Guatemala: Administrative Division

Contents: Departments and Municipalities

The population of the departments and municipalities of Guatemala according to offcial estimates and projections.

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 2008-06-30	Population Estimate 2018-06-30	Population Projection 2023-06-30
Alta Verapaz (San Agustín Lanquín)	Department	1,014,419	1,274,891	1,407,025	→
Chahal	Municipality	22,835	27,574	30,822	→
Chisec	Municipality	59,927	101,330	109,476	→
Cobán	Municipality	200,084	214,811	237,572	→
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas	Municipality	57,376	72,263	81,500	→
Lanquín	Municipality	21,730	25,362	27,367	→
Panzós	Municipality	54,552	77,100	83,530	→
Raxruhá	Municipality	29,892	37,789	41,526	→
San Cristóbal Verapaz	Municipality	54,704	76,599	83,119	→
San Juan Chamelco	Municipality	51,143	57,752	64,144	→
San Pedro Carchá	Municipality	195,119	236,555	267,167	→
Santa Catalina la Tinta (La Tinta)	Municipality	34,543	42,922	47,536	→
Santa Cruz Verapaz	Municipality	29,789	33,181	37,666	→
Santa María Cahabón (Cahabón)	Municipality	54,024	66,597	72,669	→
Senahú	Municipality	63,100	94,362	101,395	→
Tactic	Municipality	31,436	39,761	43,292	→
Tamahú	Municipality	17,347	22,653	25,578	→
Tucurú	Municipality	36,818	48,280	52,666	→
Baja Verapaz	Department	252,047	316,390	344,655	→
Cubulco	Municipality	54,695	58,186	61,271	→
Granados	Municipality	11,200	13,961	14,986	→
Purulhá	Municipality	43,820	62,144	67,388	→
Rabinal	Municipality	34,106	44,930	47,303	→
Salamá	Municipality	52,605	67,216	74,277	→
San Jerónimo	Municipality	20,634	26,145	29,795	→
San Miguel Chicaj	Municipality	26,147	34,013	38,761	→
Santa Cruz El Chol (El Chol)	Municipality	8,841	9,795	10,874	→
Chimaltenango	Department	562,555	706,802	771,887	→
Acatenango	Municipality	21,092	27,265	29,132	→
Chimaltenango	Municipality	105,056	108,843	118,541	→
El Tejar	Municipality	20,126	21,465	24,363	→
Parramos	Municipality	13,407	18,755	21,102	→
Patzicía	Municipality	30,237	37,729	41,571	→
Patzún	Municipality	49,502	67,250	72,873	→
Pochuta	Municipality	10,900	10,764	11,365	→
San Andrés Itzapa	Municipality	28,336	33,594	36,067	→
San José Poaquil	Municipality	22,881	31,952	34,400	→
San Juan Comalapa (Comalapa)	Municipality	40,815	55,508	62,157	→
San Martín Jilotepeque	Municipality	69,927	89,190	96,254	→
Santa Apolonia	Municipality	14,732	22,545	24,031	→
Santa Cruz Balanyá	Municipality	7,483	10,298	11,144	→
Tecpán Guatemala	Municipality	76,420	104,831	114,810	→
Yepocapa	Municipality	29,007	39,591	43,832	→
Zaragoza	Municipality	22,636	27,222	30,245	→
Chiquimula	Department	347,960	429,544	459,294	→
Camotán	Municipality	45,483	59,547	62,528	→
Chiquimula	Municipality	88,918	113,337	122,122	→
Concepción Las Minas	Municipality	12,604	12,360	12,671	→
Esquipulas	Municipality	50,433	54,436	57,412	→
Ipala	Municipality	19,734	22,781	24,327	→
Jocotán	Municipality	50,803	70,439	76,863	→
Olopa	Municipality	21,742	29,007	30,908	→
Quezaltepeque	Municipality	25,903	28,536	30,527	→
San Jacinto	Municipality	11,633	12,826	13,513	→
San José La Arada	Municipality	7,918	8,899	9,331	→
San Juan Ermita	Municipality	12,789	17,376	19,092	→
El Progreso	Department	151,058	190,357	196,917	→
El Jícaro	Municipality	10,700	13,497	13,527	→
Guastatoya	Municipality	20,895	26,554	27,608	→
Morazán	Municipality	11,481	12,550	12,703	→
San Agustín Acasaguastlán	Municipality	37,544	53,605	55,971	→
San Antonio La Paz	Municipality	16,602	21,436	22,712	→
Sanarate	Municipality	35,984	41,518	42,634	→
San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán	Municipality	6,615	7,820	8,018	→
Sansare	Municipality	11,238	13,377	13,744	→
Escuintla	Department	655,189	769,560	823,684	→
Escuintla	Municipality	141,918	161,706	172,324	→
Guanagazapa	Municipality	15,786	17,146	17,565	→
