Guatemala

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Facts

Population: 12,728,111 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 40.8% (male 2,641,179/female 2,556,397) 15-64 years: 55.5% (male 3,426,376/female 3,642,157) 65 years and over: 3.6% (male 213,801/female 248,201) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 2.152% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 29.09 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 5.27 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -2.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.033 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.941 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.861 male(s)/female total population: 0.974 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 29.77 deaths/1,000 live births male: 32.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 27.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 69.69 years male: 67.94 years female: 71.52 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 3.7 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.1% (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 78,000 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: 5,800 (2003 est.).

Nationality: noun: Guatemalan(s) adjective: Guatemalan.

Ethnic groups: Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) and European 59.4%, K'iche 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9%, Q'eqchi 6.3%, other Mayan 8.6%, indigenous non-Mayan 0.2%, other 0.1% (2001 census).

Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs.

Languages: Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca).

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 69.1% male: 75.4% female: 63.3% (2002 census).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $61.38 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 4.6% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $5,000 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 22.1% industry: 19.1% services: 58.7% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 5.02 million (2005 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 50% industry: 15% services: 35% (1999 est.).

Population below poverty line: 56.2% (2004 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 46% (1998).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.8% (2006).

Unemployment rate: 3.2% (2005 est.).

Budget: revenues: $3.84 billion expenditures: $4.431 billion; including capital expenditures of $750 million (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens.

Industries: sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism.

Industrial production growth rate: 3.6% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 7.2 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - consumption: 6.625 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - exports: 335 million kWh (2005).

Electricity - imports: 23 million kWh (2005).

Exports: $3.71 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom.

Exports - partners: US 50.1%, El Salvador 12.1%, Honduras 7.3%, Mexico 4% (2005).

Imports: $9.911 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity.

Imports - partners: US 38.1%, Mexico 7.6%, El Salvador 4.8%, South Korea 4.8%, Panama 4.4% (2005).

Debt - external: $3.908 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $250 million (2000 est.).

Currency (code): quetzal (GTQ), US dollar (USD), others allowed.

Exchange rates: quetzales per US dollar - 7.6026 (2006), 7.6339 (2005), 7.9465 (2004), 7.9409 (2003), 7.8217 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.