Editing Demographics of Guatemala (section)

==Ethnic groups==
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|caption = Ethnicity in Guatemala (2018)<ref name="censopoblacion.gt">{{cite web |url=https://www.censopoblacion.gt/mapas |title=Portal de Resultados del Censo 2018 |publisher=Censopoblacion.gt |date= |accessdate=2022-04-14 |archive-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217015625/https://www.censopoblacion.gt/mapas |url-status=live }}</ref>
|label1 = [[Ladino people|Ladino]] ([[Mestizo]])
|value1 = 56.01
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|label2 = [[Maya peoples|Maya]]
|value2 = 41.66
|color2 = Red
|label3 = [[Xinca people|Xinca]]
|value3 = 1.77
|color3 = Coral
|label4 = [[Afro-Guatemalans|Sub-Saharan]]
|value4 = 0.19
|color4 = Green
|label5 = [[Garifuna]] ([[Zambo]])
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|label6 = Others
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|color6 = Black
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[[File:Chichicastenango-004.jpg|thumb|Indigenous girls in [[Chichicastenango]]]]

Official 2018 statistics indicate that approximately 56% of the population is "non-Indigenous",<ref name="census2018" /> referring to the [[Mestizo]] population of mixed indigenous and European origins (50-52%) and the people of [[Europeans|European]] origin (14-26%), Most are of [[Spanish immigration to Guatemala|Spanish]], [[German Guatemalan|German]]  and [[Italian Guatemalans|Italian]] descent. These people are called [[Ladino people|Ladino]] in Guatemala. Genetic testing indicates that Guatemalan Mestizos are of predominantly indigenous ancestry, although they have a high level of European ancestry as well.<ref>[https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-015-1339-1 Genomic insights on the ethno-history of the Maya and the ‘Ladinos’ from Guatemala]</ref>

Approximately 43.4% of the population is [[Indigenous peoples|Indigenous]]<ref name=INE/> and consist of 23 [[Maya peoples|Maya groups]] and one non-Maya group. In 2012 these are divided as follows: [[K'iche' people|K'iche]] 9.1%, 8.4% [[Kaqchikel people|Kaqchikel]], [[Mam people|Mam]] 7.9%, 6.3% [[Q'eqchi' people|Q'eqchi']], other Maya peoples 8.6%, 0.2% [[Indigenous peoples|Indigenous]] non-Maya.<ref name="Cia"/> They live all over the country, especially in the highlands. While the official censuses usually count around 40% of the Guatemalan population being indigenous, this percentage is actually much higher, with around 60% of Guatemalans being indigenous.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/526fb749b.html|title=Refworld &#124; State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2013 - Guatemala}}</ref>
[[File:Presidente Bernardo Arévalo firma agenda de trabajo en Livingston, Izabal.jpg|thumb|[[Garifuna]] children in [[Livingston, Guatemala|Livingston]], [[Izabal Department|Izabal]].]]
In 2002 Census, The [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas#Guatemala|Amerindian populations in Guatemala]] include the K'iche' 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9% and Q'eqchi 6.3%. 8.6% belongs to other Maya groups, 0.4% belong to non-Maya Indigenous peoples. The whole Indigenous community in Guatemala is about 40.5% of the population.

The [[Maya civilization|Maya Civilization]] ruled Guatemala and the surrounding regions until around 1521 A.D. Following 1521 A.D., Guatemala became a Spanish colony for approximately three centuries, until in 1821 when Guatemala won its independence. Since the independence of Guatemala, the country has experienced a wide range of governments, including civilian and military governments. In 1996, a peace treaty was signed by the government that ended internal conflicts within the region, which caused over 200,000 casualties and approximately one million refugees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guatemala/|title=The World Factbook|date=March 25, 2018|website=Central Intelligence Agency}}</ref>
[[File:194-aos-de-independencia 21415760752 o.jpg|thumb|Guatemalan child in [[Guatemala City]] celebrating Independence Day.]]
The ethnic population in [[Captaincy General of Guatemala|the Kingdom of Guatemala]], at the time of Independence, amounted to nearly 600,000 [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indians]], 300,000 [[Casta]]s (mostly [[Mestizo]]s and a lesser number of [[Mulatto]]s, [[Zambo]]s, and [[Pardo]]s), and 45,000 [[Criollo people|Criollos]] or [[Spaniards]], with a very small number of English traders.<ref name=CIRMA>{{cite web |url=http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/vrp/arriola.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608234254/http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/vrp/arriola.pdf |archive-date=2010-06-08 |url-status=live |title=GUATEMALA: DEL MESTIZAJE A LA LADINIZACION, 1524-1964|access-date=2014-11-04 |publisher=CIRMA }}</ref>

Other racial groups include numbers of [[Afro-Guatemalan]]s, [[Afro-Mestizo]]s, and [[Garifuna people|Garifuna]] of mixed African and Indigenous Caribbean origins who live in the country's eastern end. Some [[Garifunas]] live mainly in [[Livingston, Guatemala|Livingston]], [[San Vicente, Guatemala|San Vicente]] and [[Puerto Barrios]]. They descend mainly from the Arawaks and Belizean Creoles.<ref name="Cia"/>

There are also thousands of Jews residing in Guatemala. They are immigrants from Germany and Eastern Europe that arrived in the 19th century. Many immigrated during World War II. There are approximately 900 Jews living in Guatemala today. Most live in [[Guatemala City]], [[Quezaltenango]] and [[San Marcos, Guatemala|San Marcos]]. Today, the Jewish community in Guatemala is about 60% [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]] and 40% [[Sephardic Jews|Sephardi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jews of Guatemala |url=https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/about/communities/GT |website=World Jewish Congress |access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref>

In 2014, numerous members of the Hasidic communities [[Lev Tahor]] and [[Toiras Jesed]] began settling in the village of [[San Juan La Laguna]]. The mainstream Jewish community was reportedly dismayed and concerned that the arrival of communities with a more visible adherence to Judaism might stir up anti-Jewish sentiment. Despite the tropical heat, the members of the community continued to wear traditional Jewish clothing.<ref name="levtahor">{{cite web|url=http://levtahor.ca/pictures-of-modest-women.html|title=Ancient Jewish Tradition of clothing|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115145/http://levtahor.ca/pictures-of-modest-women.html|archive-date=2015-04-02}}</ref><ref name="lev2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2014/07/03/global/more-lev-tahor-sect-members-leaving-canada-for-guatemala|title=More Lev Tahor sect members leaving Canada for Guatemala|date=July 3, 2014}}</ref>

Guatemala has a community of East Asian descent, largely of Chinese and Korean origin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/guatemala-population/|title=Guatemala Population 2020|website=worldpopulationreview.com|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref> There are thousands of [[Arab]] Guatemalans descending from West Asian countries like Palestine, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. Some belong to Christian Churches while others to Islamic Mosques.