Nationality:
noun: Guatemalan(s)
adjective:
Guatemalan
Ethnic groups:
Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) and European 59.4%, K'iche 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9%, Q'eqchi 6.3%, other Mayan 8.6%, indigenous non-Mayan 0.2%, other 0.1% (2001 census)
Languages:
Spanish (official) 60%, Amerindian languages 40%
note:
there are 23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca
Religions:
Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs
Demographic profile:
Guatemala is a predominantly poor country that struggles in several areas of health and development, including infant, child, and maternal mortality, malnutrition, literacy, and contraceptive awareness and use. The large indigenous population is disproportionately affected. Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America and has the highest fertility rate in Latin America. It also has the highest population growth rate in Latin America, which is likely to continue in the long term because of its large reproductive-age population and high birth rate. Almost half of Guatemala's population is under age 19, making it the youngest population in Latin America. Guatemala's total fertility rate has slowly declined during the last few decades due in part to limited government-funded health programs. However, the birth rate is still more than three children per woman and is markedly higher among its rural and indigenous populations.
Population: Age structure: Dependency ratios: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio: Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): Child labor - children ages 5-14: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Guatemala on this page is re-published from the 2014 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guatemala People 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guatemala People 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.
14,373,472 (July 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years: 36.8% (male 2,691,572/female 2,591,873)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
22.2% (male 1,599,368/female 1,592,830)
25-54 years:
31.8% (male 2,170,071/female 2,402,330)
55-64 years:
5.1% (male 354,266/female 380,414)
65 years and over:
4.1% (male 274,254/female 316,494) (2013 est.)
total dependency ratio: 81.8 %
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio:
73.5 %
elderly dependency ratio:
8.3 %
potential support ratio:
12.1 (2013)
total: 20.7 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
20 years
female:
21.3 years (2013 est.)
1.91% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 60
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
25.99 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
4.87 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 191
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-2.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 163
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population: 49% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
3.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
GUATEMALA CITY (capital) 1.075 million (2009)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
0.9 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.87 male(s)/female
total population:
0.97 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
20.3
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
120 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 65
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 24.32 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 78
male:
26.44 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
22.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
total population: 71.46 years
country comparison to the world: 144
male:
69.56 years
female:
73.45 years (2013 est.)
3.08 children born/woman (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 54
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
43.3% (2002)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
6.7% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 92
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.93 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
0.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
0.8% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 55
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
62,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
2,600 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 49
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease:
dengue fever and malaria (2013)
19.2% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 100
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
13% (2009)
country comparison to the world: 57
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
2.8% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 149
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
75.9%
male:
81.2%
female:
71.1% (2011 est.)
total: 11 years
male:
11 years
female:
10 years (2007)
total number: 929,852
[see also: Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number country ranks ]
percentage:
21 %
note:
data represents children ages 5-17 (2006 est.)
total: 7.5%
country comparison to the world: 126
male:
4.5%
female:
13.6% (2011)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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