Demographics of Guatemala

Demographics of Guatemala
Population pyramid of Guatemala in 2020
Population	17,703,190 (2022 est.)
Growth rate	1.58% (2022 est.)
Birth rate	22.34 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate	4.91 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy	72.91 years
• male	70.88 years
• female	75.04 years
Fertility rate	2.62 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate	26.18 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate	-1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years	32.74%
15–64 years	61.95%
65 and over	5.31%
Sex ratio
Total	0.98 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth	1.05 male(s)/female
Under 15	1.04 male(s)/female
65 and over	0.68 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality	Guatemalan
Language
Official	Spanish

This is a demography of the population of Guatemala including population density, 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% Mayan, 1.77% Xinca, and 0.13% Garifuna (Mixed African and indigenous).^[1] Approximately 56% of the population is "non-Indigenous",^[1] referring to the Mestizo population (people of mixed European and indigenous descent) and the people of European origin. These people are called Ladino in Guatemala. The population is divided almost evenly between rural and urban areas.^[2]

About 65% of the population speak Spanish, with nearly all the rest speaking indigenous languages (there are 23 officially recognized indigenous languages).^[3]