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Geography

Location: Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Honduras and Belize and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico

Area:
total area: 108,890 sq km
land area: 108,430 sq km
comparative area: slightly smaller than Tennessee

Land boundaries: total 1,687 km, Belize 266 km, El Salvador 203 km, Honduras 256 km,Mexico 962 km

Coastline: 400 km


People

Population: 10,998,602 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 43% (female 2,324,041; male 2,424,686)
15-64 years: 53% (female 2,939,170; male 2,934,334)
65 years and over: 4% (female 198,807; male 177,564)

Population growth rate: 2.53% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 34.65 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 7.33 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -2.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 52.2 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 64.85 years
male: 62.27 years
female: 67.56 years

Total fertility rate: 4.63 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Mestizo - mixed Amerindian-Spanish ancestry (in local Spanish called Ladino) 56%, Amerindian or predominently Amerindian 44%

Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, traditional Mayan

Languages: Spanish 60%, Indian language 40% (23 Indian dialects, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 55%
male: 63%
female: 47%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Guatemala
conventional short form: Guatemala

Type: republic

Capital: Guatemala

Independence: 15 September 1821 (from Spain)

Constitution: 31 May 1985, effective 14 January 1986


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $33 billion

National product real growth rate: 4%

National product per capita: $3,080

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 12%

Unemployment rate: 4.9%; underemployment 30%-40%

Electricity:
capacity: 700,000 kW
production: 2.3 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 211 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts.