Guatemala: flag, capital & map
Get to know Guatemala, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Guatemala City
- Region
- North America
- Subregion
- Central America
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 18,687,881
- Area
- 108,889 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Spanish
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Guatemalan Quetzal (GTQ)
- Land neighbours
- Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico
Guatemala is a country in Central America. Its capital is Guatemala City.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Guatemala
The flag of Guatemala is composed of three equal vertical bands of light blue, white and light blue, with the national coat of arms centered in the white band.
Where it is
Guatemala is grouped in Central America, within Roam’s North America region. Its land-border list includes 4 countries in this atlas: Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Guatemala has a recorded area of 108,889 square kilometres. Among the 7 countries assigned to Central America in this dataset, it ranks 3 by area, from largest to smallest. Honduras is immediately above it in that ordering, at 112,492 km². Panama is immediately below it, at 75,417 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 18,687,881 people for Guatemala in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 172 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Spanish. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Guatemalan Quetzal (GTQ). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Guatemala?
Reveal answer
Guatemala City. Guatemala is a country in Central America. Its capital is Guatemala City.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Guatemala?
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The flag of Guatemala is composed of three equal vertical bands of light blue, white and light blue, with the national coat of arms centered in the white band.
Which land neighbours of Guatemala are included in this atlas?
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Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico. The source classifies Guatemala as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Guatemala?
Reveal answer
Spanish. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Guatemala.
Which currency codes are listed for Guatemala?
Reveal answer
Guatemalan Quetzal (GTQ). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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