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San José

Municipality in Guatemala

Contents: Population

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San JoséMunicipality48,52564,21169,316
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)
Males35,406
Females33,910
Age Groups (P 2023)
0-14 years19,677
15-64 years46,184
65+ years3,455
Age Distribution (P 2023)
70+ years2,176
60-69 years3,002
50-59 years5,357
40-49 years7,890
30-39 years11,127
20-29 years13,546
10-19 years12,938
0-9 years13,280
Urbanization (C 2018)
Rural38,914
Urban23,887
Place of Birth (C 2018)
Same municipality49,192
Other municipality in Guatamala11,942
Other country547
Ethnic Group (C 2018)
Maya1,793
Garifuna287
Xinca33
Afro-Guatemalan46
Ladino60,451
Foreign191
Mother Tongue (C 2018)
Spain56,374
Q'eqchi'36
K'iche'283
Mam30
Kaqchikel462
Other language396
Literacy (A7+) (C 2018)
yes46,788
no6,600

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