025	41.6	56.3
2024	41.8	56
2023	42	55.6
2022	42.1	55.3
2021	42.4	54.9
2020	42.7	54.6
2019	42.9	54.2
2018	43.2	53.9
2017	43.4	53.8
2016	43.7	53.7
2015	43.9	53.4
2014	44.2	53.2
2013	44.4	52.8
2012	44.7	52.4
2011	44.9	51.9
2010	45.2	51.3
2009	45.5	50.7
2008	45.8	50.1
2007	46.1	49.5
2006	46.4	48.8
2005	46.7	48.1
2004	47	47.3
2003	47.3	46.6
2002	47.5	45.8
2001	47.6	44.7
2000	47.7	43.2
1999	47.7	41.6
1998	47.6	39.9
1997	47.6	38.3
1996	47.5	36.9
1995	47.5	35.8
1994	47.4	35.1
1993	47.4	34.7
1992	47.3	34.4
1991	47.3	34.2
1990	47.4	33.9
1989	47.6	33.7
1988	47.9	33.5
1987	48.3	33.3
1986	48.8	33.1
1985	49.3	33
1984	49.8	32.9
1983	50.3	32.8
1982	50.8	32.7
1981	51.3	32.7
1980	51.7	32.8
1979	52	33.2
1978	52.3	33.7
1977	52.7	34.4
1976	53	35.1
1975	53.3	35.7
1974	53.6	36.2
1973	53.9	36.4
1972	54.1	36.4
1971	54.2	36.2
1970	54.3	36
1969	54.3	35.7
1968	54.2	35.4
1967	54.2	35
1966	54.1	34.6
1965	54.1	34.1
1964	54	33.7
1963	54	33.3
1962	53.9	32.8
1961	53.9	32.4
1960	53.9	31.9
1959	53.9	31.3
1958	53.9	30.7
1957	54	30.1
1956	54.1	29.5
1955	54.1	28.8
1954	54.3	28.1
1953	54.4	27.4
1952	54.5	26.7
1951	54.7	25.9
1950	54.9	25.1

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Belize	Guatemala
2026	41.4	56.6
2027	41.2	57
2028	41.2	57.3
2029	41.2	57.6
2030	41.2	57.9
2031	41.2	58.3
2032	41.2	58.6
2033	41.2	58.9
2034	41.3	59.2
2035	41.3	59.4
2036	41.3	59.7
2037	41.4	60
2038	41.4	60.2
2039	41.5	60.5
2040	41.5	60.7
2041	41.6	61
2042	41.7	61.2
2043	41.8	61.4
2044	41.9	61.6
2045	42.1	61.8
2046	42.2	62
2047	42.4	62.2
2048	42.6	62.3
2049	42.8	62.5
2050	43	62.6

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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