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==Population size and structure== {{GraphChart | width = 500 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=year | yAxisTitle= million | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | legend= | type = line | x = 1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 1.8, 1.8, 1.9, 1.9, 1.9, 2, 2, 2.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.2, 2.3, 2.3, 2.3, 2.4, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5,3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 4, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.9, 5, 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7, 5.9, 6, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5, 6.7, 6.8, 7, 7.2,7.4, 7.5, 7.7, 7.9, 8.1, 8.3, 8.5, 8.7, 8.9, 9.1, 9.3, 9.5, 9.8, 10, 10.2, 10.4, 10.7, 10.9, 11.2, 11.5, 11.8, 12.1, 12.4, 12.7, 13, 13.3, 13.7, 14, 14.3, 14.5, 14.8, 15, 15.3, 15.6, 15.8, 16.1, 16.3, 16.6, 16.9, 17.1 | y1Title= population (million) }} {{GraphChart | width = 500 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=years | yAxisTitle= ‰ | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | legend= | type = line | hAnnotatonsLine= | hAnnotatonsLabel= | x = 1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 32.1, 30.4, 26.7, 20.2, 16.6, 20.8, 23.3, 22.2, 20.3, 18.0, 23.6, 21.0, 15.2, 16.9, 20.2, 24.3, 23.6, 27.5, 28.4, 29.9, 27.4, 31.1, 25.4, 26.4, 31.4, 26.7, 27.5, 27.4, 26.0, 30.8, 30.4, 32.0, 29.1, 29.2, 28.9, 27.6, 27.8, 27.1, 26.7, 25.5, 25.7, 28.6, 31.3, 29.6, 31.1, 28.4, 30.0, 33.6, 33.8, 33.6, 34.1, 33.3, 32.9, 31.6, 31.4, 33.3, 31.8, 31.2, 32.8, 32.7, 31.3, 31.5, 31.2, 31.1, 31.4, 30.6, 31.0, 30.6, 30.9, 31.4, 32.0, 30.3, 27.3, 25.6, 25.6, 23.9, 22.9, 22.2, 21.9, 20.0, 20.3, 20.7, 21.5, 20.6, 20.1, 19.9, 19.5, 18.6, 18.3, 16.9, 14.5, 13.4 | y1Title=Natural change (per 1000) }} {{GraphChart | width = 200 | height = 150 | xAxisTitle=years | yAxisTitle= TFR | yAxisMin= | yGrid= 0,1 | xGrid= 10 | legend= | type = line | hAnnotatonsLine= | hAnnotatonsLabel= | x = 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | y1= 3.796,3.621, 3.461, 3.386, 3.122, 3.095, 3.088, 3.105, 3.050, 3.046,2.896, 2.804, 2.663, 2.617, 2.464, 2.266, 2.261 | y1Title=Total Fertility Rate }} According to {{UN_Population|source}} the total population estimate was {{UN_Population|Guatemala}} in {{UN_Population|Year}}. The proportion of the population below the age of 15 in 2010 was 41.5%, 54.1% were aged between 15 and 65 years of age, and 4.4% were aged 65 years or older.<ref name="WPP 2012">{{Cite web|url=https://population.un.org/wpp/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=population.un.org}}</ref> [[Guatemala City]] is home to almost 3 million inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guatemala/ |title=CIA World Factbook, Guatemala |date=July 2011 |access-date=22 December 2011}}</ref> In 1900 Guatemala had a population of 1,885,000.<ref>{{cite web | last = Lahmeyer | first = Jan | title = Guatemala: historical demographical data of the whole country | website = Population Statistics | date = 2002 | url = http://www.populstat.info/Americas/guatemac.htm | access-date = 2015-05-03 | archive-date = 2010-05-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100522101502/http://www.populstat.info/Americas/guatemac.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> Over the 21st century Guatemala's population grew by a factor of fourteen. Even though Guatemala's population grew by a factor of 14, it still wasn't the biggest jump in that region.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org|access-date=2017-03-28}}</ref> Although Guatemala does have an increase in population, the annual population isn't the superior in that region of the world as well.