
Guatemala

(CBS)
After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821.
During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military and civilian governments, as well as a 36-year guerrilla war.
In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the conflict, which had left more than 100,000 people dead and had created, by some estimates, some 1 million refugees.
Source: CIA World Fact Book

(AP)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 40.8% (male 2,641,179/female 2,556,397) 15-64 years: 55.5% (male 3,426,376/female 3,642,157) 65 years and over: 3.6% (male 213,801/female 248,201) (2007 est.)
Median age: total: 18.9 years male: 18.3 years female: 19.5 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.152% (2007 est.)
Birth rate: 29.09 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate: 5.27 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate: -2.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.033 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.941 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.861 male(s)/female total population: 0.974 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 29.77 deaths/1,000 live births male: 32.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 27.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 69.69 years male: 67.94 years female: 71.52 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.7 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.1% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 78,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 5,800 (2003 est.)
Nationality: noun: Guatemalan(s) adjective: Guatemalan
Ethnic groups: Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) and European 59.4%, K'iche 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9%, Q'eqchi 6.3%, other Mayan 8.6%, indigenous non-Mayan 0.2%, other 0.1% (2001 census)
Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs
Languages: Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 69.1% male: 75.4% female: 63.3% (2002 census)

(AP)
GDP (purchasing power parity): $61.38 billion (2006 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $35.25 billion (2006 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 4.6% (2006 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $5,000 (2006 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 22.1% industry: 19.1% services: 58.7% (2006 est.)
Labor force: 5.02 million (2005 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 50% industry: 15% services: 35% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate: 3.2% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line: 56.2% (2004 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.6% highest 10%: 46% (1998)
Distribution of family income - Gini index: 59.9 (2005)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.8% (2006)
Investment (gross fixed): 15.5% of GDP (2006 est.)
Budget: revenues: $3.84 billion expenditures: $4.431 billion; including capital expenditures of $750 million (2006 est.)
Public debt: 18.6% of GDP (2006 est.)
Agriculture - products: sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens
Industries: sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism
Industrial production growth rate: 3.6% (2006 est.)
Electricity - production: 7.2 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity - consumption: 6.625 billion kWh (2005)
Electricity - exports: 335 million kWh (2005)
Electricity - imports: 23 million kWh (2005)
Oil - production: 16,370 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - consumption: 73,510 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports: 15,560 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - imports: 72,960 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - proved reserves: 526 million bbl (1 January 2005)
Natural gas - production: 0 cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - consumption: 0 cu m (2004 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves: 3.087 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)
Current account balance: -$1.533 billion (2006 est.)
Exports: $3.71 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities: coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom
Exports - partners: US 44.8%, El Salvador 12%, Honduras 7.2% (2006)
Imports: $9.911 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities: fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity
Imports - partners: US 31.3%, Mexico 7.9%, China 6.1%, El Salvador 5%, South Korea 5%, Panama 4.6% (2006)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $4.061 billion (2006 est.)
Debt - external: $3.908 billion (2006 est.)
Economic aid - recipient: $250 million (2000 est.)
Currency (code): quetzal (GTQ), US dollar (USD), others allowed
Exchange rates: quetzales per US dollar - 7.6026 (2006), 7.6339 (2005), 7.9465 (2004), 7.9409 (2003), 7.8217 (2002)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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