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Youth in Guatemala are the largest segment of the nation's population. Youth includes individuals between the ages of 15 and 24 [ 1 ] Over half of the population is under 19 years old in 2011, [ 1 ] the highest proportion of young people of any country in Latin America. [ 2 ]
The Islamic community in Guatemala is growing, and is projected to include at least 2,000 believers by 2030. [37] There is a mosque in Guatemala City called the Islamic Da'wah Mosque of Guatemala (Spanish: Mezquita de Aldawaa Islámica). The president of the Islamic Community of the country is Jamal Mubarak.
Guatemala has a population of 17,153,288 (July 2020 est). [6] In 1900, Guatemala had a population of 885,000. [7] Guatemala had the fastest population growth in the Western Hemisphere during 20th century. Approximately half of the Guatemalan population lives in poverty and 13.7% of them live in extreme poverty. Guatemala is heavily centralized.
Guatemala, [a] officially the Republic of Guatemala, [b] is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically bordered to the south by the Pacific Ocean and to the northeast by the Gulf of Honduras.
The main argument for lowering is that, on average, young people are much more educated (both because of better individual educational outcomes and being raised by more educated parents) than in the past (the same argument was made in the 1970s when most countries lowered the age of majority from 21 to 18, which remains the age used for most ...
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People from Guatemala by department (22 C) * Lists of Guatemalan people (2 C, 7 P) + Guatemalan LGBTQ people (4 C) Guatemalan men (2 C) Guatemalan women (6 C, 6 P) B.
[10] [11] [12] Indigenous people make up about 42% of the population in Guatemala and mostly reside in poor rural areas with little access to post-primary education. [13] [14] Compared to non-indigenous students who average 5.7 years of schooling, Indigenous students are at a disadvantage with an average of 2.5 years of schooling.