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{{Infobox place demographics
|place              = [[Guatemala]]
|image              = File:Guatemala single age population pyramid 2020.png
|image_size         = 350
|size_of_population = 18,255,216 (2024 est.)<ref name="cia">{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Guatemala}}</ref>
|caption            = Population pyramid of Guatemala in 2020
|age_0–14_years     = 32.74%
|age_15–64_years    = 61.95%
|age_65_years       = 5.31%
|growth             = 1.58% (2022 est.)
|death              = 4.91 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
|birth              = 19.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
|net_migration      = -1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
|sr_at_birth        = 1.05 male(s)/female
|sr_under_15        = 1.04 male(s)/female
|sr_65_years_over   = 0.68 male(s)/female
|total_mf_ratio     = 0.98 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
|infant_mortality   = 26.18 deaths/1,000 live births
|life               = 72.91 years
|life_male          = 70.88 years
|life_female        = 75.04 years
|fertility          = 2.20 children born/woman (2023 est.)
|nation             = [[Guatemalans|Guatemalan]]
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| major_ethnic       = {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
* [[Multiracial people|Mixed]] (56.14%)<ref name="censopoblacion.gt">{{cite web |url=https://www.censopoblacion.gt/mapas |title=Portal de Resultados del Censo 2018 |publisher=Censopoblacion.gt |date= |accessdate=2022-04-14 |archive-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217015625/https://www.censopoblacion.gt/mapas |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Ladino people|Ladino]] (56.01%)
** [[Garifuna]] (0.13%)
{{tree list/end}}
}}
| minor_ethnic       = {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
* [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native]] (43.43%)<ref name="censopoblacion.gt">{{cite web |url=https://www.censopoblacion.gt/mapas |title=Portal de Resultados del Censo 2018 |publisher=Censopoblacion.gt |date= |accessdate=2022-04-14 |archive-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217015625/https://www.censopoblacion.gt/mapas |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Maya peoples|Maya]] (41.66%)
** [[Xinca people|Xinca]] (1.77%)
* [[Afro-Guatemalans|Black]] (0.19%)<ref name="censopoblacion.gt">{{cite web |url=https://www.censopoblacion.gt/mapas |title=Portal de Resultados del Censo 2018 |publisher=Censopoblacion.gt |date= |accessdate=2022-04-14 |archive-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217015625/https://www.censopoblacion.gt/mapas |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Others (0.24%)
{{tree list/end}}
}}
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|official           = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| spoken            = [[Languages of Guatemala]]
}}
This is a [[demographics|demography]] of the [[population]] of [[Guatemala]] including [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|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% [[Maya peoples|Mayan]], 1.77% [[Xinca people|Xinca]], and 0.13% [[Garifuna]] (Mixed African and indigenous).<ref name="census2018">[https://www.censopoblacion.gt/mapas Resultados Del Censo 2018]</ref> Approximately 56% of the population is "non-Indigenous",<ref name="census2018" /> referring to the [[Mestizo]] population (people of mixed European and indigenous descent) and the people of [[Europeans|European]] origin. These people are called [[Ladino people|Ladino]] in Guatemala. The population is divided almost evenly between rural and urban areas.<ref name=INE>{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gob.gt/sistema/uploads/2014/02/26/5eTCcFlHErnaNVeUmm3iabXHaKgXtw0C.pdf |title=Caracterización estadística República de Guatemala 2012 |access-date=2014-11-02 |publisher=INE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113144400/http://www.ine.gob.gt/sistema/uploads/2014/02/26/5eTCcFlHErnaNVeUmm3iabXHaKgXtw0C.pdf |archive-date=2014-11-13 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
About 65% of the population speak Spanish, with nearly all the rest speaking indigenous languages (there are 23 officially recognized indigenous languages).<ref name="Cia">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guatemala/ |title=CIA - The World Factbook |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=2013-04-22}}</ref>
{{Historical populations
| title= Population census
| 1778 | 396,149
| 1880 | 1,224,602
| 1893 | 1,364,678
| 1921 | 2,004,900
| 1940 | 2,400,000
| 1950 | 2,790,868
| 1964 | 4,287,997
| 1973 | 5,160,221
| 1981 | 6,054,227
| 1994 | 8,331,874
| 2002 | 11,237,196
| 2018 | 14,901,286
|source = <ref>{{cite web |title=Así ha crecido la población de Guatemala |url=https://republica.gt/2019/09/17/censo-asi-ha-crecido-la-poblacion-de-guatemala/ |website=República |date=17 September 2019 |access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Censo de Población |url=https://www.censopoblacion.gt/ |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística |access-date=18 September 2019}}</ref>
}}
==Population==
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| y1= 1.8, 1.8, 1.9, 1.9, 1.9, 2, 2, 2.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.2, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.4, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5,3.6, 3.7,  3.8, 3.9, 4, 4.1, 4.3,  4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.9, 5, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7, 5.9, 6, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.7, 6.8, 7, 7.2,7.4, 7.5, 7.7, 7.9, 8.1, 8.3, 8.5, 8.7, 8.9, 9.1, 9.3, 9.5, 9.8, 10, 10.2, 10.4, 10.7, 10.9, 11.2, 11.5, 11.8, 12.1, 12.4, 12.7, 13, 13.3, 13.7, 14, 14.3, 14.5, 14.8, 15, 15.3, 15.6,  15.8, 16.1, 16.3, 16.6, 16.9, 17.1
| y1Title= population (million)
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| x = 1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
| y1= 32.1, 30.4, 26.7, 20.2, 16.6, 20.8, 23.3, 22.2, 20.3, 18.0, 23.6, 21.0, 15.2, 16.9, 20.2, 24.3, 23.6, 27.5, 28.4, 29.9, 27.4, 31.1, 25.4, 26.4, 31.4, 26.7, 27.5, 27.4, 26.0, 30.8, 30.4, 32.0, 29.1, 29.2, 28.9, 27.6, 27.8, 27.1, 26.7, 25.5, 25.7, 28.6, 31.3, 29.6, 31.1, 28.4, 30.0, 33.6, 33.8, 33.6, 34.1, 33.3, 32.9, 31.6, 31.4, 33.3, 31.8, 31.2, 32.8, 32.7, 31.3, 31.5, 31.2, 31.1, 31.4, 30.6, 31.0, 30.6, 30.9, 31.4, 32.0, 30.3, 27.3, 25.6, 25.6, 23.9, 22.9, 22.2, 21.9, 20.0, 20.3, 20.7, 21.5, 20.6, 20.1, 19.9, 19.5, 18.6, 18.3, 16.9, 14.5, 13.4
| y1Title=Natural change (per 1000)
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| x =  2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
| y1= 3.796,3.621, 3.461, 3.386, 3.122, 3.095, 3.088, 3.105, 3.050, 3.046,2.896,  2.804, 2.663, 2.617, 2.464, 2.266, 2.261
| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate
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According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population estimate was {{UN_Population|Guatemala}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}. The proportion of the population below the age of 15 in 2010 was 41.5%, 54.1% were aged between 15 and 65 years of age, and 4.4% were aged 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2012">{{Cite web|url=https://population.un.org/wpp/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=population.un.org}}</ref>
[[Guatemala City]] is home to almost 3 million inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guatemala/ |title=CIA World Factbook, Guatemala |date=July 2011 |access-date=22 December 2011}}</ref> In 1900 Guatemala had a population of 1,885,000.<ref>{{cite web
| last = Lahmeyer
| first = Jan
| title = Guatemala: historical demographical data of the whole country
| website = Population Statistics
| date = 2002
| url = http://www.populstat.info/Americas/guatemac.htm
| access-date = 2015-05-03
| archive-date = 2010-05-22
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100522101502/http://www.populstat.info/Americas/guatemac.htm
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
Over the 21st century Guatemala's population grew by a factor of fourteen. Even though Guatemala's population grew by a factor of 14, it still wasn't the biggest jump in that region.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org|access-date=2017-03-28}}</ref> Although Guatemala does have an increase in population, the annual population isn't the superior in that region of the world as well.<ref name="auto"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
!
! width="70pt"|Total population<br /> (x 1000)
! width="70pt"|Proportion<br />aged 0–14<br />(%)
! width="70pt"|Proportion<br />aged 15–64<br />(%)
! width="70pt"|Proportion<br />aged 65+<br />(%)
|-
| 1950
|3 146||44.6||52.9||2.5
|-
| 1955
|3 619||45.4||52.0||2.6
|-
| 1960
|4 141||45.8||51.6||2.7
|-
| 1965
|4 736||45.2||52.0||2.8
|-
| 1970
|5 416||44.6||52.5||2.9
|-
| 1975
|6 194||44.8||52.3||2.9
|-
| 1980
|7 001||45.4||51.6||3.0
|-
| 1985
|7 920||45.7||51.2||3.1
|-
| 1990
|8 890||45.4||51.3||3.4
|-
| 1995
|9 984||44.9||51.4||3.7
|-
| 2000
|11 651||43.7||52.3||4.0
|-
| 2005
|13 096||42.3||53.6||4.2
|-
| 2010
|14 630||39.4||56.3||4.3
|-
| 2015
|16 252||36.2||59.3||4.5
|-
| 2020
|17 916||33.3||61.6||5.0
|}
===Population by departments===
In Guatemala, there are 22 [[Departments of Guatemala|departments]] that make up the country. Each department has its own population, with [[Guatemala Department]] ranking at 1 with the highest population and [[El Progreso Department]] ranking at 22 with the lowest population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inforpressca.com/municipal/mapas_web/guatemala.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416003407/http://www.inforpressca.com/municipal/mapas_web/guatemala.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-04-16|title=Republica de Guatemala|date=2009-04-16|access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
![[Departments of Guatemala|Department]]
!Pop.
!Rank
![[Departments of Guatemala|Department]]
!Pop.
|-
|1
|[[Guatemala Department]]
|3,306,397
|12
|[[Jutiapa Department|Jutiapa]]
|489,085
|-
|2
|[[Huehuetenango Department|Huehuetenango]]
|1,234,593
|13
|[[Izabal Department|Izabal]]
|445,125
|-
|3
|[[Alta Verapaz Department|Alta Verapaz]]
|1,219,585
|14
|[[Chiquimula Department|Chiquimula]]
|397,202
|-
|4
|[[San Marcos Department|San Marcos]]
|1,095,997
|15
|[[Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala|Santa Rosa]]
|367,569
|-
|5
|[[Quiché Department|Quiché]]
|955,705
|16
|[[Jalapa Department|Jalapa]]
|345,926
|-
|6
|[[Quetzaltenango Department|Quetzaltenango]]
|844,906
|17
|[[Sacatepéquez Department|Sacatepéquez]]
|336,606
|-
|7
|[[Escuintla Department|Escuintla]]
|746,309
|18
|[[Retalhuleu Department|Retalhuleu]]
|325,556
|-
|8
|[[Petén Department|Petén]]
|711,585
|19
|[[Baja Verapaz Department|Baja Verapaz]]
|291,903
|-
|9
|[[Chimaltenango Department|Chimaltenango]]
|666,938
|20
|[[Zacapa Department|Zacapa]]
|291,903
|-
|10
|[[Suchitepéquez Department|Suchitepéquez]]
|555,261
|21
|[[Totonicapán Department|Totonicapán]]
|134,373
|-
|11
|[[Sololá Department|Sololá]]
|430,573
|22
|[[El Progreso Department|El Progreso]]
|22,654
|-
|colspan="6" |'''Overall Total: 15,806,675 (2014)'''
|-
|colspan="6" |{{small|'''Source: National Institute of Statistics (INE)'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gob.gt/index.php/estadisticas/tema-indicadores |title=Guatemalan population growth (by departament) |publisher=INE |access-date=2014-12-12 |format=web page |archive-date=2014-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314175005/http://www.ine.gob.gt/index.php/estadisticas/tema-indicadores |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
|}
According to the table, [[Guatemala Department]] accounts for 20% of the entire population in Guatemala, while [[El Progreso Department|El Progreso]] only accounts for 0.14% of the population. [[Sololá Department|Sololá]] accounts for 2.7% of the population while ranking in the middle at 11. Overall, the rankings correlate to the percent of the population that each department contains.
===Emigration===
The [[Guatemalan civil war]] from 1960 to 1996 led to mass [[emigration]], particularly [[Guatemalan immigration to the United States]]. According to the [[International Organization for Migration]], the total number of [[emigrants]] increased  from 6,700 in the 1960s to 558,776 for the period 1995–2000; by 2005, the total number had reached 1.3 million.<ref>[http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/guatemala-economic-migrants-replace-political-refugees Economic Migrants Replace Political Refugees] see Table 1. ''Emigration Flows from Guatemala, 1960s through 2005''. Retrieved on, 18 November 2014</ref> In 2013, the [[Migration Policy Institute]] (MPI) estimated that there were about 900,000 [[Guatemalan Americans]] (persons of Guatemalan origin in the [[United States]]).<ref name="MPI-data">{{cite web|title=Largest U.S. Immigrant Groups over Time, 1960-Present|date=2 October 2013|url=http://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/largest-immigrant-groups-over-time#|publisher=Migration Policy Institute|access-date=4 May 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Country
!Count
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]]
|align="right"|480,665<ref name="US_Census_2000">The [[2000 U.S. Census]] recorded 480,665 Guatemalan-born respondents; see Smith (2006)</ref>&nbsp;– 1,489,426<ref name="MigrationDC_2006">{{cite web |author=Smith, James |date=April 2006 |url=http://www.migrationdrc.org/research/typesofmigration/global_migrant_origin_database.html |title=DRC Migration, Globalisation and Poverty |access-date=2015-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227000102/http://www.migrationdrc.org/research/typesofmigration/global_migrant_origin_database.html |archive-date=2016-12-27 |url-status=dead }} Used the Version 4 data.</ref>
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexico]]
|align="right"|23,529<ref name="MigrationDC_2006" />
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagicon|BLZ}} [[Belize]]
|align="right"|14,693<ref name="MigrationDC_2006"/>
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada]]
|align="right"|14,256<ref name="MigrationDC_2006" />&nbsp;– 34,665<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorku.ca/cohesion/LARG/PDF/Guatemala-WWD-2002.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307074412/http://www.yorku.ca/cohesion/LARG/PDF/Guatemala-WWD-2002.pdf |archive-date=2008-03-07 |url-status=live |title=Guatemalans in Canada: Contexts of Departure and Arrival | last=Da | first=Wei Wei | publisher=Latin American Study Group|year=2002|access-date=June 1, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]]
|align="right"|5,989<ref name="MigrationDC_2006" />
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagicon|HON}} [[Honduras]]
|align="right"|5,172<ref name="MigrationDC_2006" />
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagicon|SLV}} [[El Salvador]]
|align="right"|4,209<ref name="MigrationDC_2006" />
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain]]
|align="right"|2,491<ref name="MigrationDC_2006" />
|}
==Ethnic groups==
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Ethnicity in Guatemala (2018)<ref name="censopoblacion.gt">{{cite web |url=https://www.censopoblacion.gt/mapas |title=Portal de Resultados del Censo 2018 |publisher=Censopoblacion.gt |date= |accessdate=2022-04-14 |archive-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217015625/https://www.censopoblacion.gt/mapas |url-status=live }}</ref>