Iztapa	Municipality	11,562	19,108	20,697	→
La Democracia	Municipality	23,002	24,973	26,116	→
La Gomera	Municipality	...	48,817	54,301	→
Masagua	Municipality	40,551	46,250	49,085	→
Nueva Concepción	Municipality	62,285	78,123	83,170	→
Palín	Municipality	52,287	67,965	73,212	→
San José	Municipality	48,525	64,211	69,316	→
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa	Municipality	114,110	120,130	129,473	→
San Vicente Pacaya	Municipality	15,559	17,402	18,657	→
Sipacate (← La Gomera)	Municipality	...	16,710	18,586	→
Siquinalá	Municipality	20,128	25,096	26,645	→
Tiquisate	Municipality	53,313	61,923	64,537	→
Guatemala (San Miguel Petapa)	Department	2,994,047	3,429,290	3,639,725	→
Amatitlán	Municipality	100,933	144,305	154,248	→
Chinautla	Municipality	115,843	120,175	125,342	→
Chuarrancho	Municipality	11,964	16,384	17,245	→
Fraijanes	Municipality	40,114	60,288	64,519	→
Guatemala	Municipality	980,160	1,175,737	1,221,739	→
Mixco	Municipality	462,753	476,736	527,828	→
Palencia	Municipality	55,858	73,432	75,139	→
Petapa	Municipality	145,133	140,605	152,666	→
San José del Golfo	Municipality	5,596	8,253	8,502	→
San José Pinula	Municipality	63,448	86,974	90,247	→
San Juan Sacatepéquez	Municipality	196,422	271,448	288,024	→
San Pedro Ayampuc	Municipality	62,963	63,805	68,954	→
San Pedro Sacatepéquez	Municipality	38,261	53,245	57,362	→
San Raimundo	Municipality	27,465	38,218	39,033	→
Santa Catarina Pinula	Municipality	80,781	85,699	87,717	→
Villa Canales	Municipality	131,984	163,736	168,680	→
Villa Nueva	Municipality	474,368	450,250	492,480	→
Huehuetenango	Department	1,056,566	1,315,698	1,454,019	→
Aguacatán	Municipality	49,631	56,234	60,435	→
Chiantla	Municipality	82,000	90,376	94,767	→
Colotenango	Municipality	25,091	42,358	45,397	→
Concepción Huista	Municipality	...	19,549	21,614	→
Cuilco	Municipality	54,889	62,983	68,325	→
Huehuetenango	Municipality	100,673	121,768	140,311	→
Jacaltenango	Municipality	41,112	40,117	45,704	→
La Democracia	Municipality	41,803	58,004	62,300	→
La Libertad	Municipality	34,865	44,190	50,223	→
Malacatancito	Municipality	19,177	20,846	23,359	→
Nentón	Municipality	38,820	47,210	52,360	→
Petatán (← Concepción Huista)	Municipality	...	6,580	7,275	→
San Antonio Huista	Municipality	16,187	17,257	19,814	→
San Gaspar Ixchil	Municipality	6,587	10,085	10,693	→
San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán (Ixtahuacán)	Municipality	38,918	52,217	57,558	→
San Juan Atitán	Municipality	14,860	24,371	26,482	→
San Juan Ixcoy	Municipality	24,464	29,286	31,503	→
San Mateo Ixtatán	Municipality	36,374	54,367	61,672	→
San Miguel Acatán	Municipality	24,329	34,006	36,857	→
San Pedro Necta	Municipality	31,112	39,361	42,073	→
San Pedro Soloma (Soloma)	Municipality	45,142	58,271	66,363	→
San Rafael La Independencia	Municipality	11,638	17,685	18,978	→
San Rafael Petzal	Municipality	7,821	11,862	13,010	→
San Sebastián Coatán	Municipality	22,316	24,688	26,219	→
San Sebastián Huehuetenango	Municipality	26,397	38,775	44,359	→
Santa Ana Huista	Municipality	8,583	9,729	10,910	→
Santa Bárbara	Municipality	16,665	40,481	45,862	→
Santa Cruz Barillas (Barillas)	Municipality	115,050	116,671	130,669	→
Santa Eulalia	Municipality	40,684	48,382	52,756	→
Santiago Chimaltenango	Municipality	6,769	13,304	14,958	→
Tectitán	Municipality	7,861	11,322	12,066	→
Todos Santos Cuchumatán	Municipality	32,048	36,930	40,289	→
Unión Cantinil	Municipality	16,324	16,433	18,858	→
Izabal	Department	383,636	428,335	458,107	→
El Estor	Municipality	62,970	78,586	85,035	→
Livingston	Municipality	58,788	76,990	82,339	→
Los Amates	Municipality	61,038	63,133	66,973	→
Morales	Municipality	104,580	102,882	110,310	→
Puerto Barrios	Municipality	96,259	106,744	113,450	→
Jalapa	Department	293,926	380,612	413,918	→
