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Guatemala Population 2022

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It’s the most populous country in Central America and has the 11th largest national population in the Americas.

According to the Census of Guatemala 2018, the population of Guatemala as of 2018 is 14,901,286 (14.9 million) & estimated population of  Guatemala in 2022 is 17,357,886 (17.4 million)

Source: https://www.censopoblacion.gt 

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Population of  Guatemala in 2022  – 17.4 million

 Guatemala  2022 Population
Total Population  17,357,886 (17.4 million)
Central America Rank 1st
Land Area  107,159 sq.km (41,374 sq. mi)
Area Rank 3rd
Pop. Density 167 people/sq. km
Capital City Guatemala City
Fertility Rate*  2.90
Infant mortality rate **  17.4
Median Age   22.9 Years
Life Expectancy  75.05 years
Urban Population  52%

Source: https://www.censopoblacion.gt 

Religion in Guatemala

Christianity is the largest religion in Guatemala and  85.9% of the population follows Christianity. 

A 2015 report found that Catholics accounted for 45% of the Guatemalan population. About 42% of Guatemalans are Protestant, chiefly independent Evangelicals or Pentecostals. The Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy also claim rapid growth, especially among the indigenous Maya peoples.

For the Latest figures, According to the 2020 report by the Latino barometer, 41.2% of population are Roman Catholic,  42.8% are Protestant (41.30% are Evangelical, 0.7% Adventist; 0.2& Methodist; 0.7% Other Protestant). Among other Christians affiliations  0.4% are Jehovah’s Witnesses, and 1.5% are Mormon. 

Other Non-Christian-based faiths population is at 0.1%. 14.2% of the population don’t affiliate with any religion.

Non-Christian Faith includes Jewish, Islam, Baháʼí Faith, and Buddism are the main minority religions.

According to a 2020 report by the Latino barometer religion percentage in Ecuador is as follows

Religion/AffiliationsPercent
Catholic41.2%
Protestant42.8%
– Evangelical – 41.3%
– Evangelical Methodist– 0.2%
– Adventist– 0.7%
– Protestant others– 0.6%
Other Christians 
Jehovah’s Witnesses0.4%
Mormón1.5%
Unaffiliated 
None13.3%
Atheist0.3%
Don´t know0.2%
No answer0.2%
Other0.1%

Source: https://www.latinobarometro.org/

Race & Ethnicity in Guatemala

Guatemala has an ethnic, cultural, racial, and linguistic diverse country.  According to the 2018 Census conducted by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), 56% of the population is Ladino reflecting mixed indigenous and European heritage. Europeans’ ancestry is mostly from German and Spanish settlers, and others derive from Italians, British, French, Swiss, Belgians, Dutch, Russians, and Danes. 

Indigenous people account for 41.7% of the population. Indigenous are mainly Maya people, namely K’iche’ (11.0% of the total population), Q’eqchi (8.3%), Kaqchikel (7.8%), Mam (5.2%), and “other Maya” (7.6%). 2% of the national population is indigenous non-Maya. Xinka another non- Maya Indigenous accounts for  1.77% of the population.

10% of the population is descended primarily from Black Africans who lived and intermarried with indigenous peoples. Other minor groups incluse Asians, mostly of Chinese descent, and  also Arabs of Lebanese and Syrian descent

Race & EthnicityPopulation 2018Percentage
Ladino (mixed indigenous and European)8,346,12056.01%
Maya (Indigenous)6,207,50341.66%
Xinka (Non Maya Indigenous)264,1671.77%
Foreign36,3200.24%
Afro-descendant/ Creole/Afro mestizo27,6470.19%
Garifuna19,5290.13%

Source: https://www.censopoblacion.gt 

Guatemala Historical Population

YearPopulationAbsolute ChangePercentage Change
19301,760,000
19402,200,000440,0000.25
19503,123,095923,0950.419589
19604,128,8801,005,7850.322048
19705,455,1971,326,3170.321229
19806,890,3461,435,1490.263079
19909,050,1152,159,7690.313449
200011,589,7612,539,6460.28062
201014,259,6872,669,9260.230369
202016,858,3332,598,6460.182237

Source: https://www.censopoblacion.gt 

Future Projection

YearProjected Population
202317,602,431
203019,201,062
204021,150,662
205022,703,298

Source: https://www.censopoblacion.gt 

Top Cities in Guatemala by Population

#CityPopulation
1Guatemala City9,23,392
2Mixco4,63,019
3Villa Nueva4,26,316
4Cobán2,12,047
5Quetzaltenango1,80,706
6Jalapa1,59,840
7Escuintla1,56,313
8San Juan Sacatepéquez1,55,965
9Jutiapa1,45,880
10Petapa1,29,124
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