|label1 = [[Ladino people|Ladino]] ([[Mestizo]])
|value1 = 56.01
|color1 = Purple
|label2 = [[Maya peoples|Maya]]
|value2 = 43.43
|color2 = Red
|label3 = [[Xinca people|Xinca]]
|value3 = 1.77
|color3 = Coral
|label4 = [[Afro-Guatemalans|Sub-Saharan]]
|value4 = 0.19
|color4 = Green
|label5 = [[Garifuna]] ([[Zambo]])
|value5 = 0.13
|color5 = Yellow
|label6 = Others
|value6 = 0.24
|color6 = Black
}}
[[File:Chichicastenango-004.jpg|thumb|Indigenous girls in [[Chichicastenango]]]]
Official 2018 statistics indicate that approximately 56% of the population is "non-Indigenous",<ref name="census2018" /> referring to the [[Mestizo]] population of mixed indigenous and European origins (50-52%) and the people of [[Europeans|European]] origin (14-26%), Most are of [[Spanish immigration to Guatemala|Spanish]], [[German Guatemalan|German]]  and [[Italian Guatemalans|Italian]] descent. These people are called [[Ladino people|Ladino]] in Guatemala. Genetic testing indicates that Guatemalan Mestizos are of predominantly indigenous ancestry, although they have a high level of European ancestry as well.<ref>[https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-015-1339-1 Genomic insights on the ethno-history of the Maya and the ‘Ladinos’ from Guatemala]</ref>
Approximately 43.4% of the population is [[Indigenous peoples|Indigenous]]<ref name=INE/> and consist of 23 [[Maya peoples|Maya groups]] and one non-Maya group. In 2012 these are divided as follows: [[K'iche' people|K'iche]] 9.1%, 8.4% [[Kaqchikel people|Kaqchikel]], [[Mam people|Mam]] 7.9%, 6.3% [[Q'eqchi' people|Q'eqchi']], other Maya peoples 8.6%, 0.2% [[Indigenous peoples|Indigenous]] non-Maya.<ref name="Cia"/> They live all over the country, especially in the highlands. While the official censuses usually count around 40% of the Guatemalan population being indigenous, this percentage is actually much higher, with around 60% of Guatemalans being indigenous.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/526fb749b.html|title=Refworld &#124; State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2013 - Guatemala}}</ref>
[[File:Garifuna SanIsidro 1996-05 2.jpg|thumb|[[Garifuna]] parade on San Isidro Day, in the town of [[Livingston, Guatemala|Livingston]].]]
In 2002 Census, The [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas#Guatemala|Amerindian populations in Guatemala]] include the K'iche' 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9% and Q'eqchi 6.3%. 8.6% belongs to other Maya groups, 0.4% belong to non-Maya Indigenous peoples. The whole Indigenous community in Guatemala is about 40.5% of the population.
The [[Maya civilization|Maya Civilization]] ruled Guatemala and the surrounding regions until around 1521 A.D. Following 1521 A.D., Guatemala became a Spanish colony for approximately three centuries, until in 1821 when Guatemala won its independence. Since the independence of Guatemala, the country has experienced a wide range of governments, including civilian and military governments. In 1996, a peace treaty was signed by the government that ended internal conflicts within the region, which caused over 200,000 casualties and approximately one million refugees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guatemala/|title=The World Factbook|date=March 25, 2018|website=Central Intelligence Agency}}</ref>
[[File:194-aos-de-independencia 21415760752 o.jpg|thumb|Guatemalan child in [[Guatemala City]] celebrating Independence Day.]]
The ethnic population in [[Captaincy General of Guatemala|the Kingdom of Guatemala]], at the time of Independence, amounted to nearly 600,000 [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indians]], 300,000 [[Casta]]s (mostly [[Mestizo]]s and a lesser number of [[Mulatto]]s, [[Zambo]]s, and [[Pardo]]s), and 45,000 [[Criollo people|Criollos]] or [[Spaniards]], with a very small number of English traders.<ref name=CIRMA>{{cite web |url=http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/vrp/arriola.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608234254/http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/vrp/arriola.pdf |archive-date=2010-06-08 |url-status=live |title=GUATEMALA: DEL MESTIZAJE A LA LADINIZACION, 1524-1964|access-date=2014-11-04 |publisher=CIRMA }}</ref>
Other racial groups include numbers of [[Afro-Guatemalan]]s, [[Afro-Mestizo]]s, and [[Garifuna people|Garifuna]] of mixed African and Indigenous Caribbean origins who live in the country's eastern end. Some [[Garifunas]] live mainly in [[Livingston, Guatemala|Livingston]], [[San Vicente, Guatemala|San Vicente]] and [[Puerto Barrios]]. They descend mainly from the Arawaks and Belizean Creoles.<ref name="Cia"/>
There are also thousands of Jews residing in Guatemala. They are immigrants from Germany and Eastern Europe that arrived in the 19th century. Many immigrated during World War II. There are approximately 900 Jews living in Guatemala today. Most live in [[Guatemala City]], [[Quezaltenango]] and [[San Marcos, Guatemala|San Marcos]]. Today, the Jewish community in Guatemala is about 60% [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]] and 40% [[Sephardic Jews|Sephardi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jews of Guatemala |url=https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/about/communities/GT |website=World Jewish Congress |access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref>
In 2014, numerous members of the Hasidic communities [[Lev Tahor]] and [[Toiras Jesed]] began settling in the village of [[San Juan La Laguna]]. The mainstream Jewish community was reportedly dismayed and concerned that the arrival of communities with a more visible adherence to Judaism might stir up anti-Jewish sentiment. Despite the tropical heat, the members of the community continued to wear traditional Jewish clothing.<ref name="levtahor">{{cite web|url=http://levtahor.ca/pictures-of-modest-women.html|title=Ancient Jewish Tradition of clothing|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115145/http://levtahor.ca/pictures-of-modest-women.html|archive-date=2015-04-02}}</ref><ref name="lev2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2014/07/03/global/more-lev-tahor-sect-members-leaving-canada-for-guatemala|title=More Lev Tahor sect members leaving Canada for Guatemala|date=July 3, 2014}}</ref>
Guatemala has a community of East Asian descent, largely of Chinese and Korean origin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/guatemala-population/|title=Guatemala Population 2020|website=worldpopulationreview.com|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref> There are thousands of [[Arab]] Guatemalans descending from West Asian countries like Palestine, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Some belong to Christian Churches while others to Islamic Mosques.