Jalapa	Municipality	130,910	181,460	195,321	→
Mataquescuintla	Municipality	39,073	43,783	48,132	→
Monjas	Municipality	23,242	28,422	32,058	→
San Carlos Alzatate	Municipality	15,701	20,569	22,264	→
San Luis Jilotepeque	Municipality	23,484	25,073	27,307	→
San Manuel Chaparrón	Municipality	8,106	8,642	9,239	→
San Pedro Pinula	Municipality	53,411	72,663	79,597	→
Jutiapa	Department	415,996	533,451	563,958	→
Agua Blanca	Municipality	14,384	16,823	17,993	→
Asunción Mita	Municipality	40,614	49,684	53,944	→
Atescatempa	Municipality	15,166	18,930	20,300	→
Comapa	Municipality	25,617	35,722	37,572	→
Conguaco	Municipality	17,814	28,257	30,281	→
El Adelanto	Municipality	5,439	8,117	8,457	→
El Progreso	Municipality	18,390	24,452	26,174	→
Jalpatagua	Municipality	23,965	30,575	31,858	→
Jerez	Municipality	5,176	6,490	7,006	→
Jutiapa	Municipality	124,622	159,684	168,787	→
Moyuta	Municipality	36,852	49,747	50,947	→
Pasaco	Municipality	8,772	10,843	11,318	→
Quezada	Municipality	19,175	23,027	24,020	→
San José Acatempa (Acatempa)	Municipality	12,600	13,585	14,017	→
Santa Catarina Mita	Municipality	23,796	29,816	32,172	→
Yupiltepeque	Municipality	14,341	17,628	18,419	→
Zapotitlán	Municipality	9,273	10,071	10,693	→
Petén	Department	563,832	595,548	640,151	→
Dolores	Municipality	...	29,406	30,546	→
El Chal (← Dolores)	Municipality	...	15,095	15,680	→
Flores	Municipality	49,197	41,166	45,560	→
La Libertad	Municipality	...	80,597	87,572	→
Las Cruces (← La Libertad)	Municipality	...	36,652	39,824	→
Melchor de Mencos	Municipality	21,184	29,339	31,009	→
Poptún	Municipality	55,206	63,854	70,784	→
San Andrés	Municipality	35,106	34,160	35,777	→
San Benito	Municipality	49,402	50,701	55,065	→
San Francisco	Municipality	14,347	15,889	17,009	→
San José	Municipality	4,929	7,034	7,323	→
San Luis	Municipality	68,121	74,813	78,007	→
Santa Ana	Municipality	26,197	22,630	24,824	→
Sayaxché	Municipality	94,407	94,212	101,171	→
Quetzaltenango	Department	737,593	869,071	936,385	→
Almolonga	Municipality	16,436	16,042	17,613	→
Cabricán	Municipality	23,292	26,456	28,522	→
Cajolá	Municipality	10,031	18,452	19,547	→
Cantel	Municipality	38,122	43,126	47,941	→
Coatepeque	Municipality	117,451	114,522	122,321	→
Colomba	Municipality	39,822	54,206	57,111	→
Concepción Chiquirichapa	Municipality	17,341	19,551	21,249	→
El Palmar	Municipality	26,660	30,225	32,065	→
Flores Costa Cuca	Municipality	24,542	22,820	25,408	→
Génova	Municipality	36,968	44,015	46,852	→
Huitán	Municipality	12,734	14,239	15,006	→
La Esperanza	Municipality	22,035	23,385	25,307	→
Olintepeque	Municipality	29,485	36,988	39,944	→
Palestina de Los Altos	Municipality	12,472	19,937	20,942	→
Quetzaltenango	Municipality	143,321	189,514	207,620	→
Salcajá	Municipality	17,191	20,047	21,917	→
San Carlos Sija	Municipality	32,919	33,695	36,554	→
San Francisco La Unión	Municipality	7,532	9,035	9,812	→
San Juan Ostuncalco (Ostuncalco)	Municipality	48,297	60,118	61,896	→
San Martín Sacatepéquez	Municipality	24,193	31,686	34,341	→
San Mateo	Municipality	8,086	8,329	9,081	→
San Miguel Sigüilá	Municipality	8,528	9,333	9,995	→
Sibilia	Municipality	7,922	8,455	9,220	→
Zunil	Municipality	12,212	14,895	16,121	→
Quiché	Department	861,089	1,024,208	1,119,425	→
Canillá	Municipality	11,225	12,299	13,041	→
Chajul	Municipality	44,885	48,283	54,355	→
Chicamán	Municipality	32,178	40,715	44,728	→
Chiché	Municipality	24,740	31,519	32,703	→
Chichicastenango	Municipality	133,700	144,765	154,817	→
Chinique	Municipality	9,811	12,777	14,052	→
Cunén	Municipality	32,451	44,518	49,047	→
Ixcán	Municipality	84,377	102,932	113,565	→
Joyabaj	Municipality	69,278	99,287	113,217	→
Nebaj	Municipality	73,216	73,119	80,162	→
Pachalum	Municipality	8,042	9,147	10,381	→
Patzité	Municipality	5,528	7,343	8,084	→
