Editing Demographics of Guatemala (section)

===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.