==Vital statistics==
===UN estimates===
The Population Department of the [[United Nations]] prepared the following estimates.<ref name="WPP 2012"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! width="50pt"|Period
! width="70pt"|Live births<br />per year
! width="70pt"|Deaths<br />per year
! width="70pt"|Natural change<br />per year
! width="35pt"|CBR*
! width="35pt"|CDR*
! width="35pt"|NC*
! width="35pt"|TFR*
! width="35pt"|IMR*
! width="50pt"|Life expectancy <br />total
! width="50pt"|Life expectancy <br />males
! width="50pt"|Life expectancy <br />females
|-
| 1950-1955 || 170 000|| 75 000|| 95 000||50.3||22.3||28.0||7.00||141||42.5||41.8||43.3
|-
| 1955-1960 || 183 000|| 78 000|| 104 000||47.0||20.2||26.9||6.60||134||44.5||43.7||45.4
|-
| 1960-1965 || 204 000|| 80 000|| 124 000||46.0||18.0||28.0||6.50||127||47.1||46.2||48.1
|-
| 1965-1970 || 227 000|| 80 000|| 146 000||44.7||15.8||28.8||6.30||116||50.1||49.0||51.3
|-
| 1970-1975 || 255 000|| 79 000|| 177 000||44.0||13.5||30.4||6.20||102||53.9||52.4||55.4
|-
| 1975-1980 || 287 000|| 80 000|| 206 000||43.5||12.2||31.3||6.20||91||56.2||54.4||58.2
|-
| 1980-1985 || 315 000|| 81 000|| 234 000||42.2||10.9||31.3||6.10||79||58.3||56.1||60.8
|-
| 1985-1990 || 333 000|| 79 000|| 254 000||39.6||9.4||30.2||5.70||67||60.9||58.3||63.8
|-
| 1990-1995 || 367 000|| 76 000|| 291 000||38.9||8.1||30.8||5.45||55||63.5||60.5||66.9
|-
| 1995-2000 || 396 000|| 73 000|| 322 000||37.3||6.9||30.4||5.00||46||66.3||62.9||70.0
|-
| 2000-2005 || 427 000|| 72 000|| 355 000||33.8||5.9||27.9||4.33||39||69.0||65.5||72.5
|-
| 2005-2010 || 449 000|| 77 000|| 373 000||29.2||5.4||23.8||3.62||30||70.3||66.7||73.8
|-
| 2010-2015 ||||||||26.6||5.0||21.6||3.19||||||||
|-
| 2015-2020 ||||||||24.8||4.8||20.0||2.90||||||||
|-
| 2020-2025 ||||||||23.0||4.7||18.3||2.67||||||||
|-
| 2025-2030 ||||||||21.1||4.7||16.4||2.50||||||||
|-
|align="left" colspan="12" | * <small> CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)</small>
|}
===Vital statistics===
<ref>{{cite web |title=Demographic Yearbook System |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |website=United Nations Statistics Division - UNSD |access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Estadísticas vitales |url=https://www.ine.gob.gt/ine/estadisticas/bases-de-datos/vitales/ |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE |access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!
! style="width:80pt;"|Average population
! style="width:80pt;"|Live births
! style="width:80pt;"|Deaths
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude birth rate (per 1,000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Death rate (per 1,000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change (per 1,000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude migration change (per 1,000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Fertility rate
|-
| 1930
|1,760,000
|100,000
| style="color:blue;"|43,500||56,500
| style="color:blue;"|56.8||24.7||32.1||
|-
| 1931
|1,810,000
|99,000
|44,000||55,000
|54.7||24.3||30.4||-2.8
|-
| 1932
|1,860,000
|93,600||43,900||49,700
|50.3||23.6||26.7||0.2
|-
| 1933
|1,910,000
| style="color:red;"|90,700
|52,100
|38,600
|47.5||27.3||20.2||6.1
|-
| 1934
|1,940,000
|92,205||60,051|| style="color:red;"|32,154
|47.5||31.0||16.6||-1.1
|-
| 1935
|1,980,000
|96,031||54,789||41,242
|48.5||27.7||20.8||-0.6
|-
| 1936
|2,020,000
|97,646||50,604||47,042
|48.3||25.1||23.3||-3.6
|-
| 1937
|2,070,000
|96,981||51,027||45,954
|46.9||24.7||22.2||2.0
|-
| 1938
|2,110,000
|98,906||56,131||42,775
|46.9||26.6||20.3||-1.3
|-
| 1939
|2,150,000
|102,908||64,117||38,791
|47.9||29.8||18.0||0.6
|-
| 1940
|2,200,000
|106,998||55,083||51,915
|48.6||25.0||23.6||-0.9
|-
| 1941
|2,250,000
|103,688||56,444||47,244
|46.1||25.1||21.0||1.3
|-
| 1942
|2,300,000
|107,519||72,477||35,042
|46.7|| style="color:red;"|31.5||15.2||6.6
|-
| 1943
|2,340,000
|112,407||72,837||39,570
|48.0||31.1||16.9||0.2
|-
| 1944
|2,390,000
|111,324||63,068||48,256
|46.6||26.4||20.2||0.7
|-
| 1945
|2,440,000
|118,912||59,732||59,180
|48.7||24.5||24.3||-3.8
|-
| 1946
|2,500,000
|120,525||61,641||58,884
|48.2||24.7||23.6||0.5
|-
| 1947
|2,570,000
|134,066||63,316||70,750
|52.2||24.6||27.5||-0.3
|-
| 1948
|2,641,000
|137,009||62,090||74,919
|51.9||23.5||28.4||-1.5
|-
| 1949
|2,724,000
|140,596||59,277||81,319
|51.6||21.8||29.9||0.6
|-
| 1950
|3,146,000
|142,673||61,234||81,439
|48.1||20.6||27.4||
|-
| 1951
|3,238,000
|151,416||56,550||94,866
|49.6||18.5||31.1||-0.9
|-
| 1952
|3,331,000
|151,865||71,994||79,871
|48.3||22.9||25.4||4.1
|-
| 1953
|3,426,000
|156,377||70,794||85,583
|48.3||21.9||26.4||2.8
|-
| 1954
|3,521,000
|162,773||58,132||104,641
|48.9||17.4||31.4||-2.8
|-
| 1955
|3,619,000
|158,856||67,088||91,768
|46.3||19.6||26.7||1.8
|-
| 1956
|3,719,000
|163,301||66,280||97,021
|46.2||18.8||27.5||0.8
|-
| 1957
|3,820,000
|170,381||70,933||99,448
|46.9||19.5||27.4||0.4
|-
| 1958
