Quetzaltenango's 2026 population is now estimated at 221,295. In 1994, the population of Quetzaltenango was 90,801. Quetzaltenango has grown by 5,534 in the last year, which represents a 2.56% annual change. These population values and projections come from CityPopulation Guatemala cities and towns census series (1994, 2002) fallback access, INE Guatemala Censo 2018 A1.2 municipio urban population and World Population Review Internal Projections .