Guadeloupe: cities by population
Guadeloupe has a population of 372,453 (UN estimate, 2026), with Basse-Terre as its capital. The 25 largest of its 25 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
-11%
since 2000 (419,567)
-12%
projected by 2050 (326,318)
229
people per km²
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.
Largest cities in Guadeloupe
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Les Abymes | Guadeloupe | 53,514 |
| 2 | Baie-Mahault | Guadeloupe | 30,837 |
| 3 | Le Gosier | Guadeloupe | 28,698 |
| 4 | Petit-Bourg | Guadeloupe | 24,994 |
| 5 | Sainte-Anne | Guadeloupe | 22,859 |
| 6 | Le Moule | Guadeloupe | 22,692 |
| 7 | Sainte-Rose | Guadeloupe | 20,192 |
| 8 | Capesterre-Belle-Eau | Guadeloupe | 19,821 |
| 9 | Pointe-à-Pitre | Guadeloupe | 15,181 |
| 10 | Lamentin | Guadeloupe | 14,891 |
| 11 | Saint-François | Guadeloupe | 12,732 |
| 12 | Basse-Terre | Guadeloupe | 11,472 |
| 13 | Saint-Claude | Guadeloupe | 10,134 |
| 14 | Trois-Rivières | Guadeloupe | 8,812 |
| 15 | Gourbeyre | Guadeloupe | 8,571 |
| 16 | Petit-Canal | Guadeloupe | 8,554 |
| 17 | Pointe-Noire | Guadeloupe | 7,749 |
| 18 | Vieux-Habitants | Guadeloupe | 7,728 |
| 19 | Grand-Bourg | Guadeloupe | 5,867 |
| 20 | Baillif | Guadeloupe | 5,705 |
| 21 | Port-Louis | Guadeloupe | 5,515 |
| 22 | Anse-Bertrand | Guadeloupe | 5,146 |
| 23 | Deshaies | Guadeloupe | 3,792 |
| 24 | Beauséjour | Guadeloupe | 1,716 |
| 25 | Petites Anses | Guadeloupe | 1,314 |
Twenty years earlier: Guadeloupe in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 449,524.
Common questions
What is the population of Guadeloupe?
Guadeloupe has a population of 372,453, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 326,318 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Guadeloupe?
Basse-Terre. The largest place we record there is Les Abymes, with 53,514 people.