|3,924,000
|172,745||75,634||97,111
|46.2||20.2||26.0||1.8
|-
| 1959
|4,031,000
|181,740||63,010||118,730
|47.2||16.4||30.8||
|-
| 1960
|4,141,000
|186,476||65,805||120,671
|47.1||16.6||30.4||-2.6
|-
| 1961
|4,253,000
|193,833||63,287||130,546
|47.5||15.5||32.0||-4.5
|-
| 1962
|4,369,000
|191,420||69,287||122,133
|45.6||16.5||29.1||-1.4
|-
| 1963
|4,488,000
|197,671||71,449||126,222
|45.8||16.6||29.2||-1.7
|-
| 1964
|4,610,000
|196,386||68,278||128,108
|44.2||15.4||28.9||-1.4
|-
| 1965
|4,736,000
|201,059||74,830||126,229
|44.0||16.4||27.6||0
|-
| 1966
|4,864,000
|206,520||75,774||130,746
|44.0||16.1||27.8||-0.6
|-
| 1967
|4,996,000
|201,816||71,191||130,625
|41.8||14.8||27.1||0.3
|-
| 1968
|5,132,000
|211,679||79,421||132,258
|42.7||16.0||26.7||0.7
|-
| 1969
|5,271,000
|215,397||85,174||130,223
|42.2||16.7||25.5||1.7
|-
| 1970
|5,416,000
|212,151||77,333||134,818
|40.5||14.7||25.7||1.9
|-
| 1971
|5,565,000
|229,674||75,223||154,451
|42.6||14.0||28.6||-1.0
|-
| 1972
|5,719,000
|241,593||67,989||173,604
|43.6||12.3||31.3||-3.5
|-
| 1973
|5,877,000
|238,498||69,454||169,044
|41.8||12.2||29.6||-1.9
|-
| 1974
|6,036,000
|252,203||69,820||182,383
|43.0||11.9||31.1||-4.0
|-
| 1975
|6,194,000
|249,332||78,708||170,624
|41.4||13.1||28.4||-2.1
|-
| 1976
|6,352,000
|266,728||81,627||185,101
|43.2||13.2||30.0||-4.4
|-
| 1977
|6,510,000
|284,747||71,777||212,970
|45.0||11.3||33.6||
|-
| 1978
|6,669,000
|286,415||66,844||219,571
|44.1||10.3||33.8||-9.3
|-
| 1979
|6,832,000
|295,972||72,274||223,698
|44.5||10.9||33.6||-9.1
|-
| 1980
|7,001,000
|303,643||71,352||232,291
|44.5||10.5||style="color: blue" |34.1||-9.3
|-
| 1981
|7,177,000
|308,413||75,658||232,755
|44.1||10.8||33.3||-8.1
|-
| 1982
|7,358,000
|312,047||76,267||235,780
|43.5||10.6||32.9||
|-
| 1983
|7,543,000
|306,827||74,462||232,365
|41.7||10.1||31.6||-6.4
|-
| 1984
|7,731,000
|312,094||75,462||236,632
|41.3||10.0||31.4||-6.4
|-
| 1985
|7,920,000
|326,849||69,455||257,394
|42.2||9.0||33.3||-8.8
|-
| 1986
|8,109,000
|318,340||66,328||252,012
|40.1||8.4||31.8||-8.0
|-
| 1987
|8,299,000
|319,942||66,404||253,538
|39.4||8.2||31.2||-7.8
|-
| 1988
|8,492,000
|337,396||64,100||273,296
|40.5||7.7||32.8||-9.7
|-
| 1989
|8,688,000
|340,807||61,548||279,259
|39.9||7.2||32.7||-9.8
|-
| 1990
|8,890,000
|347,207||73,344||273,863
|39.7||8.4||31.3||-8.3
|-
| 1991
|9,099,000
|359,904||72,896||287,008
|39.6||8.0||31.5||-8.8
|-
| 1992
|9,313,000
|363,648||73,124||290,524
|39.0||7.9||31.2||-8.4
|-
| 1993
|9,533,000
|370,138||73,870||296,268
|38.8||7.7||31.1||-8.2
|-
| 1994
|9,756,000
|381,497||74,761||306,736
|39.1||7.7||31.4||-8.8
|-
| 1995
|9,984,000
|371,091||65,159||305,932
|37.2||6.5||30.6||-8.0
|-
| 1996
|10,215,000
|377,723||60,618||317,105
|37.0||5.9||31.0||-8.6
|-
| 1997
|10,450,000
|387,862||67,691||320,171
|37.1||6.5||30.6||-8.3
|-
| 1998
|10,691,000
|400,133||69,847||330,286
|37.4||6.5||30.9||-8.5
|-
| 1999
|10,942,000
|409,034||65,139||343,895
|37.4||6.0||31.4||-8.7
|-
| 2000
|11,204,000
|style="color:blue;"|425,410
|67,284||style="color: blue" |358,126
|38.0||6.0||32.0||-8.8
|-
| 2001
|11,479,000
|415,338||68,041||347,297
|36.2||5.9||30.3||-6.5
|-
| 2002
|11,766,000
|387,287||66,089||321,198
|32.9||5.6||27.3||-3.0
|-
| 2003
|12,063,000
|375,092||66,695||308,397
|31.1||5.5||25.6||-1.0
|-
| 2004
|12,368,000
|383,704||66,991||316,713
|31.0||5.4||25.6||-1.0
|-
| 2005
|12,679,000
|374,066||71,039||303,027
|29.5||5.6||23.9||0.6||3.796
|-
| 2006
|12,995,000
|368,399||69,756||298,643
|28.3||5.4||22.9||1.4||3.621
|-
| 2007
|13,318,000
|366,128||70,030||296,098
|27.4||5.2||22.2||2.1||3.461
|-
| 2008
|13,678,000
|369,769||70,233||299,536
|27.0||5.1||21.9||4.5|| 3.386
|-
| 2009
|14,000,190
|351,628||71,707||279,921
|25.1||5.1||20.0||3.1||3.122
|-
| 2010
|14,259,687
|361,906||72,748||289,158
|25.4||5.1||20.3||-2.1||3.095
|-
| 2011
|14,521,515
|373,692||72,354||301,338
|25.7||5.0||20.7||-2.8||3.088
|-
| 2012
|14,781,942
|388,613||72,657||315,956
|26.3||style="color: blue" |4.8||21.5||-3.8||3.105
|-
| 2013
|15,043,981
|387,342||76,639||310,703
|25.7||5.1||20.6||-3.3||3.050
|-
| 2014
|15,306,316
|386,195||77,807||308,388
|25.2||5.1||20.1||-3.1|| 3.046
|-
| 2015
|15,567,419
|391,425||80,876||310,549
|25.1||5.2||19.9||-3.2||2.896
|-
| 2016
|15,827,690
|390,382||82,585||307,797
|24.7||5.2||19.5||-3.1||2.804
|-
| 2017
|16,087,418
|381,664||81,726||299,938
|23.7||5.1||18.6||-2.5||2.663
|-
| 2018 (C)
|16,346,950
|383,263||83,071||300,192
|23.4||5.1||18.3||-2.5||2.617
|-
| 2019
|16,604,026
|366,855||85,600||281,255
|22.1||5.2||16.9||-1.5||2.464
|-
| 2020
|16,858,333
|341,212
|96,001||245,211
|20.2||5.7||14.5||0.5||2.266
|-
| 2021
|17,109,746
|345,149
|style="color:red;"|118,465||226,684
|20.2||6.8||style="color: red" |13.4||1.5||2.261
|-
| 2022
|17,357,886
|345,869
|95,386||250,483
|19.9||5.5||14.4||-0.1||2.242
|-
| 2023
|17,602,431
|342,694
|95,948||246,743
|style="color: red"|19.5||5.5||14.0||||style="color: red"|2.205
|}
(C) = Census results.
