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Guatemala: Guatemala People Profile 2012

2012/03/13

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Guatemala People Profile 2012

Population
Maya peoples make up about 55% of the population of Guatemala, and the remainder consists largely of mestizos or Ladinos, that is, persons of mixed Native American and Spanish descent. Approximately 64% of the country's population is defined as rural.

Population Characteristics
The population of Guatemala (1989 estimate) was 8,935,000. The overall density was about 82 persons per sq km (about 213 per sq mi), but most of the population was concentrated mainly in the central highland region. The country's population was increasing at a rate of 2.4 percent a year in the late 1980s.