Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) 56%, Maya 41.7%, Xinca (Indigenous, non-Maya) 1.8%, African descent 0.2%, Garifuna (mixed West and Central African, Island Carib, and Arawak) 0.1%, foreign 0.2% (2018 est.)
Roman Catholic 41.7%, Evangelical 38.8%, other 2.7%, atheist 0.1%, none 13.8%, unspecified 2.9% (2018 est.)
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1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | |
Population, total (millions) | 9.05 | 11.59 | 14.26 | 16.86 |
Population growth (annual %) | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
Surface area (sq. km) (thousands) | 108.9 | 108.9 | 108.9 | 108.9 |
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) | 84.5 | 108.2 | 133.1 | 157.3 |
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) | .. | 56 | .. | .. |
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) | 36.3 | 9.3 | .. | .. |
Income share held by lowest 20% | 2.1 | 3.5 | .. | .. |
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) | 62 | 68 | 71 | 75 |
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) | 129 | 112 | 83 | 67 |
Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49) | 23 | 38 | 54 | .. |
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) | 29 | 41 | 52 | .. |
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) | 80 | 52 | 35 | 24 |
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) | 27.9 | 18.8 | 14.1 | .. |
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) | 68 | 86 | 93 | 88 |
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) | .. | 56 | 84 | 81 |
School enrollment, primary (% gross) | 72.6 | 99.8 | 115.5 | 100.6 |
School enrollment, secondary (% gross) | 22 | 30 | 52 | 50 |
School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49) | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Environment | ||||
Forest area (sq. km) (thousands) | 47.8 | 42.1 | 37.2 | 35.3 |
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) | .. | .. | .. | 10.1 |
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) | .. | 2.4 | 3 | 3 |
Urban population growth (annual %) | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita) | 487 | 607 | 715 | .. |
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita) | 0.43 | 0.81 | 0.8 | 1.11 |
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) | 205 | 332 | 556 | .. |
Net migration (thousands) | -367 | -281 | -50 | -46 |