Guatemala June 23, 2022 Americas , Amerindians , Atitlán , Atlantic , Atlantic Ocean , Baie d'Amatique , bananes , Belgium colony , bois , café , Capitainerie générale du Guatemala , Caribbean , Caribbean Sea , Central America , CIA , civil war , colony , conflicts , dictatorship , earthquakes , Escuintla , forest , German colony , Guatemala , guerrilla , Hispanic America , human rights , île de Flores , International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women , junta , Lac Izabal , Lake Petén Iztá , Latin America , Maya , military dictatorship , military junta , Nouvelle-Espagne , Pacific , Pacific Ocean , poverty , Quetzaltenango , Republic , República de Guatemala , Revolution , Ring of Fire , Royaume du Guatemala , Spanish , Spanish colony , Spanish Empire , Spanish language , Tolimán , United Fruit Company , violence , volcano , volcano Atitlán , volcano Tolimán , women's rights Official name Republic of Guatemala Name in local language República de Guatemala (es) Continent Americas Subcontinent Central America Population (ranking: 68e ) 18,065,725 inhabitants (2020) Population growth 2.13 % / year Area 108,930 km² Density 165.85 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 73e )78.460 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 4,549 $USD (2018) GDP growth 3.10 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 72.50 years (2019) Birth rate 22.50 ‰ (2017) Fertility rate 2.70 children / woman (2017) Death rate (ranking ) 4.80 ‰ (2017) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 20.00 ‰ (2017) Literacy rate 94.35 % (2014) Official languages Spanish Currency Quetzal (GTQ) HDI (ranking: 165e )0.651 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )52.33 (2018) Government Unitary presidential republic Head of State President Alejandro Giammattei National Day 15 September (independence of 1821), 20 October (revolution of 1944) ISO Codes GT, GTM Demonym Guatemalan Tourists (ranking ) 1,660,000 people (2017)
Guatemala is a Central American country surrounded by Mexico , Belize , Honduras and El Salvador . It is bathed to the east by the Caribbean Sea, and southwest by the Pacific Ocean.
Volcanos Tolimán (right) and Atitlán, Guatemala. Photo: Gringologue Flores Island, Guatemala. Photo: Javier Aroche Lake Atitlán, Guatemala Urban areas (2019) Urban areas Population Guatemala 5,484,569 inhabitants Quetzaltenango 792,530 inhabitants Cobán 511,780 inhabitants Mazatenango 312,071 inhabitants Huehuetenango 225,328 inhabitants Flores 166,476 inhabitants Jutiapa 157,968 inhabitants Sololá 154,054 inhabitants Escuintla 153,131 inhabitants Chichicastenango 148,855 inhabitants Jalapa 147,266 inhabitants Retalhuleu 146,974 inhabitants San Marcos 141,439 inhabitants Santa Cruz Barillas 140,332 inhabitants Malacatán 139,945 inhabitants Coatepeque 131,684 inhabitants Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa 129,341 inhabitants Momostenango 128,728 inhabitants Nahualá 116,582 inhabitants Morales 115,300 inhabitants Sayaxché 114,781 inhabitants Puerto Barrios 104,584 inhabitants Santa Cruz del Quiché 102,782 inhabitants Zacapa 99,123 inhabitants Ixcán 98,543 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Departments Population Area Alta Verapaz 1,410,591 inhabitants 8,686 km² Baja Verapaz 331,561 inhabitants 3,124 km² Chimaltenango 762,742 inhabitants 1,979 km² Chiquimula 445,555 inhabitants 2,376 km² El Progreso 181,485 inhabitants 1,922 km² Escuintla 820,447 inhabitants 4,386 km² Guatemala 3,531,754 inhabitants 2,126 km² Huehuetenango 1,390,006 inhabitants 7,400 km² Izabal 500,827 inhabitants 9,038 km² Jalapa 396,488 inhabitants 2,063 km² Jutiapa 514,212 inhabitants 3,216 km² Petén 833,679 inhabitants 35,854 km² Quetzaltenango 940,159 inhabitants 1,953 km² Quiché 1,237,939 inhabitants 8,378 km² Retalhuleu 362,498 inhabitants 1,856 km² Sacatepéquez 369,626 inhabitants 465 km² San Marcos 1,225,335 inhabitants 3,791 km² Santa Rosa 406,924 inhabitants 2,995 km² Sololá 548,347 inhabitants 1,061 km² Suchitepéquez 624,069 inhabitants 2,510 km² Totonicapán 601,837 inhabitants 1,061 km² Zacapa 253,560 inhabitants 2,690 km²
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