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Guatemala: map and facts
Guatemala is in Central America. It has about 18.7 million people (2025), the 69th largest population. It covers 108,889 km², the 105th largest by area. That is about 172 people per km². Its highest point is Volcan Tajumulco, at 4,203 m. The longest river on its map is the Usumacinta, 560 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 18,687,881 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 108,889 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Guatemala City
- Highest point: Volcan Tajumulco, 4,203 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 33.1% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Guatemala, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Usumacinta: 560 km
- Motagua: 486 km
- Chixoy: 400 km
- Pasión: 353 km
- Polochic: 194 km
- San Pedro: 186 km
- Hondo: 150 km
- Paz: 134 km
- Sarstoon: 111 km
Also on the map: Cuilco, Rio Salinas and San Gregorio.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Volcan Tajumulco: 4,203 m (its highest point)
- Volcan Tacana: 4,064 m
Mountain ranges: Sierra Madre de Chiapas and Maya Mountains.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Central America and Yucatan Peninsula.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): wooded savanna 34.7%, evergreen broadleaf forest 34.4%, savanna 18.4%, grassland 2.9%, farmland 2.8%, farmland with natural plants 2.4%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 43%, plains 30.1%, hills 20.7%, high mountains 4%, plateaus 2.2%.
Forests covered 33.1% of its land in 2024, down from 45.3% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Guatemala shares land borders with Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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