Urban Geography
- The 5 largest cities are...
- Villa Nueva
- Guatemala City
- Mixco
- Petapa
- San Juan Sacatepequez
- The largest city, Villa Nueva, has a population of 1,500,000
- Rank-size Rule Estimates:
- Population Guatemala City: 750,000
- Population Mixco: 500,000
- Population Petapa: 375,000
- Population San Juan Saccatepequez: 300,000
- Actual Population:
- Population Guatemala City: 1,022,000
- Population Mixco: 452,134
- Population Petapa: 94,228
- Population San Juan Saccatepequez: 81,584
- Based on the populations of Guatemala's five largest cities, the rank-size rule in proven invalid. The estimates and the actual population were very different. The difference between the estimates of Guatemala city and the actual population was 250,000 which is very High. The estimates and actual population of Mixco was suprisingly very close with only a difference of 50,000. The estimates and actual population of Petapa was one of the largest differences (280,772) and the estimates and actual population of San Juan Saccatepequez had a difference of 218,416. Overall, comparing the actual population with the estimated population, the differences were very high and therefore, the rank-size rule is proven invalid.
- Population: 15.47 million
- Population Density: 134.51 people per sq km
- % Urban Population: 51%
- % Urban Population Living in Slums: 59.39%
- Average % Change in Urban population: 3.43%
- % with Improved Urban Sanitation: 88.4%
- % with Improved Urban Water Supply: 99.1%