Latin America & Caribbean
A life that begins in Guatemala
One in every 348 babies in the world is born here: about 385,325 a year, 0.73 a minute.
- Population
- 18,687,881
- Births a year
- 385,325
- Life expectancy
- 72.7
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 20.5
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
75
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
70.4
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
17.2
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
20.5
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
94
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.2
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
11
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
1.5
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
22.9
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
23.4
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.29
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
30
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
87
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
50
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
27
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
7.2
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$12,987
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
45
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
9.7
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
2.6
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
29
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
38
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
57
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
56
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
91
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
93
World: 91
Internet users (%)
60
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
6.53
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.06
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.19
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 45.7 → 2026: 72.2 → 2050: 76.4
World
1960: 221 → 2026: 19 → 2050: 8
World
1960: 7 → 2026: 2.3 → 2050: 1.9
World
1960: 32 → 2026: 57 → 2050: 63
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Guatemala comes up about once in every 348 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.