Sacapulas	Municipality	43,180	53,652	56,458	→
San Andrés Sajcabajá	Municipality	23,278	26,611	28,833	→
San Antonio Ilotenango	Municipality	19,674	28,673	32,339	→
San Bartolomé Jocotenango	Municipality	12,722	15,181	16,149	→
San Juan Cotzal	Municipality	25,065	34,227	37,659	→
San Pedro Jocopilas	Municipality	26,434	36,231	39,117	→
Santa Cruz del Quiché	Municipality	87,210	94,849	102,447	→
Uspantán	Municipality	57,348	70,311	76,804	→
Zacualpa	Municipality	36,748	37,769	41,467	→
Retalhuleu	Department	284,359	360,172	386,783	→
Champerico	Municipality	31,506	36,842	39,666	→
El Asintal	Municipality	35,428	41,207	44,607	→
Nuevo San Carlos	Municipality	30,129	40,801	42,791	→
Retalhuleu	Municipality	80,450	105,241	112,894	→
San Andrés Villa Seca	Municipality	36,376	53,241	57,876	→
San Felipe	Municipality	22,125	25,277	27,520	→
San Martín Zapotitlán	Municipality	10,202	12,494	13,448	→
San Sebastián	Municipality	25,891	29,845	31,244	→
Santa Cruz Muluá	Municipality	12,253	15,224	16,737	→
Sacatepéquez	Department	296,890	377,219	408,476	→
Alotenango	Municipality	22,954	27,086	28,792	→
Antigua Guatemala	Municipality	44,101	56,898	60,608	→
Ciudad Vieja	Municipality	32,337	38,181	42,815	→
Jocotenango	Municipality	20,021	22,484	24,144	→
Magdalena Milpas Altas	Municipality	9,999	12,478	12,936	→
Pastores	Municipality	13,904	18,817	20,190	→
San Antonio Aguas Calientes	Municipality	9,703	11,883	13,279	→
San Bartolomé Milpas Altas	Municipality	7,380	8,256	8,879	→
San Lucas Sacatepéquez	Municipality	22,808	27,681	29,549	→
San Miguel Dueñas	Municipality	10,510	14,562	16,218	→
Santa Catarina Barahona	Municipality	3,307	4,304	4,746	→
Santa Lucía Milpas Altas	Municipality	13,258	16,447	17,989	→
Santa María de Jesús	Municipality	15,952	25,857	27,346	→
Santiago Sacatepéquez	Municipality	26,881	35,250	38,111	→
Santo Domingo Xenacoj	Municipality	9,506	13,457	15,134	→
Sumpango	Municipality	34,268	43,578	47,740	→
San Marcos	Department	950,592	1,137,726	1,222,951	→
Ayutla	Municipality	34,056	43,316	48,239	→
Catarina	Municipality	30,906	31,151	33,448	→
Comitancillo	Municipality	56,456	78,157	82,153	→
Concepción Tutuapa	Municipality	55,357	80,161	86,756	→
El Quetzal	Municipality	21,821	25,076	26,455	→
El Rodeo	Municipality	15,939	18,396	20,067	→
El Tumbador	Municipality	39,405	49,499	53,896	→
Esquipulas Palo Gordo	Municipality	10,576	13,263	14,485	→
Ixchiguán	Municipality	25,623	23,828	25,642	→
La Blanca (← Ocós)	Municipality	...	32,548	35,408	→
La Reforma	Municipality	15,140	22,689	24,389	→
Malacatán	Municipality	92,034	105,476	111,772	→
Nuevo Progreso	Municipality	32,801	30,489	32,940	→
Ocós	Municipality	...	12,120	13,185	→
Pajapita	Municipality	21,392	22,654	23,483	→
Río Blanco	Municipality	5,335	5,851	6,237	→
San Antonio Sacatepéquez	Municipality	18,105	19,651	21,808	→
San Cristóbal Cucho	Municipality	15,665	17,410	18,352	→
San José Ojetenam	Municipality	18,606	22,227	23,164	→
San Lorenzo	Municipality	11,136	13,215	14,672	→
San Marcos	Municipality	46,065	47,723	50,218	→
San Miguel Ixtahuacán	Municipality	34,035	50,874	53,442	→
San Pablo	Municipality	46,703	49,226	54,221	→
San Pedro Sacatepéquez	Municipality	65,069	81,438	88,370	→
San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta	Municipality	14,735	17,633	18,817	→
Sibinal	Municipality	15,168	16,560	17,430	→
Sipacapa	Municipality	16,774	25,511	28,383	→
Tacaná	Municipality	71,674	79,907	83,581	→
Tajumulco	Municipality	50,989	60,046	65,640	→
Tejutla	Municipality	31,139	41,631	46,298	→
Santa Rosa	Department	329,433	429,938	456,928	→
Barberena	Municipality	42,610	58,921	62,433	→
Casillas	Municipality	22,336	25,493	26,473	→
Chiquimulilla	Municipality	45,648	61,915	66,781	→
Cuilapa	Municipality	36,925	45,496	47,910	→
Guazacapán	Municipality	14,484	21,309	22,762	→
Nueva Santa Rosa	Municipality	30,288	38,331	39,854	→
Oratorio	Municipality	22,127	25,815	27,959	→
Pueblo Nuevo Viñas	Municipality	22,633	28,982	29,651	→
San Juan Tecuaco	Municipality	8,969	12,143	13,275	→
San Rafael Las Flores	Municipality	11,362	13,154	14,305	→
Santa Cruz Naranjo	Municipality	12,469	16,951	18,481	→
Santa María Ixhuatán	Municipality	20,151	26,210	27,012	→
Santa Rosa de Lima	Municipality	16,605	20,382	22,024	→
Taxisco	Municipality	22,826	34,836	38,008	→
Sololá	Department	398,519	453,097	487,906	→
Concepción	Municipality	5,824	6,906	7,444	→
Nahualá	Municipality	61,583	87,319	97,710	→
Panajachel	Municipality	15,092	15,277	16,639	→
San Andrés Semetabaj	Municipality	11,809	14,161	15,311	→
San Antonio Palopó	Municipality	12,371	15,362	15,980	→
San José Chacayá	Municipality	3,763	4,940	5,402	→
San Juan La Laguna	Municipality	10,055	12,541	13,973	→
San Lucas Tolimán	Municipality	27,145	31,031	32,259	→
San Marcos La Laguna	Municipality	3,496	2,836	3,011	→
San Pablo La Laguna	Municipality	6,861	7,835	8,124	→
San Pedro La Laguna	Municipality	10,597	11,122	12,296	→
Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan	Municipality	47,345	58,017	63,402	→
Santa Catarina Palopó	Municipality	4,556	4,740	4,968	→
Santa Clara La Laguna	Municipality	8,823	9,894	10,625	→
Santa Cruz La Laguna	Municipality	6,133	7,640	8,048	→
Santa Lucía Utatlán	Municipality	22,177	21,432	21,982	→
Santa María Visitación	Municipality	2,361	2,480	2,680	→
Santiago Atitlán	Municipality	41,166	42,267	46,561	→
Sololá	Municipality	97,363	97,297	101,491	→
Suchitepéquez	Department	481,047	590,828	626,419	→
Chicacao	Municipality	48,353	67,399	68,958	→
Cuyotenango	Municipality	...	36,201	38,791	→
La Máquina (← Cuyotenango)	Municipality	...	24,969	26,756	→
Mazatenango	Municipality	83,013	82,969	84,569	→
Patulul	Municipality	37,128	41,543	42,934	→
Pueblo Nuevo	Municipality	10,299	11,703	12,363	→
Río Bravo	Municipality	19,438	29,670	32,368	→
Samayac	Municipality	20,180	25,640	27,252	→
San Antonio Suchitepéquez	Municipality	45,560	62,204	67,641	→
San Bernardino	Municipality	15,635	16,204	17,702	→
San Francisco Zapotitlán	Municipality	18,177	23,306	25,726	→
San Gabriel	Municipality	5,171	7,636	8,331	→
San José El Idolo	Municipality	8,664	11,547	12,314	→
San Juan Bautista	Municipality	8,566	8,864	9,705	→
San Lorenzo	Municipality	11,415	13,541	14,163	→
San Miguel Panán	Municipality	7,995	11,810	12,910	→
San Pablo Jocopilas	Municipality	18,560	21,134	23,388	→
Santa Bárbara	Municipality	21,748	27,215	27,978	→
Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez	Municipality	34,563	46,814	50,099	→
Santo Tomás La Unión	Municipality	11,157	12,087	13,269	→
Zunilito	Municipality	6,770	8,372	9,202	→
Totonicapán	Department	433,749	472,075	507,905	→
Momostenango	Municipality	113,120	131,617	144,820	→
San Andrés Xecul	Municipality	30,272	28,363	30,823	→
San Bartolo	Municipality	14,432	12,226	12,644	→
San Cristóbal Totonicapán	Municipality	35,326	41,167	44,074	→
San Francisco El Alto	Municipality	57,926	61,544	68,026	→
Santa Lucía La Reforma	Municipality	18,862	25,021	26,058	→
Santa María Chiquimula	Municipality	43,562	57,685	59,635	→
Totonicapán	Municipality	120,250	114,452	121,825	→
Zacapa	Department	213,313	262,138	275,913	→
Cabañas	Municipality	11,063	14,292	15,161	→
Estanzuela	Municipality	10,881	10,824	10,925	→
Gualán	Municipality	39,685	48,584	50,421	→
Huité	Municipality	9,370	11,746	12,197	→
La Unión	Municipality	27,425	37,688	38,964	→
Río Hondo	Municipality	17,629	22,234	24,159	→
San Diego	Municipality	5,810	7,505	7,882	→
San Jorge (← Zacapa)	Municipality	...	13,045	13,841	→
Teculután	Municipality	16,102	19,468	20,805	→
Usumatlán	Municipality	10,299	12,688	13,584	→
Zacapa	Municipality	...	64,064	67,974	→
Guatemala	Republic	13,677,815	16,346,950	17,602,431