<ref name="auto"/> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;" ! ! width="70pt"|Total population<br /> (x 1000) ! width="70pt"|Proportion<br />aged 0–14<br />(%) ! width="70pt"|Proportion<br />aged 15–64<br />(%) ! width="70pt"|Proportion<br />aged 65+<br />(%) |- | 1950 |3 146||44.6||52.9||2.5 |- | 1955 |3 619||45.4||52.0||2.6 |- | 1960 |4 141||45.8||51.6||2.7 |- | 1965 |4 736||45.2||52.0||2.8 |- | 1970 |5 416||44.6||52.5||2.9 |- | 1975 |6 194||44.8||52.3||2.9 |- | 1980 |7 001||45.4||51.6||3.0 |- | 1985 |7 920||45.7||51.2||3.1 |- | 1990 |8 890||45.4||51.3||3.4 |- | 1995 |9 984||44.9||51.4||3.7 |- | 2000 |11 651||43.7||52.3||4.0 |- | 2005 |13 096||42.3||53.6||4.2 |- | 2010 |14 630||39.4||56.3||4.3 |- | 2015 |16 252||36.2||59.3||4.5 |- | 2020 |17 916||33.3||61.6||5.0 |} === Structure of the population === {{Hidden begin |title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2005):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics|website=unstats.un.org}}</ref> |titlestyle = background:#EEBC35; }} {| class="wikitable" ! width="80pt"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 6 197 399 | align="right" | 6 502 381 | align="right" | 12 699 780 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0–4 | align="right" | 1 035 549 | align="right" | 1 000 763 | align="right" | 2 036 312 | align="right" | 16.03 |- | align="right" | 5–9 | align="right" | 921 924 | align="right" | 901 718 | align="right" | 1 823 642 | align="right" | 14.36 |- | align="right" | 10–14 | align="right" | 815 791 | align="right" | 808 328 | align="right" | 1 624 119 | align="right" | 12.79 |- | align="right" | 15–19 | align="right" | 685 359 | align="right" | 694 215 | align="right" | 1 379 574 | align="right" | 10.86 |- | align="right" | 20–24 | align="right" | 571 385 | align="right" | 608 879 | align="right" | 1 180 264 | align="right" | 9.29 |- | align="right" | 25–29 | align="right" | 446 309 | align="right" | 506 386 | align="right" | 952 695 | align="right" | 7.50 |- | align="right" | 30–34 | align="right" | 340 378 | align="right" | 412 767 | align="right" | 753 145 | align="right" | 5.93 |- | align="right" | 35–39 | align="right" | 270 907 | align="right" | 329 253 | align="right" | 600 160 | align="right" | 4.73 |- | align="right" | 40–44 | align="right" | 225 243 | align="right" | 267 504 | align="right" | 492 747 | align="right" | 3.88 |- | align="right" | 45–49 | align="right" | 191 635 | align="right" | 218 053 | align="right" | 409 688 | align="right" | 3.23 |- | align="right" | 50–54 | align="right" | 175 311 | align="right" | 191 751 | align="right" | 367 062 | align="right" | 2.89 |- | align="right" | 55–59 | align="right" | 149 593 | align="right" | 161 320 | align="right" | 310 913 | align="right" | 2.45 |- | align="right" | 60–64 | align="right" | 113 686 | align="right" | 119 957 | align="right" | 233 643 | align="right" | 1.84 |- | align="right" | 65–69 | align="right" | 94 128 | align="right" | 98 864 | align="right" | 192 992 | align="right" | 1.52 |- | align="right" | 70–74 | align="right" | 74 463 | align="right" | 81 804 | align="right" | 156 267 | align="right" | 1.23 |- | align="right" | 75–79 | align="right" | 50 340 | align="right" | 57 089 | align="right" | 107 429 | align="right" | 0.85 |- | align="right" | 80+ | align="right" | 35 398 | align="right" | 43 730 | align="right" | 79 128 | align="right" | 0.62 |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0–14 | align="right" | 2 773 264 | align="right" | 2 710 809 | align="right" | 5 484 073 | align="right" | 43.18 |- | align="right" | 15–64 | align="right" | 3 169 806 | align="right" | 3 510 085 | align="right" | 6 679 891 | align="right" | 52.60 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 254 329 | align="right" | 281 487 | align="right" | 535 816 | align="right" | 4.22 |- |} {{Hidden end}} {{Hidden begin |title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2010) (Projections based on the 2002 Population Census.): |titlestyle = background:#EEBC35; }} {| class="wikitable" ! width="80pt"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 7 003 337 | align="right" | 7 358 328 | align="right" | 14 361 666 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0–4 | align="right" | 1 103 521 | align="right" | 1 062 224 | align="right" | 2 165 745 | align="right" | 15.08 |- | align="right" | 