Guatemala Map & Atlas

Guatemala is divided into 22 first-level administrative divisions:

Guatemala City is the largest city in Guatemala with about 994,938 people. All 30 largest cities of Guatemala →

Highest terrain in Guatemala: ≈ 14,852 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

Mestizo (mixed Indigenous-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) 56%, Maya 41.7%, Xinca (Indigenous, non-Maya) 1.8%, African descent 0.2%, Garifuna (mixed West and Central African, Island Carib, and Arawak) 0.1%, foreign 0.2% (2018 est.)

Regionally, Mestizo is the most common ethnic group across most of the 22 divisions, while Maya predominates in 8 divisions (Huehuetenango, Quiché, Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Sololá, …).

Source: CIA World Factbook (2018 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Evangelical 45.7%, Roman Catholic 42.4%, none 11%, unspecified 0.9% (2023 est.)

Regionally, Evangelical is the most common religious group across most of the 22 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2023 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Spanish (official) 69.9%, Maya languages 29.7% (Q'eqchi' 8.3%, K'iche 7.8%, Mam 4.4%, Kaqchikel 3%, Q'anjob'al 1.2%, Poqomchi' 1%, other 4%), other 0.4% (includes Xinca and Garifuna) (2018 est.)

Regionally, Spanish is the most common language group across most of the 22 divisions, while Maya languages predominates in 5 divisions (Alta Verapaz, Quiché, Sololá, Totonicapán, Huehuetenango).

Source: CIA World Factbook (2018 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys