Guatemala

**Guatemala**, officially the **Republic of Guatemala**, is a country in Central America. It borders Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. It also next to the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Honduras northeast.

## Population

Guatemala has the largest population in Central America.  More than fourteen million people live in the 22 Guatemalan departments. Most of the population is made up of mestizo (mixed race) people, who are a combination of Native and European people. Mestizo are 40% of the population. Native Mayan people are 49% of the population, while 9% are direct descendants of Spanish and German people. Black people are 2% of the population.

## History

The capital was moved several times because of natural disasters. The first city was destroyed when the volcano Volcan de Agua erupted, forcing the move to what today is called Antigua Guatemala. This city was destroyed by earthquakes. Finally, the capital was moved to Guatemala City.

## Photo

- Guatemala Map
- Guatemala photos

## Related pages

- Guatemala at the Olympics
- Guatemala national football team
- List of rivers of Guatemala

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: Republic of Guatemala
- **common name**: Guatemala
- **image flag**: Flag of Guatemala.svg
- **image coat**: Coat of arms of Guatemala.svg
- **other symbol**: _La Granadera_
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- **other symbol type**: March:
- **national motto**: (Spanish)
"Grow Free and Fecund"
- **national anthem**:

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- **map width**: 220px
- **capital**: Guatemala City
- **largest city**: Guatemala City
- **official languages**: Guatemalan Spanish, Spanish
- **national languages**: Mayan languages, Mayan
- **ethnic groups year**: 2018
- **demonym**: Guatemalans, Guatemalan
Chapín<br /
>Guatemalteco (M) Guatemalteca (F)
- **government type**: Unitary presidential republic
- **leader title1**: President of Guatemala, President
- **leader name1**: Bernardo Arévalo
- **leader title2**: Vice President of Guatemala, Vice President
- **leader name2**: Karin Herrera
- **leader title3**: List of Presidents of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala, President of the Congress
- **leader name3**: Nery Ramos
- **sovereignty type**: Independence
- **established event1**: Declared

- **established date1**: 15 September 1821
- **established date2**: 1 July 1823
- **established event3**: Declared from the Federal Republic of Central America
- **established date3**: 17 April 1839
- **established date4**: 21 March 1847
- **area km2**: 108,889
- **area rank**: 105th
- **area sq mi**: 42,042
- **percent water**: 0.4
- **population estimate**: 17,980,803
- **population estimate year**: 2023
- **population estimate rank**: 70th
- **population density km2**: 166
- **population density sq mi**: 430
- **population density rank**: 80th
- **gdp ppp**: $278.508 billion
- **gdp ppp year**: 2025
- **gdp ppp rank**: 77th
- **gdp ppp per capita**: $15,386
- **gdp ppp per capita rank**: 121nd
- **gdp nominal**: $120.964 billion
- **gdp nominal year**: 2025
- **gdp nominal rank**: 70th
- **gdp nominal per capita**: $6,682
- **gdp nominal per capita rank**: 108th
- **gini**: 45.2
- **gini year**: 2023
- **gini change**: decrease
- **hdi**: 0.662
- **hdi year**: 2023
- **hdi change**: increase
- **hdi rank**: 137th
- **currency**: Guatemalan quetzal, Quetzal
- **currency code**: GTQ
- **time zone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: −6
- **date format**: dd/mm/yyyy
- **drives on**: right
- **calling code**: Telephone numbers in Guatemala, +502
- **cctld**: .gt
- **religion year**: 2017