Ecuador vs Guatemala: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 63.4% in Ecuador and 56.3% in Guatemala, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Ecuador, by 7.1 percentage points, or 1.13 times that in Guatemala.

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% of people · UN

EcuadorGuatemalaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Ecuador has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Ecuador at 79.9% and Guatemala at 62.6% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Ecuador	Guatemala
2025	63.4	56.3
2024	63.2	56
2023	63.1	55.6
2022	63.1	55.3
2021	63.1	54.9
2020	63.1	54.6
2019	63.1	54.2
2018	63	53.9
2017	63	53.8
2016	63	53.7
2015	63	53.4
2014	62.9	53.2
2013	62.9	52.8
2012	62.8	52.4
2011	62.8	51.9
2010	62.7	51.3
2009	62.7	50.7
2008	62.5	50.1
2007	62.4	49.5
2006	62.2	48.8
2005	62	48.1
2004	61.8	47.3
2003	61.5	46.6
2002	61.3	45.8
2001	61	44.7
2000	60.7	43.2
1999	60.3	41.6
1998	59.8	39.9
1997	59.3	38.3
1996	58.8	36.9
1995	58.2	35.8
1994	57.6	35.1
1993	57	34.7
1992	56.4	34.4
1991	55.7	34.2
1990	55.1	33.9
1989	54.4	33.7
1988	53.7	33.5
1987	53	33.3
1986	52.2	33.1
1985	51.4	33
1984	50.6	32.9
1983	49.7	32.8
1982	48.9	32.7
1981	48	32.7
1980	47	32.8
1979	45.9	33.2
1978	44.9	33.7
1977	43.9	34.4
1976	43	35.1
1975	42.1	35.7
1974	41.4	36.2
1973	40.8	36.4
1972	40.3	36.4
1971	39.8	36.2
1970	39.3	36
1969	38.9	35.7
1968	38.5	35.4
1967	38.1	35
1966	37.7	34.6
1965	37.3	34.1
1964	36.8	33.7
1963	36.3	33.3
1962	35.8	32.8
1961	35.3	32.4
1960	34.7	31.9
1959	34.1	31.3
1958	33.5	30.7
1957	32.9	30.1
1956	32.3	29.5
1955	31.7	28.8
1954	31	28.1
1953	30.3	27.4
1952	29.7	26.7
1951	29	25.9
1950	28.3	25.1

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

Year	Ecuador	Guatemala
2026	63.6	56.6
2027	63.8	57
2028	64.1	57.3
2029	64.5	57.6
2030	64.9	57.9
2031	65.3	58.3
2032	65.8	58.6
2033	66.3	58.9
2034	66.8	59.2
2035	67.4	59.4
2036	68	59.7
2037	68.7	60
2038	69.4	60.2
2039	70.1	60.5
2040	70.8	60.7
2041	71.6	61
2042	72.4	61.2
2043	73.3	61.4
2044	74.2	61.6
2045	75	61.8
2046	76	62
2047	76.9	62.2
2048	77.9	62.3
2049	78.9	62.5
2050	79.9	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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