Guatemala vs Mexico: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 56.3% in Guatemala and 80% in Mexico, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by 23.7 percentage points, or 1.42 times that in Guatemala.

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% of people · UN

GuatemalaMexicoUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Guatemala ranked 144 and Mexico ranked 63 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Guatemala at 62.6% and Mexico at 89.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Guatemala	Mexico
2025	56.3	80
2024	56	79.8
2023	55.6	79.5
2022	55.3	79.2
2021	54.9	78.9
2020	54.6	78.7
2019	54.2	78.4
2018	53.9	78
2017	53.8	77.7
2016	53.7	77.4
2015	53.4	77.2
2014	53.2	77
2013	52.8	76.8
2012	52.4	76.7
2011	51.9	76.6
2010	51.3	76.5
2009	50.7	76.5
2008	50.1	76.5
2007	49.5	76.5
2006	48.8	76.5
2005	48.1	76.5
2004	47.3	76.3
2003	46.6	76.1
2002	45.8	75.7
2001	44.7	75.3
2000	43.2	74.9
1999	41.6	74.6
1998	39.9	74.3
1997	38.3	74
1996	36.9	73.6
1995	35.8	73.3
1994	35.1	73
1993	34.7	72.6
1992	34.4	72.2
1991	34.2	71.9
1990	33.9	71.5
1989	33.7	71
1988	33.5	70.6
1987	33.3	70.1
1986	33.1	69.6
1985	33	69.1
1984	32.9	68.6
1983	32.8	68.1
1982	32.7	67.5
1981	32.7	66.9
1980	32.8	66.3
1979	33.2	65.7
1978	33.7	65
1977	34.4	64.4
1976	35.1	63.6
1975	35.7	62.9
1974	36.2	62.1
1973	36.4	61.4
1972	36.4	60.6
1971	36.2	59.8
1970	36	59
1969	35.7	58.3
1968	35.4	57.5
1967	35	56.6
1966	34.6	55.8
1965	34.1	55
1964	33.7	54.1
1963	33.3	53.3
1962	32.8	52.4
1961	32.4	51.6
1960	31.9	50.8
1959	31.3	49.9
1958	30.7	49.1
1957	30.1	48.3
1956	29.5	47.5
1955	28.8	46.7
1954	28.1	45.9
1953	27.4	45.1
1952	26.7	44.2
1951	25.9	43.4
1950	25.1	42.6

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

Year	Guatemala	Mexico
2026	56.6	80.3
2027	57	80.6
2028	57.3	80.9
2029	57.6	81.3
2030	57.9	81.6
2031	58.3	81.9
2032	58.6	82.2
2033	58.9	82.6
2034	59.2	82.9
2035	59.4	83.3
2036	59.7	83.7
2037	60	84
2038	60.2	84.4
2039	60.5	84.8
2040	60.7	85.2
2041	61	85.6
2042	61.2	86
2043	61.4	86.4
2044	61.6	86.8
2045	61.8	87.3
2046	62	87.7
2047	62.2	88.1
2048	62.3	88.6
2049	62.5	89
2050	62.6	89.5

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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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