| Demographics of Guatemala | |
|---|---|
 Population pyramid of Guatemala in 2020 | |
| Population | 18,255,216 (2024 est.)[1] |
| Growth rate | 1.58% (2022 est.) |
| Birth rate | 19.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.) |
| Death rate | 4.91 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Life expectancy | 72.91 years |
| • male | 70.88 years |
| • female | 75.04 years |
| Fertility rate | 2.20 children born/woman (2023 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | 26.18 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Net migration rate | -1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 32.74% |
| 15–64 years | 61.95% |
| 65 and over | 5.31% |
| Sex ratio | |
| Total | 0.98 male(s)/female (2022 est.) |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| Under 15 | 1.04 male(s)/female |
| 65 and over | 0.68 male(s)/female |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Guatemalan |
| Major ethnic |
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| Minor ethnic |
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| Language | |
| Official | Spanish |
| Spoken | Languages of Guatemala |
This is a demography of the population of Guatemala including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
According to the 2018 census, 43.56% of the population is Indigenous including 41.66% Mayan, 1.77% Xinca, and 0.13% Garifuna (Mixed African and indigenous).[3] Approximately 56% of the population is "non-Indigenous",[3] referring to the Mestizo population (people of mixed European and indigenous descent) and the people of European origin. These people are called Ladino in Guatemala. The population is divided almost evenly between rural and urban areas.[4]
About 65% of the population speak Spanish, with nearly all the rest speaking indigenous languages (there are 23 officially recognized indigenous languages).[5]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1778 | 396,149 | — |
| 1880 | 1,224,602 | +209.1% |
| 1893 | 1,364,678 | +11.4% |
| 1921 | 2,004,900 | +46.9% |
| 1940 | 2,400,000 | +19.7% |
| 1950 | 2,790,868 | +16.3% |
| 1964 | 4,287,997 | +53.6% |
| 1973 | 5,160,221 | +20.3% |
| 1981 | 6,054,227 | +17.3% |
| 1994 | 8,331,874 | +37.6% |
| 2002 | 11,237,196 | +34.9% |
| 2018 | 14,901,286 | +32.6% |
| Source: [6][7] | ||
- ^ "Guatemala". The World Factbook (2024 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency.
- ^ a b c "Portal de Resultados del Censo 2018". Censopoblacion.gt. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ a b Resultados Del Censo 2018
- ^ "Caracterización estadística República de Guatemala 2012" (PDF). INE. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
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- ^ "Así ha crecido la población de Guatemala". República. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Censo de Población". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 18 September 2019.