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Santa Cruz Verapaz

Municipality in Guatemala

Contents: Population

The population development of Santa Cruz Verapaz as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

Santa Cruz VerapazMunicipality29,78933,18137,666
GuatemalaRepublic13,677,81516,346,95017,602,431

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala.

Explanation: In contrast to the population estimates and projections in the table above, the census figures used by the following information about population structure are not adjusted for underenumeration. The area figures of municipalities are computed by using geospatial data.


Further information about the population structure:

Gender (P 2023)
Males18,814
Females18,852
Age Groups (P 2023)
0-14 years13,060
15-64 years23,131
65+ years1,475
Age Distribution (P 2023)
70+ years981
60-69 years1,125
50-59 years1,956
40-49 years3,533
30-39 years5,103
20-29 years7,828
10-19 years8,605
0-9 years8,535
Urbanization (C 2018)
Rural23,412
Urban8,630
Place of Birth (C 2018)
Same municipality24,744
Other municipality in Guatamala7,015
Other country63
Ethnic Group (C 2018)
Maya25,924
Garifuna34
Xinca9
Afro-Guatemalan92
Ladino5,951
Foreign32
Mother Tongue (C 2018)
Spain10,048
Q'eqchi'3,857
K'iche'30
Mam10
Kaqchikel24
Other language14,768
Literacy (A7+) (C 2018)
yes19,673
no6,573

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