===Current vital statistics===
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
| '''January – March 2023'''
| 79,935
| 22,791
| +57,144
|-
| '''January – March 2024'''
| 68,391
| 23,279
| +45,112
|-
| '''Difference'''
| {{decrease}} -11,544(-14.4%)
| {{decreasepositive}} +488 (+2.1%)
| {{decrease}} -12,032
|}
===Fertility and births (demographic and health surveys)===
Total fertility rate (TFR) (wanted fertility rate) and crude birth rate (CBR):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/PR57/PR57.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222081651/http://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/PR57/PR57.pdf |archive-date=2015-12-22 |url-status=live|title=The DHS Program - Page Not Found|website=www.dhsprogram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhsprogram.com/What-We-Do/Survey-Search.cfm|title=The DHS Program - Survey Search|website=www.dhsprogram.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:50pt;"| Year
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (total)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (total)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (rural)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (rural)
|-
| 1987
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.6 (4.9)
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.1 (3.5)
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.5 (5.8)
|-
| 1995
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.1 (4.0)
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.8 (3.0)
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.2 (4.8)
|-
| 1998–99
| style="text-align:right;"| 38.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.0 (4.1)
| style="text-align:right;"| 34.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.1 (3.4)
| style="text-align:right;"| 40.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.8 (4.6)
|-
| 2002
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.4
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.4
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.2
|-
| 2008–09
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.6
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.9
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.2
|-
| 2014–15
| style="text-align:right;"| 27.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.1 (2.6)
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.5 (2.0)
| style="text-align:right;"| 31.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.7 (3.0)
|-
|}
=== Structure of the population ===
{{Hidden begin
|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2005):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics|website=unstats.un.org}}</ref>
|titlestyle = background:#EEBC35;
}}
{| class="wikitable"
! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 6 197 399
| align="right" | 6 502 381
| align="right" | 12 699 780
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 1 035 549
| align="right" | 1 000 763
| align="right" | 2 036 312
| align="right" | 16.03
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 921 924
| align="right" | 901 718
| align="right" | 1 823 642
| align="right" | 14.36
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 815 791
| align="right" | 808 328
| align="right" | 1 624 119
| align="right" | 12.79
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 685 359
| align="right" | 694 215
| align="right" | 1 379 574
| align="right" | 10.86
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 571 385
| align="right" | 608 879
| align="right" | 1 180 264
| align="right" | 9.29
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 446 309
| align="right" | 506 386
| align="right" | 952 695
| align="right" | 7.50
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 340 378
| align="right" | 412 767
| align="right" | 753 145
| align="right" | 5.93
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 270 907
| align="right" | 329 253
| align="right" | 600 160
| align="right" | 4.73
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 225 243
| align="right" | 267 504
| align="right" | 492 747
| align="right" | 3.88
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 191 635
| align="right" | 218 053
| align="right" | 409 688
| align="right" | 3.23
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 175 311
| align="right" | 191 751
| align="right" | 367 062
| align="right" | 2.89
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 149 593
| align="right" | 161 320
| align="right" | 310 913
| align="right" | 2.45
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 113 686
| align="right" | 119 957
| align="right" | 233 643
| align="right" | 1.84
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 94 128
| align="right" | 98 864
| align="right" | 192 992
| align="right" | 1.52
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 74 463
| align="right" | 81 804
| align="right" | 156 267
| align="right" | 1.23
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 50 340
| align="right" | 57 089
| align="right" | 107 429
| align="right" | 0.85
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 35 398
| align="right" | 43 730
| align="right" | 79 128
| align="right" | 0.62
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! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 2 773 264
| align="right" | 2 710 809
| align="right" | 5 484 073
| align="right" | 43.18
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| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 3 169 806
| align="right" | 3 510 085
| align="right" | 6 679 891
| align="right" | 52.60
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| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 254 329
| align="right" | 281 487
| align="right" | 535 816
| align="right" | 4.22
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! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 7 003 337
| align="right" | 7 358 328
| align="right" | 14 361 666
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 1 103 521
| align="right" | 1 062 224
| align="right" | 2 165 745
| align="right" | 15.08
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1 017 180
| align="right" | 987 490
| align="right" | 2 004 670
| align="right" | 13.96
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 906 603
| align="right" | 891 659
| align="right" | 1 798 262
| align="right" | 12.52
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 794 459
| align="right" | 795 688
| align="right" | 1 590 147
| align="right" | 11.07
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 646 911
| align="right" | 675 214
| align="right" | 1 322 125
| align="right" | 9.21
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 538 214
| align="right" | 590 746
| align="right" | 1 128 960
| align="right" | 7.86
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 418 535
| align="right" | 494 657
| align="right" | 913 192
| align="right" | 6.36
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 323 010
| align="right" | 402 681
| align="right" | 725 691
| align="right" | 5.05
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 258 454
| align="right" | 321 849
| align="right" | 580 303
| align="right" | 4.04
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 215 304
| align="right" | 260 145
| align="right" | 475 449
| align="right" | 3.31
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 182 662
| align="right" | 211 040
| align="right" | 393 702
| align="right" | 2.74
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 165 910
| align="right" | 184 214
| align="right" | 350 124
| align="right" | 2.44
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 139 395
| align="right" | 152 936
| align="right" | 292 331
| align="right" | 2.04
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 103 433
| align="right" | 111 058
| align="right" | 214 491
| align="right" | 1.49
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 81 809
| align="right" | 88 219
| align="right" | 170 028
| align="right" | 1.18
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 60 257
| align="right" | 68 733
| align="right" | 128 990
| align="right" | 0.90
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 47 678
| align="right" | 59 778
| align="right" | 107 456
| align="right" | 0.75
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! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
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| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 3 027 304
| align="right" | 2 941 373
| align="right" | 5 968 677
| align="right" | 41.56
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| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 3 682 856
| align="right" | 4 089 167
| align="right" | 7 772 023
| align="right" | 54.12
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 293 177
| align="right" | 327 788
| align="right" | 620 965
| align="right" | 4.32
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! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 7 903 664
| align="right" | 8 272 469
| align="right" | 16 176 133
| align="right" | 100
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| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 1 153 297
| align="right" | 1 109 217
| align="right" | 2 262 514
| align="right" | 13.99
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1 090 294
| align="right" | 1 052 014
| align="right" | 2 142 308
| align="right" | 13.24
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 1 008 018
| align="right" | 980 523
| align="right" | 1 988 541
| align="right" | 12.29
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 893 687
| align="right" | 882 665
| align="right" | 1 776 352
| align="right" | 10.98
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 771 615
| align="right" | 781 835
| align="right" | 1 553 450
| align="right" | 9.60
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 624 841
| align="right" | 661 798
| align="right" | 1 286 639
| align="right" | 7.95
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 517 919
| align="right" | 581 120
| align="right" | 1 099 039
| align="right" | 6.79
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 403 769
| align="right" | 485 904
| align="right" | 889 673
| align="right" | 5.50
