Guatemala

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
17,245,346 1
Urban
51.10% 1
Rural
48.90% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.5% 2
Level of Public Corruption
136 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
105 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
3.16 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
2.90% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
72 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
78.26% 6
Internet Users
23% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$3,430 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
11.5% 6
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
  • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
14,444,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
79.83
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
128,178
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
14,464
First Communions per Year
79,947
Confirmations per Year
73,801
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
39,835
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
37,311
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
31,067
Church Marriages per Year
16,552
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
16,287
Priests
1,192
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
1,831
Catholics per Priest
12,117
Parishes
531
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
236
Catholic Hospitals
19
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
29
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