Distillers Country guides / Guam
Guam
A one-page guide to Guam for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Hagatna
- Official languages
- English, Chamorro
- Currency
- US dollar (USD)
- Time zone
- UTC+10 (ChST)
- Area
- 541 km²
People
- Population
- 168,999 (2025)
- Population growth
- 0.7% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 94.2%
- Aged under 15
- 25.9%
- Aged 65 and over
- 13.1%
- Life expectancy
- 77.4 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$6.9 billion (2022)
- GDP per person
- US$41,833 (2022)
- Economic growth
- 5.1% (2022)
Climate
Tropical rainforest. Mean high about 30 C and mean low about 24.4 C. Dry season December-May, June transitional, wet season July-November; typhoon risk highest August-November.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia - Guam; 11 GCA 26302 excise tax on alcoholic beverages (policyrisk); DeWitt Guam - freight customs clearance guide; Pacific Daily/Guam Post - Flying Proa gin launch (Jan 2025); Guam Post - Guam-made gin wins international recognition (14 Sep 2020). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.