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 311 703
| align="right" | 395 488
| align="right" | 707 191
| align="right" | 4.37
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 248 840
| align="right" | 314 591
| align="right" | 563 431
| align="right" | 3.48
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 206 306
| align="right" | 253 126
| align="right" | 459 432
| align="right" | 2.84
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 173 501
| align="right" | 203 741
| align="right" | 377 242
| align="right" | 2.33
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 155 222
| align="right" | 175 581
| align="right" | 330 803
| align="right" | 2.05
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 344 652
| align="right" | 394 866
| align="right" | 739 518
| align="right" | 4.57
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! width="80pt"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 3 251 609
| align="right" | 3 141 754
| align="right" | 6 393 363
| align="right" | 39.52
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| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 4 307 403
| align="right" | 4 735 849
| align="right" | 9 043 252
| align="right" | 55.90
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 344 652
| align="right" | 394 866
| align="right" | 739 518
| align="right" | 4.57
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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 8 297 763
| align="right" | 8 560 570
| align="right" | 16 858 333
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 964 534
| align="right" | 923 439
| align="right" | 1 887 973
| align="right" | 11.20
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 942 751
| align="right" | 904 725
| align="right" | 1 847 476
| align="right" | 10.96
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 908 851
| align="right" | 875 615
| align="right" | 1 784 466
| align="right" | 10.59
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 902 462
| align="right" | 876 901
| align="right" | 1 779 363
| align="right" | 10.55
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 856 396
| align="right" | 847 945
| align="right" | 1 704 341
| align="right" | 10.11
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 758 833
| align="right" | 769 162
| align="right" | 1 527 995
| align="right" | 9.06
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 639 958
| align="right" | 666 481
| align="right" | 1 306 439
| align="right" | 7.75
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 516 111
| align="right" | 558 703
| align="right" | 1 074 814
| align="right" | 6.38
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 418 920
| align="right" | 475 152
| align="right" | 894 072
| align="right" | 5.30
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 335 429
| align="right" | 396 737
| align="right" | 732 166
| align="right" | 4.34
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 264 478
| align="right" | 316 929
| align="right" | 581 407
| align="right" | 3.45
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 210 286
| align="right" | 256 500
| align="right" | 466 786
| align="right" | 2.77
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 169 897
| align="right" | 206 911
| align="right" | 376 808
| align="right" | 2.24
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 135 380
| align="right" | 163 324
| align="right" | 298 704
| align="right" | 1.77
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 106 158
| align="right" | 124 792
| align="right" | 230 950
| align="right" | 1.37
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 76 784
| align="right" | 88 274
| align="right" | 165 058
| align="right" | 0.98
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 48 603
| align="right" | 56 589
| align="right" | 105 192
| align="right" | 0.62
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 26 355
| align="right" | 31 866
| align="right" | 58 221
| align="right" | 0.35
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 11 376
| align="right" | 14 392
| align="right" | 25 768
| align="right" | 0.15
|-
| align="right" | 95–99
| align="right" | 3 406
| align="right" | 4 595
| align="right" | 8 001
| align="right" | 0.05
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 795
| align="right" | 1 538
| align="right" | 2 333
| align="right" | 0.01
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! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 2 816 136
| align="right" | 2 703 779
| align="right" | 5 519 915
| align="right" | 32.74
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| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 5 072 770
| align="right" | 5 371 421
| align="right" | 10 444 191
| align="right" | 61.95
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 408 857
| align="right" | 485 370
| align="right" | 894 227
| align="right" | 5.30
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=== Marriage and childbearing ===
The legal age for females to get married in Guatemala was 14, but was raised to 16 with parental consent and 18 without in November 2015. This phenomenon, known as [[child marriage]], is prevalent in Central America; in rural areas of Guatemala, 53% of 20 to 24-year-old women married before their 18th birthday. Once married, young girls are likely to abandon their education and are exposed to domestic and sexual violence. They are no longer seen as girls; their husbands, who are often older men, see them as servants. Frequently births are at home. Most of these women are isolated without networks of support.<ref name=ProQuest1652674639/>
In most cases, motherhood comes after marriage. However, due to the fact that these young women' bodies are not entirely developed, many pregnancies result in high complications and high risks for both the mother and baby, during and after labor.<ref name=ProQuest1652674639>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|1652674639}} |last1=Sinclair |first1=Stephanie |title=Child, Bride, Mother |work=New York Times |date=8 February 2015 |page=SR.6 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/02/08/opinion/sunday/exposures-child-bride-mother-stephanie-sinclair.html }}</ref>  Because there is limited access to health services, women in Guatemala choose a different alternative when it comes to the care during and after child delivery. Pregnancies before marriage are on the rise and unmarried women make their decision based on their image more than their safety.<ref name=jstor41487854>{{cite journal |last1=Wong |first1=Po Yin |title=Mothers' Marital Status and Type of Delivery Medical Care in Guatemala |journal=Population Research and Policy Review |date=2011 |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=43–57 |doi=10.1007/s11113-010-9177-y |jstor=41487854 |s2cid=154606821 }}</ref> Single Guatemalan women may choose [[Midwife|midwives]] as their health care provider during pregnancy and delivery to avoid feeling ashamed.<ref name=jstor41487854/> Other women know the midwives in the community personally so they opt for a private healthcare provider.<ref name=jstor41487854/> Throughout the country, midwives are known as the providers of choice for approximately 80% of the births even though they are not professionally trained.<ref name=jstor41487854/> This contributes to the increasing infant mortality rate of 100 per 1,000 births as reported in some Guatemalan communities.<ref name=jstor41487854/>
== Other demographic statistics ==
Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2022.<ref name=WPR2018>{{citation|url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/guatemala-population/|title=Guatemala Population 2022|website=World Population Review}}</ref>
*One birth every 1 minutes
*One death every 6 minutes
*One net migrant every 58 minutes
*Net gain of one person every 2 minutes
Demographic statistics according to the [[CIA World Factbook]], unless otherwise indicated.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guatemala/#people-and-society|title=World Factbook CENTRAL AMERICA : GUATEMALA|work=[[The World Factbook]]|date=2022}}</ref>
===Population===
:17,703,190 (2022 est.)
:16,581,273 (July 2018 est.)
===Ethnic groups===
Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) 56%, Maya 41.7%, Xinca (Indigenous, non-Maya) 1.8%, African descent 0.2%, Garifuna (mixed West and Central African, Island Carib, and Arawak) 0.1%, foreign 0.2% (2018 est.)
===Age structure===
[[File:Guatemala single age population pyramid 2020.png|thumb|350px|Population pyramid of Guatemala in 2020]]
:''0-14 years:'' 33.68% (male 2,944,145/female 2,833,432)
:''15-24 years:'' 19.76% (male 1,705,730/female 1,683,546)
:''25-54 years:'' 36.45% (male 3,065,933/female 3,186,816)
:''55-64 years:'' 5.41% (male 431,417/female 496,743)
:''65 years and over:'' 4.7% (male 363,460/female 442,066) (2020 est.)
:''0-14 years:'' 34.55% (male 2,919,281 /female 2,810,329)
:''15-24 years:'' 20.23% (male 1,688,900 /female 1,665,631)
:''25-54 years:'' 35.47% (male 2,878,075 /female 3,002,920)
:''55-64 years:'' 5.28% (male 407,592 /female 468,335)
:''65 years and over:'' 4.46% (male 336,377 /female 403,833) (2018 est.)
===Birth rate===
:22.34 births/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 56th
:24.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 50th
===Death rate===
:4.91 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 199th
:5 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 194th
===[[Total fertility rate]]===
:2.62 children born/woman (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 65th
:2.87 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 58th
===Median age===
:total: 24.4 years (2023 est.). Country comparison to the world: [[List of countries by median age|174th]]
:male: 22.6 years
:female: 23.8 years (2020 est.)
:total: 22.5 years. Country comparison to the world: 179th
:male: 22 years
:female: 23.1 years (2018 est.)
===Population growth rate===
:1.58% (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 63rd
:1.72% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 59th
===Net migration rate===
:-1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.) Country comparison to the world: 162nd
:-2.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 168th
===Mother's mean age at first birth===
:20.6 years (2014/15 est.)
