| The country Guatemala |
| Geography | ||
| Area | 109,000 km² | 357,000 km² |
| Capital | Guatemala City | Berlin |
| Population | ||
| Inhabitants | 12.9 millions | 83.0 millions |
| Annual growth | 2.60 percent | 0.27 percent |
| Population density | 105 inhabitants/km² | 230 inhabitants/km² |
| Languages | ||
| Official language | Spanish | German |
| Further languages | 22 Maya languages and Caribe | a few minority languages |
| Age structure | ||
| 0 to 14 years | 42.11 percent | 15.57 percent |
| 15 to 64 years | 54.25 percent | 67.82 percent |
| over 64 years | 3.64 percent | 16.61 percent |
| Life expectancy | ||
| Total | 66.51 years | 77.61 years |
| Women | 69.85 years | 80.92 years |
| Men | 63.85 years | 74.47 years |
| Social aspects | ||
| Illiteracy rate | approximately 26.9 percent | approximately 1 percent |
| Infant mortality rate | 45.8 of 1,000 | 4.7 of 1,000 |
| Fertility rate | 4.58 Children per woman | 1.38 Children per woman |
| Hospital beds | 15 for 10,000 inhabitants | 75 for 10,000 inhabitants |
| Population per doctor | 1,280 | 300 |
| Development status according to UN index | 120 out of 192 | 14 out of 192 |
| Society | ||
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| National holiday | 15 September, Independence day since 1821 | 3 October, Day of reunification since 1990 |
| Religion | officially more than 90 percent Catholic, inofficially 30 to 40 percent fundamental oriented Christian sects | 38 percent Protestant, 34 percent Roman-Catholic, 1.7 percent Muslim, 26.3 percent unknown |
| Ethnic groups | 55 percent Mestizos, 43 percent Indígenas, 2 percent Whites and others |
92 percent Germans, 2 percent Turks, 6 percent others |
| Economy | ||
| Gross domestic product (GDP) | 3,700 US$ per capita | 26,200 US$ per capita |
| Export income | 2.9 Mrd. US$ | 560.7 Mrd. US$ |
| Distribution of income: share of richest 10 percent on total consumption | 46 percent | 25 percent |
| Share of agriculture of GDP | 23 percent | 1 percent |
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