5–9 | align="right" | 1 017 180 | align="right" | 987 490 | align="right" | 2 004 670 | align="right" | 13.96 |- | align="right" | 10–14 | align="right" | 906 603 | align="right" | 891 659 | align="right" | 1 798 262 | align="right" | 12.52 |- | align="right" | 15–19 | align="right" | 794 459 | align="right" | 795 688 | align="right" | 1 590 147 | align="right" | 11.07 |- | align="right" | 20–24 | align="right" | 646 911 | align="right" | 675 214 | align="right" | 1 322 125 | align="right" | 9.21 |- | align="right" | 25–29 | align="right" | 538 214 | align="right" | 590 746 | align="right" | 1 128 960 | align="right" | 7.86 |- | align="right" | 30–34 | align="right" | 418 535 | align="right" | 494 657 | align="right" | 913 192 | align="right" | 6.36 |- | align="right" | 35–39 | align="right" | 323 010 | align="right" | 402 681 | align="right" | 725 691 | align="right" | 5.05 |- | align="right" | 40–44 | align="right" | 258 454 | align="right" | 321 849 | align="right" | 580 303 | align="right" | 4.04 |- | align="right" | 45–49 | align="right" | 215 304 | align="right" | 260 145 | align="right" | 475 449 | align="right" | 3.31 |- | align="right" | 50–54 | align="right" | 182 662 | align="right" | 211 040 | align="right" | 393 702 | align="right" | 2.74 |- | align="right" | 55–59 | align="right" | 165 910 | align="right" | 184 214 | align="right" | 350 124 | align="right" | 2.44 |- | align="right" | 60–64 | align="right" | 139 395 | align="right" | 152 936 | align="right" | 292 331 | align="right" | 2.04 |- | align="right" | 65–69 | align="right" | 103 433 | align="right" | 111 058 | align="right" | 214 491 | align="right" | 1.49 |- | align="right" | 70–74 | align="right" | 81 809 | align="right" | 88 219 | align="right" | 170 028 | align="right" | 1.18 |- | align="right" | 75–79 | align="right" | 60 257 | align="right" | 68 733 | align="right" | 128 990 | align="right" | 0.90 |- | align="right" | 80+ | align="right" | 47 678 | align="right" | 59 778 | align="right" | 107 456 | align="right" | 0.75 |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0–14 | align="right" | 3 027 304 | align="right" | 2 941 373 | align="right" | 5 968 677 | align="right" | 41.56 |- | align="right" | 15–64 | align="right" | 3 682 856 | align="right" | 4 089 167 | align="right" | 7 772 023 | align="right" | 54.12 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 293 177 | align="right" | 327 788 | align="right" | 620 965 | align="right" | 4.32 |- |} {{Hidden end}} {{Hidden begin |title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2015) (Projections based on the 2002 Population Census.):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ine.gob.gt/index.php/estadisticas/tema-indicadores|title=Tema / Indicadores|website=www.ine.gob.gt|access-date=2014-12-13|archive-date=2014-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314175005/http://www.ine.gob.gt/index.php/estadisticas/tema-indicadores|url-status=dead}}</ref> |titlestyle = background:#EEBC35; }} {| class="wikitable" ! width="80pt"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 7 903 664 | align="right" | 8 272 469 | align="right" | 16 176 133 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0–4 | align="right" | 1 153 297 | align="right" | 1 109 217 | align="right" | 2 262 514 | align="right" | 13.99 |- | align="right" | 5–9 | align="right" | 1 090 294 | align="right" | 1 052 014 | align="right" | 2 142 308 | align="right" | 13.24 |- | align="right" | 10–14 | align="right" | 1 008 018 | align="right" | 980 523 | align="right" | 1 988 541 | align="right" | 12.29 |- | align="right" | 15–19 | align="right" | 893 687 | align="right" | 882 665 | align="right" | 1 776 352 | align="right" | 10.98 |- | align="right" | 20–24 | align="right" | 771 615 | align="right" | 781 835 | align="right" | 1 553 450 | align="right" | 9.60 |- | align="right" | 25–29 | align="right" | 624 841 | align="right" | 661 798 | align="right" | 1 286 639 | align="right" | 7.95 |- | align="right" | 30–34 | align="right" | 517 919 | align="right" | 581 120 | align="right" | 