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala.

Explanation: In contrast to the population estimates and projections in the table above, the census figures used by the following information about population structure are not adjusted for underenumeration. The area figures of municipalities are computed by using geospatial data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (P 2023)
Males	8,659,734
Females	8,942,697

Age Groups (P 2023)
0-14 years	5,530,377
15-64 years	11,074,801
65+ years	997,253

Age Distribution (P 2023)
70+ years	666,759
60-69 years	747,158
50-59 years	1,170,064
40-49 years	1,790,254
30-39 years	2,604,259
20-29 years	3,343,906
10-19 years	3,554,925
0-9 years	3,725,106

Urbanization (C 2018)
Rural	6,876,778
Urban	8,024,508

Place of Birth (C 2018)
Same municipality	12,072,213
Other municipality in Guatamala	2,516,422
Other country	82,160

Ethnic Group (C 2018)
Maya	6,207,503
Garifuna	19,529
Xinca	264,167
Afro-Guatemalan	27,647
Ladino	8,346,120
Foreign	36,320

Mother Tongue (C 2018)
Spain	9,488,838
Q'eqchi'	1,127,387
K'iche'	1,054,818
Mam	590,641
Kaqchikel	411,089
Other language	894,124

Literacy (A7+) (C 2018)
yes	10,215,017
no	2,313,920