Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Guatemalan Sign Language (secondary) · K'iche' (secondary) · Kaqchikel (secondary) · Korean (secondary) · Mam (secondary) · Q'eqchi' (secondary) · Spanish (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Guatemala

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Guatemalan White	11625000	Spanish	Christianity
Kekchi, Quecchi	1450000	Q'eqchi'	Christianity
Kiche, Central	1255000	K'iche'	Christianity
Americans, U.S.	534000	English	Christianity
Cakchiquel, Central	334000	Kaqchikel	Christianity
Mam	328000	Mam	Christianity
Kiche, West Central	295000	K'iche'	Christianity
Cakchiquel, Eastern	230000	Kaqchikel	Christianity
Kanjobal, Eastern	220000	Q'anjob'al	Christianity
Mam, Southern	203000	Mam	Christianity
Cakchiquel, Western	177000	Kaqchikel	Christianity
Mam, Central	172000	Mam	Christianity
Kiche, Eastern Chichicastenango	126000	K'iche'	Christianity
Chorti	119000	Ch'orti'	Christianity
Tzutujil	112000	Tz'utujil	Christianity
Cakchiquel, Southern	111000	Kaqchikel	Christianity
Cakchiquel, South Central	99000	Kaqchikel	Christianity
Pocomchi, Eastern	94000	Poqomchi'	Christianity
Pocomchi, Western	94000	Poqomchi'	Christianity
Cakchiquel, Northern	88000	Kaqchikel	Christianity
Achi, Rabinal	86000	Achi	Christianity
Achi, Cubulco	86000	Achi	Ethnic Religions
Mam, Todos Santos Cuchumatan	75000	Mam	Christianity
Kiche, Joyabaj	69000	K'iche'	Christianity
Mam, Tajumulco	60000	Mam	Christianity
Kanjobal, Western	59000	Akateko	Christianity
Jacalteco	57000	Jakalteko	Christianity
Deaf	51000	Guatemalan Sign Language	Unknown
Chuj, San Mateo Ixtatan	49000	Chuj	Christianity
Chuj, San Sebastian Coatan	49000	Chuj	Christianity
Ixil, San Juan Cotzal	47000	Ixil	Christianity
Ixil, Nebaj	47000	Ixil	Christianity
Ixil, Chajul	47000	Ixil	Ethnic Religions
Cakchiquel, Santa Maria de Jesus	40000	Kaqchikel	Christianity
Cakchiquel, Southwestern Yepocapa	40000	Kaqchikel	Christianity
Tacaneco	35000	Mam	Christianity
Kiche, San Andres	25000	K'iche'	Christianity
Xinca	25000	Spanish	Christianity
Black Carib, Garifuna	21000	Garifuna	Christianity
Mam, Sacatepequez	19000	Mam	Christianity
Sipacapeno	18000	Sipakapense	Christianity
Pocomam	17000	Poqomam	Christianity
Pocomam, Eastern	17000	Poqomam	Christianity
Pocomam, Southern	17000	Poqomam	Christianity
Quiche, Sacapulteco	14000	Sakapulteko	Christianity
Cakchiquel, Santo Domingo Xenacoj	14000	Kaqchikel	Christianity
Aguacatec	13000	Awakateko	Ethnic Religions
Kiche, Cunen	9300	K'iche'	Christianity
Korean	5700	Korean	Christianity
Uspantec	5400	Uspanteko	Christianity

Languages

26 languages recorded here.

Achi

Akateko

Awakateko

Ch'orti'

Chuj

English

Garifuna

Guatemalan Sign Language

Ixil

Jakalteko

K'iche'

Kaqchikel

Kaqchikel-Kiche Mixed Language

Korean

Mam

Maya, Mopan

Poqomam

Poqomchi'

Q'anjob'al

Q'eqchi'

Sakapulteko

Sipakapense

Spanish

Tektiteko

Tz'utujil

Uspanteko

All catalogue fields

151 fields recorded

rog3: GT
iso3: GTM
iso2: GT
ctry: Guatemala
poplpeoples: 18794000
cntpeoples: 57
cntpeopleslr: 2
poplpeopleslr: 52000
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: spa
officiallang: Spanish
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 95.052068653738
percentevangelical: 25.089868780111
c_10_40window: N
rog2: NAR
continent: North America
regioncode: 11
regionname: America, Latin
workersneeded: 2
harvest_rog3: GT
harvest_iso3: GTM
harvest_iso2: GT
harvest_owcountrycode: GUAT
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: GT
harvest_countrynumber: 89
harvest_ctry: Guatemala
harvest_ctryshort: Guatemala
harvest_countrynamechinese: 危地马拉
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 危地马拉
harvest_countrynamedutch: Guatemala
harvest_countrynamefrench: Guatemala
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Guatemala
harvest_countrynamegerman: Guatemala
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Guatemala
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Guatemala
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Guatemala
harvest_countrynameitalian: Guatemala
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Guatemala
harvest_countrynamekorean: 과테말라
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 과테말라
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Guatemala
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Guatemala
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Guatemala
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Guatemala
harvest_countrynamerussian: Гватемала
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Гватемала
harvest_countrynamespanish: Guatemala
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Guatemala
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Guatemala
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Guatemala
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: NAR
harvest_regioncode2414: 8
harvest_regioncode: 11
harvest_unsr: 013
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_capital: Guatemala City
harvest_population: 18688000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/guatemala.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-gt+bh.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/guatemala
harvest_jpscale: 5
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 83
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/GT_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 24.4
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 18.497131
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 3.2
harvest_owcountrypage: guatemala
harvest_literacyrate: 82
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 51
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: spa
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0.3
harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0.05
harvest_pctchinese: 0.02
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 0.01
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 3.5
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 96.12
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 19.23
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 6.570000000000001
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0.02
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 55.2
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 2.06
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 15.07
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: -2.02999997009087
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A007
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.64
harvest_hdirank: 125
harvest_internetusers: 34.5
harvest_flashmapzoom: 958
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -158
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -419
harvest_googlemapzoom: 6
harvest_googlemaplat: 15.5
harvest_googlemaplng: -90.25
harvest_ctrylatitude: 15.783471
harvest_ctrylongitude: -90.23075900000001
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/guatemala/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 402
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.991243327535536
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=gt&joshua=gt
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-guatemala
harvest_internetusage: 65
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://sbiblica.org/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 42042
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 108889
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 318
harvest_countryphonecode: 502
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 98.7
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 19
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 88.5
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 23.3
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 97.52
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 26
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .gt
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guatemala
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00