1 099 039 | align="right" | 6.79 |- | align="right" | 35–39 | align="right" | 403 769 | align="right" | 485 904 | align="right" | 889 673 | align="right" | 5.50 |- | align="right" | 40–44 | align="right" | 311 703 | align="right" | 395 488 | align="right" | 707 191 | align="right" | 4.37 |- | align="right" | 45–49 | align="right" | 248 840 | align="right" | 314 591 | align="right" | 563 431 | align="right" | 3.48 |- | align="right" | 50–54 | align="right" | 206 306 | align="right" | 253 126 | align="right" | 459 432 | align="right" | 2.84 |- | align="right" | 55–59 | align="right" | 173 501 | align="right" | 203 741 | align="right" | 377 242 | align="right" | 2.33 |- | align="right" | 60–64 | align="right" | 155 222 | align="right" | 175 581 | align="right" | 330 803 | align="right" | 2.05 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 344 652 | align="right" | 394 866 | align="right" | 739 518 | align="right" | 4.57 |- ! width="80pt"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | 0–14 | align="right" | 3 251 609 | align="right" | 3 141 754 | align="right" | 6 393 363 | align="right" | 39.52 |- | align="right" | 15–64 | align="right" | 4 307 403 | align="right" | 4 735 849 | align="right" | 9 043 252 | align="right" | 55.90 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 344 652 | align="right" | 394 866 | align="right" | 739 518 | align="right" | 4.57 |- |} {{Hidden end}} {{Hidden begin |title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Source: National Institute of Statistics with the support of Population Division of ECLAC, 2019.): <ref>{{Cite web |title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=unstats.un.org}}</ref> |titlestyle = background:#EEBC35; }} {| class="wikitable" ! width="80pt"|Age Group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80pt"|Female ! width="80pt"|Total ! width="80pt"|% |- | align="right" | Total | align="right" | 8 297 763 | align="right" | 8 560 570 | align="right" | 16 858 333 | align="right" | 100 |- | align="right" | 0–4 | align="right" | 964 534 | align="right" | 923 439 | align="right" | 1 887 973 | align="right" | 11.20 |- | align="right" | 5–9 | align="right" | 942 751 | align="right" | 904 725 | align="right" | 1 847 476 | align="right" | 10.96 |- | align="right" | 10–14 | align="right" | 908 851 | align="right" | 875 615 | align="right" | 1 784 466 | align="right" | 10.59 |- | align="right" | 15–19 | align="right" | 902 462 | align="right" | 876 901 | align="right" | 1 779 363 | align="right" | 10.55 |- | align="right" | 20–24 | align="right" | 856 396 | align="right" | 847 945 | align="right" | 1 704 341 | align="right" | 10.11 |- | align="right" | 25–29 | align="right" | 758 833 | align="right" | 769 162 | align="right" | 1 527 995 | align="right" | 9.06 |- | align="right" | 30–34 | align="right" | 639 958 | align="right" | 666 481 | align="right" | 1 306 439 | align="right" | 7.75 |- | align="right" | 35–39 | align="right" | 516 111 | align="right" | 558 703 | align="right" | 1 074 814 | align="right" | 6.38 |- | align="right" | 40–44 | align="right" | 418 920 | align="right" | 475 152 | align="right" | 894 072 | align="right" | 5.30 |- | align="right" | 45–49 | align="right" | 335 429 | align="right" | 396 737 | align="right" | 732 166 | align="right" | 4.34 |- | align="right" | 50–54 | align="right" | 264 478 | align="right" | 316 929 | align="right" | 581 407 | align="right" | 3.45 |- | align="right" | 55–59 | align="right" | 210 286 | align="right" | 256 500 | align="right" | 466 786 | align="right" | 2.77 |- | align="right" | 60–64 | align="right" | 169 897 | align="right" | 206 911 | align="right" | 376 808 | align="right" | 2.24 |- | align="right" | 65–69 | align="right" | 135 380 | align="right" | 163 324 | align="right" | 298 704 | align="right" | 1.77 |- | align="right" | 70–74 | align="right" | 106 158 | align="right" | 124 792 | align="right" | 230 950 | align="right" | 1.37 |- | align="right" | 75–79 | align="right" | 76 784 | align="right" | 88 274 | align="right" | 165 058 | align="right" | 0.98 |- | align="right" | 80–84 | align="right" | 48 603 | align="right" | 56 589 | align="right" | 105 192 | align="right" | 0.62 |- | align="right" | 85–89 | align="right" | 26 355 | align="right" | 31 866 | align="right" | 58 221 | align="right" | 0.35 |- | align="right" | 90–94 | align="right" | 11 376 | align="right" | 14 392 | align="right" | 25 768 | align="right" | 0.15 |- | align="right" | 95–99 | align="right" | 3 406 | align="right" | 4 595 | align="right" | 8 001 | align="right" | 0.05 |- | align="right" | 100+ | align="right" | 795 | align="right" | 1 538 | align="right" | 2 333 | align="right" | 0.01 |- ! width="50"|Age group ! width="80pt"|Male ! width="80"|Female ! width="80"|Total ! width="50"|Percent |- | align="right" | 0–14 | align="right" | 2 816 136 | align="right" | 2 703 779 | align="right" | 5 519 915 | align="right" | 32.74 |- | align="right" | 15–64 | align="right" | 5 072 770 | align="right" | 5 371 421 | align="right" | 10 444 191 | align="right" | 61.95 |- | align="right" | 65+ | align="right" | 408 857 | align="right" | 485 370 | align="right" | 894 227 | align="right" | 5.30 |- |} {{Hidden end}} ===Population by departments=== In Guatemala, there are 22 [[Departments of Guatemala|departments]] that make up the country. Each department has its own population, with [[Guatemala Department]] ranking at 1 with the highest population and [[El Progreso Department]] ranking at 22 with the lowest population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inforpressca.com/municipal/mapas_web/guatemala.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416003407/http://www.inforpressca.com/municipal/mapas_web/guatemala.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-04-16|title=Republica de Guatemala|date=2009-04-16|access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" !Rank ![[Departments of Guatemala|Department]] !Pop. !Rank ![[Departments of Guatemala|Department]] !Pop. |- |1 |[[Guatemala Department]] |3,306,397 |12 |[[Jutiapa Department|Jutiapa]] |489,085 |- |2 |[[Huehuetenango Department|Huehuetenango]] |1,234,593 |13 |[[Izabal Department|Izabal]] |445,125 |- |3 |[[Alta Verapaz Department|Alta Verapaz]] |1,219,585 |14 |[[Chiquimula Department|Chiquimula]] |397,202 |- |4 |[[San Marcos Department|San Marcos]] |1,095,997 |15 |[[Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala|Santa Rosa]] |367,569 |- |5 |[[Quiché Department|Quiché]] |955,705 |16 |[[Jalapa Department|Jalapa]] |345,926 |- |6 |[[Quetzaltenango Department|Quetzaltenango]] |844,906 |17 |[[Sacatepéquez Department|Sacatepéquez]] |336,606 |- |7 |[[Escuintla Department|Escuintla]] |746,309 |18 |[[Retalhuleu Department|Retalhuleu]] |325,556 |- |8 |[[Petén Department|Petén]] |711,585 |19 |[[Baja Verapaz Department|Baja Verapaz]] |291,903 |- |9 |[[Chimaltenango Department|Chimaltenango]] |666,938 |20 |[[Zacapa Department|Zacapa]] |291,903 |- |10 |[[Suchitepéquez Department|Suchitepéquez]] |555,261 |21 |[[Totonicapán Department|Totonicapán]] |134,373 |- |11 |[[Sololá Department|Sololá]] |430,573 |22 |[[El Progreso Department|El Progreso]] |22,654 |- |colspan="6" |'''Overall Total: 15,806,675 (2014)''' |- |colspan="6" |{{small|'''Source: National Institute of Statistics (INE)'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ine.gob.gt/index.php/estadisticas/tema-indicadores |title=Guatemalan population growth (by departament) |publisher=INE |access-date=2014-12-12 |format=web page |archive-date=2014-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314175005/http://www.ine.gob.gt/index.php/estadisticas/tema-indicadores |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} |} According to the table, [[Guatemala Department]] accounts for 20% of the entire population in Guatemala, while [[El Progreso Department|El Progreso]] only accounts for 0.14% of the population. [[Sololá Department|Sololá]] accounts for 2.7% of the population while ranking in the middle at 11. Overall, the rankings correlate to the percent of the population that each department contains.
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