San Marcos

Department in Guatemala

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 2008-06-30	Population Estimate 2018-06-30	Population Projection 2023-06-30
San Marcos	Department	950,592	1,137,726	1,222,951
Ayutla	Municipality	34,056	43,316	48,239	→
Catarina	Municipality	30,906	31,151	33,448	→
Comitancillo	Municipality	56,456	78,157	82,153	→
Concepción Tutuapa	Municipality	55,357	80,161	86,756	→
El Quetzal	Municipality	21,821	25,076	26,455	→
El Rodeo	Municipality	15,939	18,396	20,067	→
El Tumbador	Municipality	39,405	49,499	53,896	→
Esquipulas Palo Gordo	Municipality	10,576	13,263	14,485	→
Ixchiguán	Municipality	25,623	23,828	25,642	→
La Blanca (← Ocós)	Municipality	...	32,548	35,408	→
La Reforma	Municipality	15,140	22,689	24,389	→
Malacatán	Municipality	92,034	105,476	111,772	→
Nuevo Progreso	Municipality	32,801	30,489	32,940	→
Ocós	Municipality	...	12,120	13,185	→
Pajapita	Municipality	21,392	22,654	23,483	→
Río Blanco	Municipality	5,335	5,851	6,237	→
San Antonio Sacatepéquez	Municipality	18,105	19,651	21,808	→
San Cristóbal Cucho	Municipality	15,665	17,410	18,352	→
San José Ojetenam	Municipality	18,606	22,227	23,164	→
San Lorenzo	Municipality	11,136	13,215	14,672	→
San Marcos	Municipality	46,065	47,723	50,218	→
San Miguel Ixtahuacán	Municipality	34,035	50,874	53,442	→
San Pablo	Municipality	46,703	49,226	54,221	→
San Pedro Sacatepéquez	Municipality	65,069	81,438	88,370	→
San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta	Municipality	14,735	17,633	18,817	→
Sibinal	Municipality	15,168	16,560	17,430	→
Sipacapa	Municipality	16,774	25,511	28,383	→
Tacaná	Municipality	71,674	79,907	83,581	→
Tajumulco	Municipality	50,989	60,046	65,640	→
Tejutla	Municipality	31,139	41,631	46,298	→
Guatemala	Republic	13,677,815	16,346,950	17,602,431

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)
Males	601,404
Females	621,547

Age Groups (P 2023)
0-14 years	430,658
15-64 years	718,617
65+ years	73,676

Age Distribution (P 2023)
70+ years	51,668
60-69 years	48,698
50-59 years	70,092
40-49 years	105,215
30-39 years	156,349
20-29 years	224,066
10-19 years	276,067
0-9 years	290,796

Urbanization (C 2018)
Rural	770,244
Urban	262,033

Place of Birth (C 2018)
Same municipality	927,999
Other municipality in Guatamala	85,160
Other country	3,561

Ethnic Group (C 2018)
Maya	318,093
Garifuna	757
Xinca	76
Afro-Guatemalan	495
Ladino	711,812
Foreign	1,044

Mother Tongue (C 2018)
Spain	742,996
Q'eqchi'	179
K'iche'	1,254
Mam	173,926
Kaqchikel	252
Other language	9,342

Literacy (A7+) (C 2018)
yes	678,568
no	169,747