:note: median age at first birth among women 25-49
===Contraceptive prevalence rate===
:60.6% (2014/15)
===[[Dependency ratio]]s===
:total dependency ratio: 68.7 (2015 est.)
:youth dependency ratio: 61.1 (2015 est.)
:elderly dependency ratio: 7.6 (2015 est.)
:[[potential support ratio]]: 13.1 (2015 est.)
===Life expectancy at birth===
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Guatemala -diff.png|thumb|300px|[[Life expectancy at birth]] in Guatemala]]
:total population: 72.91 years. Country comparison to the world: 150th
:male: 70.88 years
:female: 75.04 years (2022 est.)
:total population: 71.8 years
:male: 69.8 years
:female: 73.9 years (2018 est.)
===Major infectious diseases===
:degree of risk: high (2020)
:food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
:vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
===Languages===
:Spanish (official) 68.9%, Maya languages 30.9% (K'iche 8.7%, Q'eqchi 7%, Mam 4.6%, Kaqchikel 4.3%, other 6.3%), other 0.3% (includes Xinca and Garifuna) (2001 est.)
:note: the 2003 Law of National Languages officially recognized 23 indigenous languages, including 21 Maya languages, Xinka, and Garifuna
===Religions===
Roman Catholic 41.7%, Evangelical 38.8%, other 2.7%, atheist 0.1%, none 13.8%, unspecified 2.9% (2018 est.)
===Urbanization===
:urban population: 52.7% of total population (2022)
:rate of urbanization: 2.59% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
:urban population: 51.1% of total population (2018)
:rate of urbanization: 2.68% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
===Education expenditures===
:3.3% of GDP (2020) Country comparison to the world: 136th
===Literacy===
definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
:total population: 80.8%
:male: 85.3%
:female: 76.7% (2018)
===School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)===
:total: 11 years
:male: 11 years
:female: 10 years (2019)
===Unemployment, youth ages 15–24===
:total: 4.6%
:male: 4%
:female: 5.7% (2019 est.)
==Languages==
{{main|Languages of Guatemala}}
The official language of Guatemala is [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. It is spoken by nearly 93% of the population and is found mainly in the departments of the Southern region, Eastern region, [[Guatemala City]] and [[Petén Basin|Peten]].<ref name="Cia2">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guatemala/|title=CIA - The World Factbook|publisher=Cia.gov|access-date=2013-04-22}}</ref> Though the official language is [[Spanish language|Spanish]], it is often the second language among the Indigenous population.
Approximately 23 additional [[Amerindian languages]] are spoken by more than  40%  of the population.<ref name="CIATONGA">{{cite web|url= https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guatemala/|title= Central America and Caribbean :: GUATEMALA|date= 7 October 2021|publisher= CIA The World Factbook}}</ref>  21 Mayan languages, one indigenous, and one Arawakan are spoken in Guatemala.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-guatemala.html|title=What Languages Are Spoken In Guatemala?|work=WorldAtlas|access-date=2018-04-09|language=en}}</ref> The most significant are; [[Quiché language|Quiche]], [[Cakchiquel language|Cakchiquel]], [[Kekchi language|Kekchi]], [[Mam language|Mam]], [[Garifuna language|Garifuna]] and [[Xinca language|Xinca]].<ref name="CIATONGA"/>
There are also significant numbers of [[German language|German]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[French language|French]] and [[English language|English]] speakers.
{| class="wikitable"
|Rank
|Language
|Language family
|-
|1
|Spanish
|Indo-European
|-
|2
|K’iche’
|Mayan
|-
|3
|Q'eqchi'
|Mayan
|-
|4
|Kaqchikel
|Mayan
|-
|5
|Mam
|Mayan
|-
|6
|Poqomchi
|Mayan
|-
|7
|Tz’utujil
|Mayan
|-
|8
|Achí
|Mayan
|-
|9
|Q’anjob’al
|Mayan
|-
|10
|Ixil
|Mayan
|-
|11
|Akatek
|Mayan
|-
|12
|Jakaltek
|Mayan
|-
|13
|Chuj
|Mayan
|-
|14
|Poqomam
|Mayan
|-
|15
|Ch'orti'
|Mayan
|-
|16
|Awakatek
|Mayan
|-
|17
|Sakapultek
|Mayan
|-
|18
|Sipakapa
|Mayan
|-
|19
|Garífuna
|Arawakan
|-
|20
|Uspantek
|Mayan
|-
|21
|Tektitek
|Mayan
|-
|22
|Mopan
|Mayan
|-
|23
|Xincan languages
|Isolate
|-
|24
|Itza
|Mayan
|}
<ref name=":02"/>
==Religion==
{{main|Religion in Guatemala}}
[[Catholicism]] was the official religion during the colonial era, and today is the most professed church in the population, but since the 1960s, with the armed conflict, [[Protestantism]] has increased progressively, today around two fifths of Guatemalans are Protestant, specially [[Evangelicalism|Evangelicals]] (with [[Pentecostal]]s as the biggest branch).<ref name="dary"/> [[Eastern Orthodox|Eastern]] and [[Oriental Orthodoxy]] claim rapid growth, especially among the Indigenous Maya. Other churches include [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], and other Christian minorities.
Indigenous beliefs are sometimes combined with Christianity.<ref name="dary"/> [[Maya religion]] believers only account for less than 0.1% of the population and since the mid-1990s the Constitution recognizes the rights of Maya Religion. The Islamic community in Guatemala is growing, and is projected to include at least 2,000 believers by 2030.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2011/01/27/table-muslim-population-by-country/ |title=Table: Muslim Population by Country |publisher=Pew Research Center |date=27 January 2011 |website=pewforum.org |access-date=2021-10-21}}</ref> There is a mosque in Guatemala City called the Islamic Da'wah Mosque of Guatemala (Spanish: Mezquita de Aldawaa Islámica). The president of the Islamic Community of the country is Jamal Mubarak.
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; background:white; width:40%; margin:1em auto;"
!colspan=7 | Religious evolution in Guatemala<ref name="dary">Pdf. Crecimiento y Situación Actual de la Iglesia Evangélica de Guatemala. Public Religious Affiliation Surveys (CBN Poll´s compilation). Claudia Dary. 2019</ref>
|- style="color:white;"
!style="background:#659ec7;"|Year
!style="background:#659ec7;"|% Catholic
!style="background:#659ec7;"|% Protestants
!style="background:#659ec7;"|% Others
!style="background:#659ec7;"|% No religion
|-
!style="background:lemonchiffon;"| March 1986
| 62.1%
| 25.0%
| 3.5%
| 10.4%
|-
!style="background:lemonchiffon;"| March 1991
| 63.0%
| 19.4%
| 4.0%
| 13.6%
|-
!style="background:lemonchiffon;"| October 2001-January 2002
| 55.8%
| 23.1%
| 3.8%
| 17.3%
|-
!style="background:lemonchiffon;"| June 2011
| 50.0%
| 35.0%
| 3.0%
| 12.0%
|-
!style="background:lemonchiffon;"| June 2017
| 44.5%
| 39.0%
| 3.3%
| 13.2%
|-
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Ethnic groups in Guatemala}}
{{Guatemala topics}}
{{North America in topic|Demographics of}}
[[Category:Demographics of Guatemala| ]]