Geography - note: no natural harbors on west coast
People Guatemala
Population:
12,293,545 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 41.1% (male 2,573,359/female 2,479,098)
15-64 years: 55.5% (male 3,353,630/female 3,468,184)
65 years and over: 3.4% (male 194,784/female 224,490) (2006 est.)
Median age:
total: 18.9 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 19.4 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.27% (2006 est.)
Birth rate:
29.88 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate:
5.2 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2006 est.)