Guatemalans

Also known as Guatemalan people, Guatemala residents

Guatemalans ( or less commonly ) are people connected to the country of Guatemala. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Guatemalans, several (if not all) of these connections exist.

Key facts

Ethnic group.group: GuatemalansGuatemaltecos
Ethnic group.flag: Flag of Guatemala.svg
Ethnic group.flag_caption: Flag of Guatemala
Ethnic group.rels: Catholic and Protestant
Ethnic group.native_name_lang: Spanish
Ethnic group.population: ''''''17,980,803
Ethnic group.pop1: 1,226,849
Ethnic group.pop2: 46,318
Ethnic group.pop3: 26,767
Ethnic group.pop4: 18,602
Ethnic group.pop5: 10,002 – 15,172 (2022)
Ethnic group.pop6: 9,036
Ethnic group.pop7: 4,711
Ethnic group.pop8: 3,423
Ethnic group.pop9: 3,192
Ethnic group.pop10: 2,330 – 965 (according to Italian official data)
Ethnic group.pop11: 2,322
Ethnic group.pop12: 1,925

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections

Contents

Demographics
Ethnic groups
Mestizo
Indigenous
Garifuna
Criollo and other European descendants
Languages
Emigration out of Guatemala
Immigration to Guatemala
Guatemalan culture
Cuisine
Music
Literature
Religion
See also
References

Guatemala is a multicultural society, though most Guatemalans have varying degrees of European (predominantly Spaniard) and Amerindian ancestry. Guatemalans are also colloquially nicknamed chapines in other Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guatemalans” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.